2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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)

2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It was 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. The winner of this preliminary stage played New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics.

Participating teams

First stage

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

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) Hosts 1 March 201213:00 UTC+13
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, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 700Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) 1 March 201215:30 UTC+13
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, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 250Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands) 3 March 201213:00 UTC+13
Tonga 0–2 Papua New Guinea
Report Zeen Limbai 32'
Deslyne Siniu 48'
Loto-Tonga Centre, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 800Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti) 3 March 201215:30 UTC+13
Samoa 4–3 Vanuatu
Hazel Peleti 24', 63', 84'
80' (o.g.)
Report Lisa Batick 5', 29'
Fina Angelo 43'
Loto-Tonga Centre, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 200Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji) 5 March 201213:00 UTC+13
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, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 600Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) 5 March 201215:30 UTC+13
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, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 100Referee: 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 7 March 201213:00 UTC+13
Samoa 0–2 Vanuatu
Report Elodie Samuel 20'
Leisale Solomon 24'
Loto-Tonga Centre, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 150Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands) Final 7 March 201215:30 UTC+13
Papua New Guinea 2–0 Tonga
Fatima Rama 47'
Barbra Muta 49'
Report
Loto-Tonga Centre, NukuʻalofaAttendance: 800Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

Awards

A number of awards were announced following the preliminary tournament.

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

Final stage

Summary

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

Matches

31 March 201217:00 UTC+13
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
Toll Stadium, WhangareiAttendance: 2,243Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji) 4 April 201214:00 UTC+10
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'
PMRL Stadium, Port MoresbyAttendance: 1,650Referee: 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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