1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Australia New Zealand
Dates	15 November 1987 – 27 March 1988
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	6 (in 6 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia
Runners-up	Israel
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	67 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Michael McGarry (7 Goals)
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The 1988 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament determined which Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) team would qualify directly to complete at the 1988 Summer Olympics men's football tournament.

The qualifications had two rounds. The first round had three teams per group, with the group winner going directly into the second round. The runner-up of each group completed in a one-way play-off to determine who participated in the second round. Israel qualified directly into the second round.[1][2][3]

Before the first round begun, Papua New Guinea and Fiji pulled out, leaving each group with only two teams. It was decided to have two match playoffs instead.[1]

First round

Group 1

Papua New Guinea withdraw before the games started

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	4	Qualification for Second round
2	Chinese Taipei	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0	Qualification for Playoff round
3	Papua New Guinea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: RSSSF

15 November 1987 (1987-11-15)

Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia
	Report	Arnold 21', 50' Farina 53'

Taipei, Taiwan

26 February 1988 (1988-02-26)

Australia	3–0	Chinese Taipei
Arnold 36', 71' ?' (o.g.)	Report

Canberra, Australia

Group 2

Fiji withdraw before the games started

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	19	0	+19	4	Qualification for Second round
2	Western Samoa	2	0	0	2	0	19	−19	0	Qualification for Playoff round
3	Fiji	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: RSSSF

7 November 1987 (1987-11-07)

Western Samoa	0–7	New Zealand
	Report	Halford 7' McGarry 35' Halligan 64' Ironside 65', 83', 85' (pen.) Deeley 76'

Apia, Samoa

13 November 1987 (1987-11-13)

New Zealand	12–0	Western Samoa
McGarry 1', 16' (pen.), 37' Hagan 22' (pen.), 35', 43', 73' Halford 27' Deeley 45' (pen.), 62', 71' Barkley 76' (pen.)	Report

Auckland, New Zealand

Playoff

The losers of each group had a one-off match for a place in the second round.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Chinese Taipei	5–0	Western Samoa

2 March 1988 (1988-03-02)

Chinese Taipei	5–0	Western Samoa
Miao Chin-Chung ?', ?', ?' Pan Yung-I ?' Chien I-Shiu ?'	Report

Sydney, Australia

Second round

Final standings and matches

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	10	Qualification for 1988 Summer Olympics
2	Israel	6	4	1	1	17	3	+14	9
3	New Zealand (H)	6	2	1	3	5	7	−2	5
4	Chinese Taipei	6	0	0	6	3	23	−20	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

6 March 1988 (1988-03-06)

Chinese Taipei	0–1	New Zealand
		Barkley ?'

Melbourne, Australia

6 March 1988 (1988-03-06)

Australia	2–0	Israel
Yankos 71' (pen.) Farina 90+'

Melbourne, Australia

9 March 1988 (1988-03-09)

Israel	2–0	New Zealand
Cohen 17' Ivanir 55'

Adelaide, Australia

9 March 1988 (1988-03-09)

Australia	3–2	Chinese Taipei
Tobin 21' Crino 62' Patikas 87'		Wu Chau-In 18' Chien I-Shiu 86'

Adelaide, Australia

13 March 1988 (1988-03-13)

Israel	5–1	Chinese Taipei
Brailovsky 7', 79' Malmilian 14', 72' Levine 28'		Chen Sing-An 64'

Sydney, Australia

13 March 1988 (1988-03-13)

Australia	3–1	New Zealand
Patikas 39' Crino 60' Farina 64'		McGarry 56'

Sydney, Australia

20 March 1988 (1988-03-20)

Israel	0–0	Australia

Christchurch, New Zealand

20 March 1988 (1988-03-20)

New Zealand	2–0	Chinese Taipei
McGarry 27' Halford 90+'

Christchurch, New Zealand

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)

Chinese Taipei	0–9	Israel
		Rosenthal 32' Cohen 43' Malmilian 50' (pen.) Levine 58', 60', 66' Tikva 64', 82', 87'

Wellington, New Zealand

23 March 1988 (1988-03-23)

New Zealand	1–1	Australia
McGarry 11' (pen.)		Farina 74'

Wellington, New Zealand

27 March 1988 (1988-03-27)

New Zealand	0–1	Israel
		Levine 5'

Auckland, New Zealand

27 March 1988 (1988-03-27)

Chinese Taipei	0–3	Australia
		Arnold 2' Farina 19' Wade 77'

Auckland, New Zealand

Goalscorers

References

1. "1988 Summer Olympics - The Results (Football Qualification)". Sport - Olympic. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
2. "Games of the XXIV. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
3. "1988 Oceania Olympic Qualifiers". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 27 July 2021.