2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament

The 2012 OFC Under 17 tournament was the second edition of the OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, which acted as the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier in the Oceania Football Confederation region. It took place from 9 to 14 April in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] New Zealand were the defending champions after winning the 2010 edition.[2]

2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates9 – 13 April
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored39 (6.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Hannah Carlsen
New Zealand Jasmine Pereira
(6 goals each)
2010
2016

New Zealand won the tournament undefeated with a goal difference of 29–1 and qualified to the World Cup.[3]

The tournament was held alongside the 2012 OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, using the same venue and alternating matchdays.

Participating teams

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Matches

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The four teams played a single round robin.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 29 1 +28 9
  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 4 11 −7 6
  Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
  New Caledonia 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
New Caledonia  0–1  Papua New Guinea
Report Kaikas   18'
Centre Park, Mangere
New Zealand  7–0  Cook Islands
Puketapu   18'
Bott   22'
Rolston   29'
Carlsen   33', 75'
Palmer   67', 71'
Report
Centre Park, Mangere

New Caledonia  1–13  New Zealand
Valefakaaga   19' Report Pereira   2', 31', 47', 86'
Rolston   28', 60'
Puketapu   36', 84', 90+3'
Cleverley   69'
Carlsen   77'
Innes   82'
Palmer   90+4'
Centre Park, Mangere
Cook Islands  2–3  Papua New Guinea
Toka   33', 69' Report Lorenz   21', 27'
Kaikas   53'
Centre Park, Mangere

Cook Islands  3–0  New Caledonia
Taio   8'
Maoate-Cox   71'
Toka   77'
Report
Centre Park, Mangere
Papua New Guinea  0–9  New Zealand
Report Lee   1'
Cleverley   22', 39'
Carlsen   36', 40', 78'
Pereira   46', 90+3'
Rolston   78'
Centre Park, Mangere

Top goalscorers

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players with at least two goals:

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

Awards

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New Zealand's Carlsen and Pereira were handed the golden boot for scoring six goals each. New Zealand also won the Fair Play awards as well as the Best Player award with Briar Palmer. Moeroa Nootai from Cook Islands received the Golden Gloves award for best goal-keeping.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "OFC confirms dates for Olympic qualifying matches". spasifikmag.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Kiwis stroll to Oceania crown". OFC. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Young Football Ferns book Azerbaijan spot". oceaniafootball.com. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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