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.

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

Eligible teams

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

Previous tournaments

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Ed. Year Host Final Standings Teams
  Champion   Runner-up   Third place Fourth place
as Senior teams
1
1988 Australia & New Zealand   Australia   Israel   New Zealand   Chinese Taipei 5
as Olympic / U23s teams
2
1991   Australia   New Zealand   Fiji   Papua New Guinea 4
3
1996   Australia   New Zealand   Fiji   Solomon Islands 5
4
1999   New Zealand   Solomon Islands   Fiji   Papua New Guinea 7
5
2004 Australia & New Zealand   Australia   New Zealand [a] 10
6
2008   New Zealand   Solomon Islands   Fiji   Papua New Guinea 6
7
2012   New Zealand   Fiji   Vanuatu   Papua New Guinea 7
8
2015[1][b]   Fiji   Vanuatu [a] 8
9
2019[2]   New Zealand   Solomon Islands   Vanuatu   Fiji 8
10
2023   New Zealand   Fiji [a] 7
  1. ^ a b c There was no dispute for third place.
  2. ^ The 2015 Olympic qualifying tournament was held as part of the men's football tournament at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Performance by country

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Team Titles Titles years Runn. Runners-up years
  New Zealand
5
1999, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2023
3
1991, 1996, 2004
  Australia
4
1988, 1991, 1996, 2004
  Fiji
1
2015
2
2012, 2023
  Solomon Islands
3
1999, 2008, 2019
  Israel
1
1988
  Vanuatu
1
2015

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. ^ "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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