2004 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
International football competition
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The 2004 OFC Men's Olympic Football Tournament, the fourth edition of the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, offered the winning Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) national under-23 side a place to compete at the quadrennial Summer Olympic Games. This was the second time that Australia and New Zealand co-hosted the qualifying tournament with them previously hosting the second round of the 1988 edition.
Australia
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | New Zealand Australia |
| Dates | 14–22 January 2004 |
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venues | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Goals scored | 116 (5.27 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Jean Maleb Shane Smeltz(7 goals) |
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Ten teams competed in the 2004 edition with the teams being separated into two groups of five with the winner of each group to face off in the final. Australia and New Zealand would be the teams that qualified for the final with Australia winning the tie in two-legs to book a spot at the 2004 Olympics Games which was being held in Greece.
Summary
The original dates of the 2004 edition was originally going to be held in June 2003 but after a meeting in March 2003, it was moved to January 2004 due to the fact that New Zealand was competing at the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup while the other South Pacific nations were competing at the 2003 South Pacific Games which was being held in Fiji.[1]
The matches for the group stage was playing at two venues. That being at Marconi Stadium which played out Group A which featured Australia, Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. Group B was played at the North Harbour Stadium which featured New Zealand, Vanuatu, Tonga, Cook Islands and American Samoa.[1]
Group A saw Australia not concede a single goal during the group stage as they finished with twenty-six goals from four games and not conceding any in return as they finished top of the group, finishing ahead of Fiji.[2] Coming in third was Samoa who defeated the Solomon Islands to overtake them especially after drawing with Papua New Guinea in the final match-day to record their best result in an OFC tournament.[3] Group B saw New Zealand have a tougher time with a scrappy match against Tonga before falling behind early in the final group game against Vanuatu as they came back from two goals after nineteen minutes to secure a 3-2 win with Brent Fisher getting the winning goal to book their spot in the final.[2][3]
The final round was played over two legs with the first leg being played at Parramatta Stadium. Two second-half goals from Jonathan McKain and Ahmad Elrich gave Australia a two goal advantage heading into the second leg which was played at North Harbour Stadium.[4] The second leg was a different story with New Zealand having the chances before scoring in the 51st minute from Shane Smeltz. Though Australia would score in the 71st minute when Ryan Griffiths outpaced the New Zealand defender Rupesh Puna to give Australia an away goal in which New Zealand wouldn't be able to respond securing Australia's spot at the 2004 Olympics.[5]
First round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Australia (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 12 | Advance to Final | — | 6–0 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 9–0 | |
| 2 | Fiji |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 9 | — | — | — | — | 4–1 | ||
| 3 | Samoa |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | — | 0–4 | — | 1–0 | 4–4 | ||
| 4 | Solomon Islands |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 3 | — | 1–4 | — | — | 4–2 | ||
| 5 | Papua New Guinea |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 21 | −14 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Solomon Islands | 4–2 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
Maemae  32' Sam 63', 83' Fa'arodo 65' |
Report | Sigamata 64' Guti 80' |
| Australia | 9–0 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| MacAllister 8', 63' Elrich 30' McKain 38' Dilevski 42' North 55' Carle 66', 73' Pelikan 74' |
Report |
| Fiji | 4–1 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Vulivuli 3' Vidovi 12' Toma 64', 66' |
Report | Maemae 75' |
| Fiji | 4–1 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Ali 22' Vulivuli 32', 70' Vakatalesau 54' |
Report | Nathaniel Lepani 47' |
| Samoa | 1–0 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Fa'aiuaso 11' |
Report |
| Australia | 5–0 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Macallister 14' Holman 34' Wilkshire 60' (pen.) Griffiths 71' Cansdell-Sherriff 90+2' |
Report |
| Samoa | 4–4 | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| Toleafoa 26' Fa'aiuaso 55' Timo 57' Bureta 67' |
Report | Davani 38' (pen.), 90+1' Nathaniel Lepani 40', 65' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 2 | +23 | 12 | Advance to Final | — | 3–2 | 2–0 | 9–0 | 11–0 | |
| 2 | Vanuatu |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 3 | +24 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 3 | Tonga |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 6 | — | 0–6 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 4 | Cook Islands |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 23 | −20 | 3 | — | 0–11 | — | — | — | ||
| 5 | American Samoa |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | — | 0–8 | 0–3 | 2–3 | — |
| Tonga | 3–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Uhutai 54' Papani 69' Feao 90+2' |
Report |
| New Zealand | 2–0 | Tonga |
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Report |
| American Samoa | 0–8 | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Waiwai 9' Thompsen 11', 12', 30' Qorig 22' Tabe 64' Kapi 81', 88' |
| Cook Islands | 3–2 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| T. Tisam 17', 46' Best 24' |
Report | Atuelevao 67', 69' |
Final
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
3–1 | New Zealand |
2–0 | 1–1 |
- First Leg
| Australia | 2–0 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| McKain 76' Elrich 83' |
report |
- Second Leg
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Smeltz 51' |
report | Griffiths 71' |
Australia won 3–1 on aggregate.
| 2004 OFC Olympic Qualification Championship |
|---|
 Australia Third title |
Goalscorers
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
Lorry Thompsen
Dylan Macallister
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Brent Fisher- Ahmad Elrich
- Brett Holman
Thomas Vulivuli
- 3 goals
Nathaniel Lepani- Isaac Kapi
- 2 goals
- Luke Wilkshire
- Nicky Carle
- Veresa Toma
- Alexander Davani
Richmond Faaiuaso
Jerry Sam- Alick Maemae
Duane Atuelevao
Tuka Tisam- James Pritchett
- Jarrod Smith
- Dimitri Yakeula
- Alphose Qorig