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The '''2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament''' (also called the '''2019 OFC U-23 Championship''') is the eighth edition of the [[OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]], the quadrennial international age-restricted [[association football|football]] championship organised by the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.
The '''2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament''' (also called the '''2019 OFC U-23 Championship''') will be the eighth edition of the [[OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament]], the quadrennial international age-restricted [[association football|football]] championship organised by the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.


In November 2018, it was announced that [[Fiji]] would host the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/hosts-appointed-for-2019-competitions/ |website=Oceania Football Confederation |date=6 November 2018}}</ref> The tournament will be held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.
In November 2018, it was announced that [[Fiji]] would host the competition.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/hosts-appointed-for-2019-competitions/ |website=Oceania Football Confederation |date=6 November 2018}}</ref> The tournament will be held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.

Revision as of 22:16, 4 September 2019

2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates21 September – 5 October 2019
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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The 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (also called the 2019 OFC U-23 Championship) will be the eighth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.

In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition.[1] The tournament will be held from 21 September to 5 October 2019.

The winner will qualify as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan.[2]

Fiji are the defending champions.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 3rd Group stage (2004, 2012)
 Fiji (hosts) 8th Champions (2015)
 New Zealand 8th Champions (1999, 2008, 2012)
 Papua New Guinea 7th Fourth place (1999, 2008, 2012), Semi-finals (2015)
 Samoa 3rd Group stage (1999, 2004)
 Solomon Islands 7th Runners-up (1999, 2008)
 Tonga 4th Group stage (1999, 2004, 2012)
 Vanuatu 7th 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

The matches will be played at Suva and Lautoka.

Squads

Main article: 2019 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, New Zealand and Fiji, were assigned to group positions A1 and B1 respectively, and the next two ranked teams, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, were drawn into position 2 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 3 or 4 of Group A or B.[4]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  American Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 21 September 2019. Source: OFC
Solomon Islands v American Samoa
Samoa v New Zealand
Samoa v Solomon Islands
New Zealand v American Samoa
American Samoa v Samoa
New Zealand v Solomon Islands

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Tonga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 22 September 2019. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea
Tonga v Fiji
Tonga v Vanuatu
Fiji v Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea v Tonga
Fiji v Vanuatu

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 October –
 
 
Winner Group A
 
5 October –
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner SF1
 
2 October –
 
Winner SF2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place match
 
 
5 October –
 
 
Loser SF1
 
 
Loser SF2

Semi-finals

Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Third place match

Loser SF1vLoser SF2

Final

Winner SF1vWinner SF2

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics1
TBD 5 October 2019
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ^ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Olympic Qualifier Draw complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2019.
  4. ^ "OFC MEN'S OLYMPIC QUALIFIER OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 6 May 2019.
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