2008 OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament
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The second OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in 2008 determined the Oceania Football Confederation's berth for the 2008 Beijing Olympic football tournament.
First stage
Nine women's teams participated in the first stage, held as the 2007 South Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa. from August 25 to September 7.[1] The winning team, Papua New Guinea, progressed to the second round to play New Zealand.
Participating Teams
American Samoa 
Cook Islands 
Fiji 
New Caledonia
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands 
Tahiti 
Tonga
Second stage
The second stage was a play-off between New Zealand and the stage 1 winner. It was apparently planned as a two match play-off,[2] but was eventually played over just one game.[3]
New Zealand won the match 2–0 and progressed to the Beijing Olympics.[4]
References
- ↑ "South Pacific Games 2007 (Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- ↑ "NEW ZEALAND TO FACE PNG IN OFC QUALIFIERS". foxsportspulse.com. 18 January 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "OFC Activity Report 2008" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. p. 19. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Games of the XXIX. Olympiad". RSSSF. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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