2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

2023 Men's Olympic Qualification Tournament
Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	27 August – 9 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Runners-up	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	49 (4.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Riley Bidois (5 goals)
	← 2019 2027 →

The 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 10th edition of the tournament to select the OFC representative at the Summer Olympics. The tournament was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 27 August to 9 September, with the winner qualifying for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

New Zealand successfully defended their title as the OFC representative.

Teams[edit]

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC indicated their intent to participate in the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
American Samoa	4th	Group stage (2004, 2012, 2019)
Fiji	9th	Champions (2015)
New Zealand (hosts)	10th	Champions (1999, 2008, 2012, 2019)
Papua New Guinea	8th	Third place (2015)
Samoa	4th	Group stage (1999, 2004, 2019)
Solomon Islands	8th	Runners-up (1999, 2008, 2019)
Tonga	5th	Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012, 2019)
Vanuatu	8th	Runners-up (2015)

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[edit]

45km
30miles

3

2

1

Host city and venues of the 2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

New Zealand
1
Go Media Stadium
2
The Trusts Arena; Douglas Track and Field
3
North Harbour Stadium

Group A played all their matches at Mount Smart Stadium, known commercially as "Go Media Stadium," while Group B played all their matches at The Trusts Arena. Mount Smart Stadium also hosted both semi-final matches, while the final was contested at North Harbour Stadium.^[1]

Auckland
North Harbour Stadium	The Trusts Arena	Go Media Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 4,901	Capacity: 30,000

Group stage[edit]

Eight teams entered the competition and were drawn into 2 groups on 15 June.^[1]

All times are local, NZST (UTC+12).

Group A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Fiji	2	1	1	3	3	0	3	Advance to knockout stage
3	Papua New Guinea^[a]	2	0	2	0	5	−5	0
4	American Samoa^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ Papua New Guinea were unable to travel to New Zealand prior to their scheduled match on 27 August. The matter was resolved by awarding New Zealand with a 3–0 win.^[2]
^ American Samoa withdrew from the tournament on 1 August 2023.^[3]

27 August 2023

15:00

New Zealand	3–0 Awarded^[2]	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Go Media Stadium, Auckland

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

30 August 2023

15:00

New Zealand	3–1	Fiji
Toomey 19' Ott 21' Randall 25'	Report	Yada 50'

Go Media Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 531

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

2 September 2023

15:00

Papua New Guinea	0–2	Fiji
	Report	Dogalau 5' Yada 66'

Go Media Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 489

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Group B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Vanuatu	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	Samoa	3	1	2	4	6	−2	3
4	Tonga	3	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source: OFC

28 August 2023