OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

The OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament is an association football tournament held once in four years to decide the only qualification spot of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the Olympic Games.

The tournament was first held in 2004. In 1996, no OFC team took part at the Olympics, in 2000, Australia were given the spot as hosts.[1]

Format

In 2004, three teams played a round robin. After Australia had left the Oceanic Confederation to Asia, all teams but New Zealand play a tournament. The winner then plays a two-legged play-off for the Olympics spot against New Zealand, Oceania's highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

Results
Year Host Final
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2004
details[2]		 Fiji
Australia		 round-robin
Papua New Guinea
Fiji		 only three teams entered
2008
details[3]
New Zealand		 2–0
Papua New Guinea		 only two teams in final round
2012
details[4]
New Zealand		 8–0, 7–0
Papua New Guinea		 only two teams in final round
2016
details
New Zealand		 7–11
Papua New Guinea		 only two teams in final round
2020
details2		 New Caledonia
New Zealand		 8–0
Fiji
Papua New Guinea		 7–1
New Caledonia

1 The second leg was scratched as Papua New Guinea was unable to travel to New Zealand for the match due to visa issues.

2 The OFC place at the 2020 Olympics was decided by the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.

References
  1. https://archive.today/20141224185227/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=0-2472-22534-0-0
  2. "Games of the XXVIII. Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  3. "Games of the XXIX. Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
  4. "Papua New Guinea 0 - 7 New Zealand". oceaniafootball.com. 4 April 2012. Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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