2012 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament 2012 1 March–4 April 2012 5 1 New Zealand 2 Papua New Guinea Tonga Vanuatu 10 63 2008 2016 2012 OFC Women's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament was the qualifying tournament to the football competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London for the member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the third edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Four nations participated in a preliminary tournament (hosted by Tonga) based on a league system with two advancing to a final.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/df4e6b53-b97d-4278-afc1-42aeeb0a97f7/language/en-US/Default.aspx Schedule set for key competitions Oceania Football Confederation 6 February 2012 6 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120207165932/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/df4e6b53-b97d-4278-afc1-42aeeb0a97f7/language/en-US/Default.aspx 2012-02-07 dead The winner of this preliminary stage played New Zealand in a home-and-away play-off for a place at the Olympics.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/2c747c48-e57f-4e5a-b739-fbe0ef53e33a/language/en-US/Default.aspx PNG women's squad announced Oceania Football Confederation 31 January 2012 3 February 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20151126183246/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/2c747c48-e57f-4e5a-b739-fbe0ef53e33a/language/en-US/Default.aspx 2015-11-26 dead Participating teams New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Tonga Vanuatu First stage The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012.http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/43ec1f93-6818-4ea5-b9ad-1036f7f3cf76/language/en-US/Default.aspx Path to London unveiled Oceania Football Confederation 17 February 2012 17 February 2012 Round-robin main WDL First stage OFC PNG, TGA, SAM, VAN complete 3 0 0 20 3 2 0 1 11 5 H 1 0 2 7 16 0 0 3 6 20 PNG TGA SAM VAN Q F F TP TP green1 Qualification to final blue1 Qualification to third place play-off 1 March 2012 13:00 UTC+13 TGA 5–2 Report VAN Piuingi Feke 31 47 61 Salome Va'enuku 42 Kiana Mu'amoholeva 56 Serah Thompson 62 Joella Avock 90+3 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 700 Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) 1 March 2012 15:30 UTC+13 PNG 7–2 Report SAM Fatima Rama 7 Linah Honeakii 12 38 Rumona Morris 45+1 Daisy Winas 86 Sandra Birum 87 90+2 Lanuola Mulipola 19 Tamasailau Leuta 70 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 250 Tupou Patia (Cook Islands) 3 March 2012 13:00 UTC+13 TGA 0–2 Report PNG Zeen Limbai 32 Deslyne Siniu 48 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 800 Averii Jacques (Tahiti) 3 March 2012 15:30 UTC+13 SAM 4–3 Report VAN Hazel Peleti 24 63 84 80 o.g. Lisa Batick 5 29 Fina Angelo 43 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 200 Finau Vulivuli (Fiji) 5 March 2012 13:00 UTC+13 SAM 1–6 Report TGA Hazel Peleti 38 Laite Si'i Manu 4 Piuingi Feke 30 33 34 45 Kiana Mu'amoholeva 45+6 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 600 Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) 5 March 2012 15:30 UTC+13 VAN 1–11 Report PNG Junane Ishmael 42 Georgina Kaikas 6 57 Deslyne Siniu 19 22 63 pen. 89 Esther Muta 56 Barbra Muta 73 Fatima Rama 79 Daisy Winas 85 89 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 100 Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand) Knockout round main Bracket N2 white-space:nowrap yes high yes Final Third place play-off 7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa PNG 2 TGA 0 7 March 2012 – Nukuʻalofa SAM 0 VAN 2 Third place play-off 7 March 2012 13:00 UTC+13 SAM 0–2 Report VAN Elodie Samuel 20 Leisale Solomon 24 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 150 Tupou Patia (Cook Islands) Final 7 March 2012 15:30 UTC+13 PNG 2–0 Report TGA Fatima Rama 47 Barbra Muta 49 Loto-Tonga Centre, Nukuʻalofa 800 Finau Vulivuli (Fiji) Awards A number of awards were announced following the preliminary tournament.http://www.tongafootball.to/News/ViewArticle/tabid/1226/Article/3369c9a0-3770-42af-aede-992b92e7fa92/language/en-US/Default.aspx PNG secure play-off with New Zealand Oceania Football Confederation 7 March 2012 8 March 2012 https://archive.today/20130418144927/http://www.tongafootball.to/News/ViewArticle/tabid/1226/Article/3369c9a0-3770-42af-aede-992b92e7fa92/language/en-US/Default.aspx 2013-04-18 dead Player of the tournamentBest goalkeeperTop scorerFairplay AwardPNG Deslyne SiniuTGA Lupe LikilikiTGA Piuingi Feke (7 goals)VAN Final stage Summary main Final stage NZL 15–0 PNG 8–0 7–0 Matches 31 March 2012 17:00 UTC+13 NZL 8–0 Report PNG Hannah Wilkinson 6 Rebecca Smith 13 Sarah Gregorius 40 Amber Hearn 43 90+1 Rosie White 63 89 Ria Percival 70 Toll Stadium, Whangārei 2,243 Rakesh Varman (Fiji) 4 April 2012 14:00 UTC+10 PNG 0–7 Report NZL Hayley Moorwood 13 Sarah Gregorius 32 84 pen. Hannah Wilkinson 37 42 o.g. Anna Green 49 Betsy Hassett 70 PMRL Stadium, Port Moresby 1,650 Norbert Hauata (Tahiti) New Zealand won 15–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. References See also Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 OFC Men's Pre-Olympic Football Tournament External links Official OFC website Official OFC competition schedule 2012 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Olympic Qualifying Tournament Category:Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification Category:April 2012 sports events in Oceania Category:New Zealand at the 2012 women's Olympic football tournament