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2010 OFC Women's Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	29 September – 8 October 2010
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	Papua New Guinea
Third place	Cook Islands
Fourth place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	78 (4.88 per match)
Attendance	4,940 (309 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Amber Hearn (12 goals)
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The 2010 OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup) took place in Auckland, New Zealand^[1] between 29 September and 8 October. It was the ninth edition of the tournament. For the first time, eight teams participated in the tournament, and a total of sixteen matches were played.

The tournament also served as the OFC Women's World Cup qualification tournament, with the winner qualifying for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Participating nations

Team	Tournament appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Cook Islands	2nd	2003	5th (2003)
Fiji	3rd	1998	4th (1983, 1998)
New Zealand	9th	2007	Winners (1983, 1991, 2007)
Papua New Guinea	7th	2007	Runners-up (2007)
Solomon Islands	2nd	2007	4th (2007)
Tahiti	1st	—	—
Tonga	2nd	2007	3rd (2007)
Vanuatu	1st	—	—

Officials

The following referees were named for the tournament:

• Tupou Patia
• Ravitesh Behari
• Anna-Marie Keighley
• John Saohu
• Averii Jacques

Results

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	31	0	+31	9	Advance to knockout stage
Cook Islands	3	2	0	1	3	10	−7	6
Tahiti	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
Vanuatu	3	0	0	3	1	21	−20	0

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
Solomon Islands	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
Tonga	3	1	0	2	2	8	−6	3
Fiji	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 October – Auckland
	New Zealand	8
					8 October – Auckland
	Solomon Islands	0
					New Zealand	11
	6 October – Auckland
					Papua New Guinea	0
	Papua New Guinea	1
	Cook Islands	0
					Third place
					8 October – Auckland
					Solomon Islands	0
					Cook Islands	2

Semifinals

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Third-place match

Final

New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Awards

2010 OFC Women's Championship winners
New Zealand Fourth title

Statistics

Goalscorers

12 goals

• Amber Hearn

7 goals

6 goals

• Rosie White

5 goals

• Zeen Limbai

4 goals

• Ria Percival

3 goals

• Hayley Moorwood
• Heimiri Alvarez

2 goals

1 goal

Own goal

• Lupe Likiliki (playing against Papua New Guinea)

Final ranking

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	15	50	0	+50
2	Papua New Guinea	5	4	0	1	12	9	12	−3
3	Cook Islands	5	3	0	2	9	5	11	−6
4	Solomon Islands	5	1	1	3	4	5	12	−7
Eliminated in the Group stage
5	Tahiti	3	1	0	2	3	5	9	−4
6	Tonga	3	1	0	2	3	2	8	−6
7	Fiji	3	0	1	2	1	1	5	−4
8	Vanuatu	3	0	0	3	0	1	21	−20
Total		16(1)	15	1(2)	15	47	78	78	0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
⁽¹⁾ – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
⁽²⁾ – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

External links

• OFC Site

References