2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
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The 2016 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament was the 4th edition of the OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament, the quadrennial international football competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) to determine which women's national teams from Oceania qualify for the Olympic football tournament.
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Papua New Guinea (Stage 1) Papua New Guinea and New Zealand (Stage 2) |
Dates | 6–16 July 2015 (Stage 1) 23–26 January 2016 (Stage 2) |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (3rd title) |
Runners-up | Papua New Guinea |
← 2012 2024 → |
The tournament consisted of two stages. The first stage was the Pacific Games women's football tournament, where the highest-ranked team who is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) advanced to the second stage. The second stage was a two-legged play-off between the first stage qualifier and New Zealand, OFC's highest ranked team in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. The winner of the second stage qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Brazil.[1]
New Zealand qualified for their third straight Olympics after the second leg of their final play-off against Papua New Guinea was cancelled due to visa issues preventing Papua New Guinea's team from travelling to New Zealand for the match.[2]