# 2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier

The 2024 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 5th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national team from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament. The tournament consisted of eight teams and was played between 7 and 19 February.
The winners of the tournament, New Zealand, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in France as the OFC representative.

## Teams

The draw for the tournament was held on 23 November 2023. The eight teams who entered qualification were ranked according to the August 2023 FIFA Women's World Ranking, with the top two nations allocated to Pot A, the next four teams to Pot B, and the final two teams to Pot C. Teams were drawn from Pot C to the fourth position in groups A and B, respectively. Then teams were drawn from Pot B into the third position in each group, then the second position in each group. Finally, the teams in Pot A were drawn into the first position in each group.
From the August 2023 FIFA Women's World Ranking :
| Pot A | Pot B | Pot C |
| New Zealand (26) Papua New Guinea (54) | Fiji (71) Tonga (92) Samoa (97) Solomon Islands (104) | Vanuatu (122) American Samoa (NR) |

### Did not enter

* New Caledonia (107)
* Tahiti (108)
* Cook Islands (109)

## Venue

All matches were played at the FFS Football Stadium across two fields.

## Group stage

All match times are UTC+13.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 4 | |
| 4 | American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Samoa (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 16 February 2024 – Apia | 16 February 2024 – Apia |
| Solomon Islands | 2 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 19 February 2024 – Apia | 19 February 2024 – Apia |
| Samoa | 0 | 19 February 2024 – Apia | 19 February 2024 – Apia |
| Samoa | 0 | Solomon Islands | 1 |
| 16 February 2024 – Apia | 16 February 2024 – Apia | | Solomon Islands | 1 |
| 16 February 2024 – Apia | 16 February 2024 – Apia | New Zealand | 11 |
| New Zealand | 7 | New Zealand | 11 |
| Fiji | 1 | | |

### Final

* Player of the Match:
* Indiah-Paige Riley (New Zealand)
* Assistant referees:
* Lata Kaumatule (Tonga)
* Vaihina Teura (Tahiti)
* Fourth official:
* Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)
* Fifth official:
* Jeremy Garae (Vanuatu)

## Qualified teams for the 2024 Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament in France.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in Summer Olympics |
| New Zealand | February 19, 2024 | 4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) |

## Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.
7 goals
* Grace Jale
* Marie Kaipu
6 goals
* Indiah-Paige Riley
* Lorina Solosaia
5 goals
* Jacqui Hand
4 goals
* Sofi Diyalowai
* Narieta Leba
* Cema Nasau
* Ileen Pegi
3 goals
* Keren Kalapai
2 goals
* Kasanita Tabua
* Macey Fraser
* Ally Green
* Katie Kitching
* Hannah Wilkinson
* Jemina David
1 goal
* Lela Waetin
* Koleta Likuculacula
* Preeya Singh
* Katie Bowen
* Michaela Foster
* Betsy Hassett
* Ruby Nathan
* Kate Taylor
* Cynthia Bangita
* Calista Maneo
* Phylis Pala
* Monique Fischer
* Leah Manuleleua
* Jayda Stewart
* Sandy Aniholland
* Almah Gogoni
* Sachi Swift
* Telusila Vunipola
* Elina Aruvuha
1 own goal
* Sasjah Vikolia Dade (against New Zealand)

## Awards

Team of the tournament :
| Goalkeeper | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona | Xeyana Salaona |
| Defenders | Rebekah Stott | Rebekah Stott | Rebekah Stott | Rebekah Stott | Sasjah Dade | Sasjah Dade | Sasjah Dade | Sasjah Dade | Lisa Solo | Lisa Solo | Lisa Solo | Lisa Solo |
| Midfielders | Indiah-Paige Riley | Indiah-Paige Riley | Indiah-Paige Riley | Kate Taylor | Kate Taylor | Kate Taylor | Cema Nasau | Cema Nasau | Cema Nasau | Adi Litia Bakaniceva | Adi Litia Bakaniceva | Adi Litia Bakaniceva |
| Forwards | Grace Jale | Grace Jale | Grace Jale | Grace Jale | Lorina Solosaia | Lorina Solosaia | Lorina Solosaia | Lorina Solosaia | Ileen Pegi | Ileen Pegi | Ileen Pegi | Ileen Pegi |

## Broadcasting

On 7 February 2024, the opening day of the tournament, Oceania Football Confederation announced that all the matches will be streamed live on FIFA+.