2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament

The 2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament was the inaugural edition of what would later be known as the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. It was hosted by Tonga from 23 April–3 May 2002.

2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host country Tonga
Dates23 April–3 May 2002
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (1st title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Tonga
Fourth place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored91 (7 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Amber Hearn (10 goals)
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Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in the competition.

In the final, Australia defeated New Zealand 6–0.

By winning the tournament, Australia also qualified for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in Canada.

Qualification

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All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament began.[1]

Participating teams

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The following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:

Country
  American Samoa
  Australia
  Cook Islands
  Fiji
  New Zealand
  Samoa
  Tonga

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 20 0 +20 9 Advance to knockout stage
2   Samoa 3 1 1 1 4 13 −9 4
3   American Samoa 3 0 2 1 2 4 −2 2
4   Fiji 3 0 1 2 1 10 −9 1
Source: RSSSF
American Samoa  0–0  Fiji
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New Zealand  10–0  Samoa
Clapham    
Hearn   
Meo   
Duncan  
Yallop  
Ray  
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New Zealand  2–0  American Samoa
Duncan  
Hearn  
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Samoa  2–1  Fiji
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New Zealand  8–0  Fiji
Duncan    
Hearn   
McColl  
Ray  
Thompson  
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Samoa  2–2  American Samoa
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1   Australia 2 2 0 0 26 0 +26 6 Advance to knockout stage
2   Tonga (H) 2 0 1 1 1 12 −11 1
3   Cook Islands 2 0 1 1 1 16 −15 1
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Tonga  0–11  Australia
Report Crawford   5'
McCallum   19', 88'
Davison   22'
Munoz   28'
Kuralay   44', 50', 67'
Slatyer   51'
Neilson   63'
Stocco   75'

Cook Islands  0–15  Australia
Report Gill   7', 10'
Cannuli   20', 34', 45', 72'
Davison   22'
Mitchell   28'
McShea   37', 62'
Slatyer   64'
Canham   74', 89'
Kuralay   82'
Harch   90'

Cook Islands  1–1  Tonga
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Knockout stage

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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 May
 
 
  New Zealand 15
 
3 May
 
  Tonga 0
 
  New Zealand 0
 
1 May
 
  Australia 6
 
  Australia 13
 
 
  Samoa 0
 
Third place
 
 
3 May
 
 
  Tonga 2
 
 
  Samoa 0

Semi-finals

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New Zealand  15–0  Tonga
Hearn      
Clapham    
Thompson    
Duncan  
Meo  
McColl  
Yallop  
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Australia  13–0  Samoa
Davison   2'
McCallum   3'
Crawford   11', 14', 42'
Harch   19'
Kuralay   37', 58', 64', 70', 84'
Cannuli   74'
Gill   77'
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Third-place match

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Samoa  0–2  Tonga
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Final

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Australia  6–0  New Zealand
Munoz   30', 70'
McCallum   36'
Crawford   56'
Davison   61', 78'
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Top goalscorers

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10 goals
9 goals
6 goals
5 goals

References

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  1. ^ Zlotkowski, Andre (17 April 2014). "OFC Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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