OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Organiser(s)	OFC
Founded	1991
Region	Oceania
Teams	8
Qualifier for	Summer Olympics
Current champions	New Zealand; (5th title)
Most championships	New Zealand; (5 titles)
	2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years' time to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games. Unlike other continent, winner of OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament does not giving away any trophy.

Eligible teams

Thirteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati (not a member of FIFA)
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu (not a member of FIFA)
Vanuatu

Previous tournaments

Ed.	Year	Host	Final Standings				Teams
Ed.	Year	Host	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place	Teams
as Senior teams
1	1988	Australia & New Zealand	Australia	Israel	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	5
as Olympic / U23s teams
2	1991	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	4
3	1996	Australia	Australia	New Zealand	Fiji	Solomon Islands	5
4	1999	New Zealand	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	7
5	2004	Australia & New Zealand	Australia	New Zealand	—^[a]		10
6	2008	Fiji	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	6
7	2012	New Zealand	New Zealand	Fiji	Vanuatu	Papua New Guinea	7
8	2015^[1]^[b]	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	Vanuatu	—^[a]		8
9	2019^[2]	Fiji	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	Fiji	8
10	2023	New Zealand	New Zealand	Fiji	—^[a]		7

1 2 3 There was no dispute for third place.
↑ The 2015 Olympic qualifying tournament was held as part of the men's football tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Performance by country

Team	Titles	Titles years	Runn.	Runners-up years
New Zealand	5	1999, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2023	3	1991, 1996, 2004
Australia	4	1988, 1991, 1996, 2004	—	—
Fiji	1	2015	2	2012, 2023
Solomon Islands	—	—	3	1999, 2008, 2019
Israel	—	—	1	1988
Vanuatu	—	—	1	2015

References

↑ Singhania, Devansh. "An achievement of the biggest scale: Fiji's football team to participate at their first ever Olympic Games". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
↑ "U-23 USMNT to Face Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico at 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.

External links

OFC Official Website

[no_3rd-1] 1 2 3 There was no dispute for third place.

[3] The 2015 Olympic qualifying tournament was held as part of the men's football tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.

[2] Singhania, Devansh. "An achievement of the biggest scale: Fiji's football team to participate at their first ever Olympic Games". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.

[:0-4] "U-23 USMNT to Face Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico at 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.

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