2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament is the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It is the third edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Four nations participated in a preliminary tournament (hosted by Tonga) based on a league system with two advancing to a final.[1] The winner of this preliminary stage will play New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics.[2]

2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament
Tournament details
Dates1 March–4 April 2012
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Tonga
Fourth place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored63 (6.3 per match)

Participating teams

First stage

The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012.[3]

Round-robin
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 20 3 +17 9 Qualification to final
2  Tonga (H) 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3  Samoa 3 1 0 2 7 16 −9 3 Qualification to third place play-off
4  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 6 20 −14 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Tonga 5–2 Vanuatu
Piuingi Feke  31', 47', 61'
Salome Va'enuku  42'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva  56'		 Report Serah Thompson  62'
Joella Avock  90+3'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 700
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea 7–2 Samoa
Fatima Rama  7'
Linah Honeakii  12', 38'
Rumona Morris  45+1'
Daisy Winas  86'
Sandra Birum  87', 90+2'		 Report Lanuola Mulipola  19'
Tamasailau Leuta  70'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Tonga 0–2 Papua New Guinea
Report Zeen Limbai  32'
Deslyne Siniu  48'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 800
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Samoa 4–3 Vanuatu
Hazel Peleti  24', 63', 84'
 80' (o.g.)		 Report Lisa Batick  5', 29'
Fina Angelo  43'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 200
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Samoa 1–6 Tonga
Hazel Peleti  38' Report Laite Si'i Manu  4'
Piuingi Feke  30', 33', 34', 45'
Kiana Mu'amoholeva  45+6'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 600
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu 1–11 Papua New Guinea
Junane Ishmael  42' Report Georgina Kaikas  6', 57'
Deslyne Siniu  19', 22', 63' (pen.), 89'
Esther Muta  56'
Barbra Muta  73'
Fatima Rama  79'
Daisy Winas  85', 89'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout round
 
Final
 
  
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
 Papua New Guinea2
 
 
 Tonga0
 
 
 
 
 
Third place play-off
 
 
7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa
 
 
 Samoa0
 
 
 Vanuatu2
 

Third place play-off
Samoa 0–2 Vanuatu
Report Elodie Samuel  20'
Leisale Solomon  24'
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Final
Papua New Guinea 2–0 Tonga
Fatima Rama  47'
Barbra Muta  49'		 Report
Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa
Attendance: 800
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Awards

A number of awards were announced following the preliminary tournament.[4]

Player of the tournament Best goalkeeper Top scorer Fairplay Award
Deslyne Siniu Lupe Likiliki Piuingi Feke (7 goals)  Vanuatu

Final stage

Summary
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand  15–0  Papua New Guinea 8–0 7–0

Matches
New Zealand 8–0 Papua New Guinea
Hannah Wilkinson  6'
Rebecca Smith  13'
Sarah Gregorius  40'
Amber Hearn  43', 90+1'
Rosie White  63', 89'
Ria Percival  70'		 Report
Attendance: 2,243
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea 0–7 New Zealand
Report Hayley Moorwood  13'
Sarah Gregorius  32', 84' (pen.)
Hannah Wilkinson  37'
 42' (o.g.)
Anna Green  49'
Betsy Hassett  70'
Attendance: 1,650
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Zealand won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

References
  1. "Schedule set for key competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 February 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  2. "PNG women's squad announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 2015-11-26. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
  3. "Path to London unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  4. "PNG secure play-off with New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-04-18. Retrieved 8 March 2012.

See also
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