The 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international

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competition organised by the

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(OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament consisted of two stages. The first stage was the Pacific Games women's football tournament, where the highest-ranked team who is a member of the

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(IOC) advanced to the second stage. The second stage was a two-legged play-off between the first stage qualifier and

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, OFC's highest ranked team in the

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. The winner of the second stage qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.

qualified for their third straight Olympics after the second leg of their final play-off against

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was cancelled due to visa issues preventing Papua New Guinea's team from travelling to New Zealand for the match.

Teams

A total of eight OFC member national teams entered the tournament. ;Notes :

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, who played in the first stage, are ineligible for the Olympics as they are not affiliated to the

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. Had they won the first stage, the runner-up of the first stage would have advanced to the second stage.

First stage

The 2015 Pacific Games women's football tournament, held in

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between 6–16 July 2015 as part of the

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, doubled as the first stage of the qualifying tournament. The gold medal was won by

, who advanced to the second stage.

Second stage

, who advanced from the first stage, and

, who received a bye to this stage, played over two legs on a home-and-away basis. The draw for the order of legs was held on 16 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in

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. The matches were originally to be played in October 2015, but were later moved to January 2016. ---- ¹ The match was scratched and New Zealand qualified for the

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as Papua New Guinea was unable to travel to New Zealand for the second leg due to visa issues.

Winners

New Zealand qualified for the Olympic football tournament for the third consecutive time. :

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.

References

External links

Official OFC website
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