2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.
In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition. The tournament was held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.
The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan.
New Zealand won the title after defeating Solomon Islands in the final. Vanuatu finished third, and defending champions Fiji finished fourth.
Teams
Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
3rd | ||
8th | ||
8th | ||
7th | ||
3rd | ||
7th | ||
4th | ||
7th |
;Did not enter
Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.
Venues
The matches were played at Suva and Lautoka.- ANZ National Stadium, Suva
- Churchill Park, Lautoka
Squads
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, New Zealand and Fiji, were assigned to group positions A1 and B1 respectively, and the next two ranked teams, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, were drawn into position 2 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 3 or 4 of Group A or B.Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.All times are local, FJT.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
----Third place match
Final
Winner qualifies for 2020 Summer Olympics.Qualified teams for Summer Olympics
The following team from OFC qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1 |
5 10 2019 | 2 |
Goalscorers
;12 goals;8 goals
;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
- Bruce Hughes
- Mohammed Shah
- Tito Vodowaqa
- Noah Billingsley
- Dylan de Jong
- Callan Elliot
- Billy Jones
- Ollie Whyte
- Bernard Purari
- Emmanuel Simongi
- Ronnie Bourne
- Samuelu Malo
- Osa Savelio
- Tuita Maeobia
- Claude Aru
- Jesse Kalopong
- Bethuel Ollie
- Johnathan Spokeyjack
- Jordy Tasip
- Ronaldo Wilkins