2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

The 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands from 30 August to 12 September 2019.[1][2]

2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCook Islands
CityRarotonga
Dates30 August – 12 September 2019
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (7th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Third place Tahiti
Fourth place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored120 (6.32 per match)
Attendance4,840 (255 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Kelli Brown (21 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Grace Wisnewski
Best goalkeeperFrench Polynesia Corail Harry
Fair play award Solomon Islands
2017
2022

The winner of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives.[3] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[4]

New Zealand were the defending champions, and they went on to win the 2019 Championship.

Teams

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All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  American Samoa 3rd Fourth place (2010)
  Cook Islands (hosts) 3rd Runners-up (2010)
  Fiji 4th Runners-up (2017)
  New Caledonia 5th Third place (2012)
  New Zealand 8th Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
  Papua New Guinea 6th Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014)
  Samoa 6th Fourth place (2002, 2006, 2012)
  Solomon Islands 3rd Third place (2004)
  Tahiti 1st Debut
  Tonga 7th Runners-up (2006)
  Vanuatu 4th Third place (2015)

Venue

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The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga.

Squads

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Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on 17 April 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.[5] The 11 teams were drawn into three groups, with Groups A and B having four teams and Group C having three teams. The hosts Cook Islands were assigned to group position A1, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding, with the only restriction that the defending champions New Zealand must be drawn into Group A or B.[6]

Group stage

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The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Vanuatu 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Knockout stage
2   Fiji 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3   Cook Islands (H) 3 1 0 2 1 2 −1 3
4   Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Solomon Islands  1–3  Fiji
  • Nari   43'
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Vanuatu  0–1  Cook Islands
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Attendance: 400
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Vanuatu  4–0  Solomon Islands
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Anne Tuaefe (Tonga)
Cook Islands  0–1  Fiji
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Fiji  0–1  Vanuatu
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Attendance: 220
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Cook Islands  0–1  Solomon Islands
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Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 47 0 +47 9 Knockout stage
2   Tahiti 3 2 0 1 17 5 +12 6
3   American Samoa 3 1 0 2 3 21 −18 3
4   Samoa 3 0 0 3 2 43 −41 0
Source: OFC
New Zealand  30–0  Samoa
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Tahiti  7–0  American Samoa
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Attendance: 250
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Tahiti  0–5  New Zealand
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American Samoa  3–2  Samoa
  • Tofaeono   25'
  • Lui   31', 42'
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Samoa  0–10  Tahiti
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American Samoa  0–12  New Zealand
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Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Caledonia 2 2 0 0 12 2 +10 6 Knockout stage
2   Papua New Guinea 2 1 0 1 2 8 −6 3
3   Tonga 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4 0
Source: OFC
Papua New Guinea  0–8  New Caledonia
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New Caledonia  4–2  Tonga
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Tonga  0–2  Papua New Guinea
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  • Gossie   64'
  • Bekio   84'

Ranking of Second-placed teams

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Results against the fourth-placed teams of each group C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 B   Tahiti 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 3 Knockout stage
2 A   Fiji 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3 C   Papua New Guinea 2 1 0 1 2 8 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
9 September – CIFA Academy
 
 
  Tahiti0 (6)
 
12 September – CIFA Academy
 
  New Caledonia (p)0 (7)
 
  New Caledonia2
 
9 September – CIFA Academy
 
  New Zealand5
 
  Vanuatu0
 
 
  New Zealand11
 
Third place match
 
 
12 September – CIFA Academy
 
 
  Tahiti4
 
 
  Vanuatu1

Semi-finals

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Tahiti  0–0 (a.e.t.)  New Caledonia
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Penalties
6–7

Vanuatu  0–11  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Third place match

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Tahiti  4–1  Vanuatu
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Final

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Winner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

New Caledonia  2–5  New Zealand
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Winners

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 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship 
 
New Zealand
Seventh title

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]

Award Player
Golden Ball   Grace Wisnewski
Golden Boot   Kelli Brown
Golden Gloves   Corail Harry
Fair Play Award   Solomon Islands

Goalscorers

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There were 120 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 6.32 goals per match.

21 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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The following team from OFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
  New Zealand 12 September 2019[8] 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

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  1. ^ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "OFC U-19 Women's Championship 2019". Oceania Football Confederation.
  3. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 April 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 OFC WOMEN'S U-19 & U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 17 April 2019.
  7. ^ "New Zealand claim Oceania title to reign supreme". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Free-scoring New Zealand lock up qualification". FIFA.com. 13 September 2019.
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