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2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

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 and 21 September 2024 in Fiji.[1]

2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates8–21 September
Teams8 (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 played18
Goals scored69 (3.83 per match)
Attendance1,560 (87 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Laura Bennett
(6 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Pia Volk
Best goalkeeperSamoa 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

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Qualification

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Main article: 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification

Starting 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

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The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of
qualification 		Appearance Previous best performance
  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

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The 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
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
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Cook Islands  0–10  Samoa
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Fiji  3–3  Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Samoa  2–0  Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Fiji  2–0  Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 130
Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  6–0  Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)
Samoa  1–0  Fiji
Ava   51' Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
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
Source: OFC
New Zealand  8–0  New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti  0–2  Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)
New Zealand  5–0  Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Solomon Islands  1–2  New Caledonia
Kini   12' Report Hmaen   9', 60'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Deepak Raj (Fiji)
Solomon Islands  0–1  New Zealand
Report Oneill   11'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)
New Caledonia  3–1  Tahiti
 Report Pani   73'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Placement matches

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7th place match

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Cook Islands  1–2  Tahiti
Nia   7' Report
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)

5th place match

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Fiji  1–0  Solomon Islands
Kuladina   70' Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 70
Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
  Samoa2
 
21 September
 
  New Caledonia0
 
  Samoa0
 
18 September
 
  New Zealand4
 
  New Zealand8
 
 
  Tonga0
 
Third place match
 
 
21 September
 
 
  New Caledonia0
 
 
  Tonga1

Semi-finals

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Winners will qualify for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Samoa  2–0  New Caledonia
 Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand  8–0  Tonga
 Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)

Third place match

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New Caledonia  0–1  Tonga
Report Malohifo'ou   56'
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Final

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Samoa  0–4  New Zealand
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 200
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2025

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The 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
  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

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There 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

References

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  1. ^ "OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP". OFC.
  2. ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Samoa comfortably qualify for OFC Women's U-16 Championship". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ^ "DRAW: OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2024". YouTube. 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Draws confirmed for OFC U-16 Women's Championship and Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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