| Tourney Name: | OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Dates: | 16–25 March 2012 |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| City: | Taupō |
| Matches: | 13 |
| Goals: | 63 |
| Attendance: | 4250 |
| Top Scorer: | Ian Paia (7 goals) |
| Player: | Esava Naqeleca |
| Prevseason: | 2008 |
| Nextseason: | 2015 |
The 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying 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 (OFC).[1] The tournament was played in New Zealand, after an OFC decision to strip Fiji of the rights to host the tournament was made in January 2012. It was announced on 7 February 2012 that Taupō would host the qualifiers, with the sole venue being Owen Delany Park.[2]
New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the Olympic Games.
See main article: 2012 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Football Tournament squads.
The teams' paths to the Olympics were revealed on 17 February 2012.[3]
| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 31 | −29 | 0 | |
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| Team | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 6 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |
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Due to the delay in the final group matches, the knockout stage was postponed by one day from the original schedule.[4]
A number of awards were announced at the conclusion of the tournament.[5]
Esava Naqeleca
Greg Draper Louis Fenton Sean Lovemore Archie Watkins Jone Salauneune Misaele Draunibaka Ethan Gailbraith James Musa Daniel Saric Jason Hicks
Jamal Seeto Nigel Dabinyaba Vanya Malagian