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2008 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

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2008 OFC U-23 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates1–9 March 2008
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori
Fiji Malakai Tiwa
(8 goals)

The 2008 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament functioned as the qualifying tournament to the association football competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament consisted of a single round-robin tournament played in Fiji from 1 March to 9 March 2008. New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Final standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 5 5 0 0 19 3 +16 15
 Solomon Islands 5 4 0 1 25 5 +20 12
 Fiji 5 3 0 2 21 6 +15 9
 Papua New Guinea 5 2 0 3 18 20 –2 6
 Vanuatu 5 1 0 4 6 16 –10 3
 Cook Islands 5 0 0 5 0 39 –39 0

Matches

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New Zealand 2–1 Fiji
Peverley 33'
Old 90'		 Tiwa 41'
Cook Islands 0–4 Vanuatu
Nimanian 16'
Sakama 47' (pen.)
Chillia 83'
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea 1–6 Solomon Islands
Apo 65' Totori 9', 16', 68'
Nawo 12'
Rande 51'
Saie 80'
Solomon Islands 11–0 Cook Islands
Rande 9'
Maemae 17', 24'
Totori 47', 56', 68', 75'
Nawo 62'
Waroi 77', 78'
Forau 82'
Referee: Fiti Aimaasu (Samoa)
Fiji 7–1 Papua New Guinea
Suwamy 18'
Tiwa 23', 55', 68'
Dunadamu 32', 70'
Rao 76'		 Winnie 72'
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Vanuatu 0–2 New Zealand
Barbarouses 15'
Brockie 40'
Fiji 9–0 Cook Islands
Singh 16', 23', 58'
Krishna 38'
Tiwa 59', 75', 76'
Rao 66'
Samy 81'
Papua New Guinea 2–5 New Zealand
Gunemba 17', 86' Ellensohn 43', 58'
Barbarouses 60', 69'
Brockie 85'
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 5–0 Vanuatu
Maemae 39', 62', 75'
Totori 55'
Nawo 73'
Cook Islands 0–7 Papua New Guinea
Muta 16'
Winnie 19', 50'
Gunemba 29'
Upaiga 54'
Mobbs 64'
Hans 75'
Vanuatu 0–2 Fiji
Tiwa 28' (pen.)
Krishna 41'
Cook Islands 0–8 New Zealand
Old 8'
Brockie 16'
Hayne 52', 79'
Messam 64'
Ellensohn 67'
Barbarouses 75'
Scott 90+2'
Vanuatu 2–7 Papua New Guinea
Kaltack 52'
Masauvakolo 79'		 Kini 10'
Winnie 13', 68', 90+2'
Muta 18' (pen.)
Gunemba 63'
Upaiga 75'
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji) (First half)
Andrew Moli (Solomon Islands) (Second half)
Solomon Islands 3–2 Fiji
Waroi 28', 42'
Fifii 39'		 Krishna 6'
Dunadamu 23'


 2008 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship 

New Zealand
Second title

Goal scorers

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8 goals
6 goals
  • Papua New Guinea Tau Winnie
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • New Zealand Jason Hayne
  • Fiji Shameel Rao
  • Solomon Islands Joachim Rande
  • Papua New Guinea David Muta
  • Papua New Guinea Koriak Upaiga
  • Vanuatu Jefferey Nimanian
1 goal
  • Fiji Avinesh Waran Suwamy
  • Fiji Krishna Samy
  • New Zealand Cole Peverley
  • New Zealand Craig Henderson
  • New Zealand Sam Messam
  • New Zealand Aaron Scott
  • Solomon Islands Franklin Forau
  • Solomon Islands Nelson Saie Kilifa
  • Solomon Islands Michael Fifii
  • Papua New Guinea William Mobbs
  • Papua New Guinea Samuel Kini
  • Papua New Guinea Neil Hans
  • Papua New Guinea Mathias Apo
  • Vanuatu Francois Sakama
  • Vanuatu Tony Chillia
  • Vanuatu Michael Kaltack
  • Vanuatu Fenedy Masauvakolo
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