2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in Fiji from 1 March to 9 March 2008. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.

2008 OFC U-23 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates1–9 March 2008
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Top scorer(s) Benjamin Totori
Malakai Tiwa
(8 goals)

Final standings
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 5500193+1615
 Solomon Islands 5401255+2012
 Fiji 5302216+159
 Papua New Guinea 52031820-26
 Vanuatu 5104616-103
 Cook Islands 5005039-390

Matches
New Zealand 2 – 1 Fiji
Peverley  33'
Old  90'		 Tiwa  41'
Referee: Job Minan
Cook Islands 0 – 4 Vanuatu
Nimanian  16'  40'
Sakama  47' (pen)
Chillia  83'
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Papua New Guinea 1 – 6 Solomon Islands
Apo  65' Totori  9'  16'  68'
Nawo  12'
Rande  51'
Saie  80'
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Solomon Islands 11 – 0 Cook Islands
Rande  9'
Maemae  17'  24'
Totori  47'  56'  68'  75'
Nawo  62'
Waroi  77'  78'
Forau  82'
Referee: Fiti Aimaasu
Fiji 7 – 1 Papua New Guinea
Suwamy  18'
Tiwa  23'  55'  68'
Dunadamu  32'  70'
Rao  76'		 Winnie  72'
Referee: Lencie Fred
Vanuatu 0 – 2 New Zealand
Barbarouses  15'
Brockie  40'
Referee: Norbert Huata
Fiji 9 – 0 Cook Islands
Singh  16'  23'  58'
Krishna  38'
Tiwa  59'  75'  76'
Rao  66'
Samy  81'
Referee: Andrew Moli
Papua New Guinea 2 – 5 New Zealand
Gunemba  17'  86' Ellensohn  43'  58'
Barbarouses  60'  69'
Brockie  85'
Referee: Rakesh Varman
Solomon Islands 5 – 0 Vanuatu
Maemae  39'  62'  75'
Totori  55'
Nawo  73'
Referee: Michael Hester
New Zealand 2 – 0 Solomon Islands
Old  5'
Henderson  69'
Referee: Lencie Fred
Cook Islands 0 – 7 Papua New Guinea
Muta  16'
Winnie  19'  50'
Gunemba  29'
Upaiga  54'
Mobbs  64'
Hans  75'
Referee: Norbert Huata
Vanuatu 0 – 2 Fiji
Tiwa  28' (pen)
Krishna  41'
Referee: Peter O'Leary
Cook Islands 0 – 8 New Zealand
Old  8'
Brockie  16'
Hayne  52'  79'
Messam  64'
Ellensohn  67'
Barbarouses  75'
Scott  90+2'
Referee: Job Minan
Vanuatu 2 – 7 Papua New Guinea
Kaltack  52'
Masauvakolo  79'		 Kini  10'
Winnie  13'  68'  90+2'
Muta  18' (pen)
Gunemba  63'
Upaiga  75'
Referee: Rakesh Varman (First Half)
Andrew Moli (Second Half)
Solomon Islands 3 – 2 Fiji
Waroi  28'  42'
Fifii  39'		 Krishna  6'
Dunadamu  23'
Referee: Michael Hester
 2008 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship 

New Zealand
Second title

Goal scorers
8 goals
6 goals
  • Tau Winnie (PNG)
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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