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)
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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.[1] The winner of this preliminary stage played New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics.[2]

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) Hosts
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'
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'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Tonga 0–2 Papua New Guinea
Report Zeen Limbai 32'
Deslyne Siniu 48'
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'
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'
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'
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'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

Final

Papua New Guinea 2–0 Tonga
Fatima Rama 47'
Barbra Muta 49'		 Report
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
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

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