The 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, and the third with the U-16 format. The tournament is holding between 8 to 21 September 2024 in Fiji.[1]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Fiji |
City | Suva |
Dates | 8–21 September |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (6th title) |
Runners-up | Samoa |
Third place | Tonga |
Fourth place | New Caledonia |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 69 (3.83 per match) |
Attendance | 1,560 (87 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Laura Bennett (6 goals) |
Best player(s) | Pia Volk |
Best goalkeeper | Margaret Fagasuisui Tuii |
← 2023 2025 → |
The top two teams qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the OFC representatives.[2]
Teams
editQualification
editStarting from this edition, a four-team qualifying stage was introduced for the competition. The four lowest-ranked teams – Vanuatu, who finished eighth in the last edition, and the three teams that missed the previous tournament – were originally set to compete in a single-group tournament. However, Vanuatu did not enter, leaving just three teams. In June 2024, Samoa won the three-team qualifying group and secured a spot in the tournament.[3]
Qualified teams
editThe following teams qualified for the tournament.
Team | Method of qualification |
Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Cook Islands | Automatic qualification |
5th | Third place (2012) |
Fiji | 4th | Runners-up (2023) | |
New Caledonia | 5th | Runners-up (2017) | |
New Zealand | 6th | Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023) | |
Solomon Islands | 3rd | Runners-up (2010) | |
Tahiti | 3rd | Third place (2023) | |
Tonga | 5th | Fourth place (2010, 2023) | |
Samoa | Qualifying stage winner | 3rd | Group stage (2016) |
- Did not enter
Group stage
editThe draw for the group stage was held on 6 March 2024.[4][5]
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Fiji (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 5th place match |
4 | Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 7th place match |
Cook Islands | 0–10 | Samoa |
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Fiji | 3–3 | Tonga |
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Samoa | 2–0 | Tonga |
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Fiji | 2–0 | Cook Islands |
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Tonga | 6–0 | Cook Islands |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | |
3 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5th place match |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | 7th place match |
New Zealand | 5–0 | Tahiti |
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Report |
Solomon Islands | 1–2 | New Caledonia |
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Kini 12' | Report | Hmaen 9', 60' |
Solomon Islands | 0–1 | New Zealand |
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Report | Oneill 11' |
New Caledonia | 3–1 | Tahiti |
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Report | Pani 73' |
Placement matches
edit7th place match
editCook Islands | 1–2 | Tahiti |
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Nia 7' | Report |
5th place match
editFiji | 1–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Kuladina 70' | Report |
Knockout stage
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
18 September | ||||||
Samoa | 2 | |||||
21 September | ||||||
New Caledonia | 0 | |||||
Samoa | 0 | |||||
18 September | ||||||
New Zealand | 4 | |||||
New Zealand | 8 | |||||
Tonga | 0 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
21 September | ||||||
New Caledonia | 0 | |||||
Tonga | 1 |
Semi-finals
editWinners will qualify for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Samoa | 2–0 | New Caledonia |
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Report |
New Zealand | 8–0 | Tonga |
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Report |
Third place match
editNew Caledonia | 0–1 | Tonga |
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Report | Malohifo'ou 56' |
Final
editQualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2025
editThe following team from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.
Teams | Qualified on | Previous appearances in 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1 |
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Samoa | 18 September 2024 | 0 (debut) |
New Zealand | 18 September 2024 | 8 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
editThere were 69 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
- Vahine Uini (against Tahiti)
References
edit- ^ "OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP". OFC.
- ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Samoa comfortably qualify for OFC Women's U-16 Championship". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "DRAW: OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2024". YouTube. 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Draws confirmed for OFC U-16 Women's Championship and Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.