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2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
CityApia
Dates4–18 August 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Attendance2,550 (170 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Kelli Brown (14 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Maya Hahn
Best goalkeeperNew Caledonia Lorenza Hnamano
Fair play award Tonga
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The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Samoa between 4 and 18 August 2017.[1][2]

For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-17 to under-16. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the OFC representative.[3]

Teams

All eleven OFC member national teams entered the tournament. It would be the first time in the history of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship that all eleven members of the OFC take part in the tournament.[2] However, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu later withdrew from the tournament, so only eight teams would take part.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 1st Debut
 Cook Islands 3rd Third place (2012)
 Fiji 2nd Third place (2016)
 New Caledonia 3rd Fourth place (2012, 2016)
 New Zealand 4th Champions (2010, 2012, 2016)
 Samoa (hosts) 2nd Group stage (2016)
 Tahiti 1st Debut
 Tonga 3rd 4th place (2010)
Withdrew

Venue

The matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Football Complex in Apia.

Squads

Main article: 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could name a maximum of 20 players.[4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 June 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The eleven teams were drawn into one group of six teams (Group A) and one group of five teams (Group B). Based on results of the previous three editions, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea were seeded into one pot and drawn into either Group A or B, while the remaining nine teams were placed in another pot and drawn into any of the remaining five spots in Group A or the remaining four spots in Group B.[2]

After the withdrawal of Vanuatu in Group A,[5] and Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea in Group B,[6] Group A was left with five teams and Group B was left with three teams. A draw was held on 29 July 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, which saw Tonga moved from Group A to Group B so that both teams would have four teams. The tournament schedule was also revised and would end one week earlier, with the semi-finals and final now played on 15 and 18 August instead of 22 and 25 August.

Each group was played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WST (UTC+13).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 32 1 +31 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3  Samoa (H) 3 1 0 2 4 14 −10 3
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Samoa 0–6 New Caledonia
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti 1–17 New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)
New Zealand 7–0 New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
Tahiti 0–4 Samoa
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Talalelei Faalavaau (American Samoa)
New Zealand 8–0 Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
New Caledonia 2–1 Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Tonga 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: OFC
American Samoa 1–4 Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Cook Islands 3–1 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 0–0 Tonga
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)
American Samoa 0–4 Cook Islands
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Tonga 6–1 American Samoa
 Report
  • Tofaeono 45+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August – Apia
 
 
 New Zealand9
 
18 August – Apia
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 New Zealand6
 
15 August – Apia
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 Fiji2
 
 
 New Caledonia4
 

Semi-finals

New Zealand 9–0 Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 2–4 New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)

Final

Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

New Zealand 6–0 New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)

Winners

 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship 

New Zealand
Fourth title

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[7]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 New Zealand 18 August 2017 5 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[8]

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Maya Hahn
Golden Boot New Zealand Kelli Brown
Golden Gloves New Caledonia Lorenza Hnamano
Fair Play Award  Tonga

Goalscorers

14 goals
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "OFC Insider – 2017/01". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Full complement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Circular #1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016.
  4. ^ "Teams confirmed for U-16s". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 July 2017.
  5. ^ "OFC U-16 Women's Championship down to 10". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Two withdrawals lead to schedule change". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 July 2017.
  7. ^ "New Zealand ease their way to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 August 2017. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017.
  8. ^ "New Zealand book tickets to Uruguay 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 August 2017.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_OFC_U-16_Women%27s_Championship

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