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OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Organising bodyOFC
Founded1991
RegionOceania
Number of teams8
Qualifier forSummer Olympics
Current champions New Zealand
(5th title)
Most successful team(s) New Zealand
(5 titles)
2023 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once in four years' time to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games. Unlike other continent, winner of OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament does not giving away any trophy.

Eligible teams

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Thirteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

Previous tournaments

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Year Host Final Third place match
Champion Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1988
Details
 Australia
 New Zealand

Australia
Round robin
Israel

New Zealand
Round robin
Taiwan
1991
Details
 Fiji
Australia
Round robin
New Zealand

Fiji
Round robin
Papua New Guinea
1996
Details
 Australia
Australia
Round robin
New Zealand

Fiji
Round robin
Solomon Islands
1999
Details
 New Zealand
New Zealand
4–1
Solomon Islands

Fiji
3–0
Papua New Guinea
2004
Details
 Australia
 New Zealand

Australia
2–0
1–1

New Zealand

Vanuatu

Fiji
2008
Details
 Fiji
New Zealand
Round robin
Solomon Islands

Fiji
Round robin
Papua New Guinea
2012
Details
 New Zealand
New Zealand
1–0
Fiji

Vanuatu
1–0
Papua New Guinea
2015
Details
 Papua New Guinea
Fiji
[1]
0–0
4–3 (p)

Vanuatu

Papua New Guinea

New Zealand
2019
Details
 Fiji[2]
New Zealand
[2]
5–0
Solomon Islands

Vanuatu
1–0
Fiji
2023
Details
 New Zealand
New Zealand
9–0
Fiji

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu

Note: The 2015 Olympic qualifying tournament was held as part of the men's football tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.

References

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  1. ^ Singhania, Devansh. "An achievement of the biggest scale: Fiji's football team to participate at their first ever Olympic Games". www.sportskeeda.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ a b "U-23 USMNT to Face Costa Rica, Dominican Republic and Mexico at 2020 Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship". www.ussoccer.com. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
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