2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
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]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Samoa |
| City | Apia |
| Dates | 4–18 August 2017 |
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 89 (5.93 per match) |
| Attendance | 2,550 (170 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
| Best player(s) | |
| Best goalkeeper |  |
| Fair play award |  |
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 |
|---|---|---|
 | 1st | Debut |
 | 3rd | Third place (2012) |
 | 2nd | Third place (2016) |
| 3rd | Fourth place (2012, 2016) |
| 4th | Champions (2010, 2012, 2016) |
 | 2nd | Group stage (2016) |
 | 1st | Debut |
| 3rd | 4th place (2010) |
- Withdrew
Venue
The matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Football Complex in Apia.
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 |
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| 1 | |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | +31 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 3 | |
| 4 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 0 |
| Samoa | 0–6 | |
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| Tahiti | 1–17 | |
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| New Zealand | 7–0 | |
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| Tahiti | 0–4 | |
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| New Zealand | 8–0 | |
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| New Caledonia | 2–1 | |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 |
| American Samoa | 1–4 | |
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| Cook Islands | 3–1 | |
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| Tonga | 6–1 | |
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| Fiji | 2–0 | |
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Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 15 August – Apia | ||||||
| 9 | |||||
| 18 August – Apia | ||||||
| 0 | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| 15 August – Apia | ||||||
| 0 | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Fiji | 2–4 | |
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Final
Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
| New Zealand | 6–0 | |
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Winners
| 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship |
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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 |
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| 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 | |
| Golden Boot | |
| Golden Gloves | |
| Fair Play Award | |
Goalscorers
- 14 goals
- 9 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- 1 own goal
References
- "OFC Insider – 2017/01". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 April 2017.
- "Full complement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 June 2017.
- "Circular #1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
- "Teams confirmed for U-16s". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 July 2017.
- "OFC U-16 Women's Championship down to 10". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 July 2017.
- "Two withdrawals lead to schedule change". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 July 2017.
- "New Zealand ease their way to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 August 2017.
- "New Zealand book tickets to Uruguay 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 August 2017.
External links
- 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship, oceaniafootball.com