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 runner-up of each group completed in a one-way play-off to determine who participated in 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.

[1] Papua New Guinea withdraw before the games started Fiji withdraw before the games started

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