1989 OFC Women's Championship

1989 OFC Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
Dates	26 March – 1 April
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	35 (3.18 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Huang Yu-chuan (9 goals)
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The 1989 OFC Women's Championship was the third OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup). It took place in Brisbane, Australia from 26 March to 1 April 1989. Five teams participated in the tournament, and a total of eleven matches were played.

Chinese Taipei won the tournament for the second time after beating New Zealand 1–0 in the final. The third place match between Australia and their B-side was cancelled due to waterlogged pitch. ^[1]

Teams

The following five teams participated in the tournament:

•   Australia (also known as Australia Green) ^[2]
• Australia B (also known as Australia Gold) ^[3]
•   Chinese Taipei
•   New Zealand
•   Papua New Guinea

•   India withdrew after the team was refused permission to participate by the Indian government, which was "not satisfied it had reached a sufficiently high standard to compete". ^[4]

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	10	0	+10	8	Advance to Final
2	Chinese Taipei	4	3	0	1	14	3	+11	6
3	Australia (H)	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	3	Advance to Third place play-off
4	Australia B	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	3
5	Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

26 March 1989

Australia	0–2	New Zealand
		Henderson 41' Nye ?'

Perry Park, Brisbane

26 March 1989

Australia B	2–0	Papua New Guinea
Iannotta 28' Oakley 70+2'

Perry Park, Brisbane

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27 March 1989

Chinese Taipei	6–1	Papua New Guinea
Hsieh Su-chen 2', ?' Huang Yu-chuan 8', 18', ?' Che Hsiu-fang 47'		Eka 19'

Perry Park, Brisbane

27 March 1989

Australia	0–0	Australia B

Perry Park, Brisbane

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28 March 1989

New Zealand	1–0	Chinese Taipei
Crawford 28'

Perry Park, Brisbane

28 March 1989

Australia	6–0	Papua New Guinea
Riddington ?', ?', ?' Vinson ?', ?' Priestley ?'

Perry Park, Brisbane

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30 March 1989

New Zealand	5–0	Papua New Guinea
Crawford ?', ?', ?' Campbell ?' Henderson ?'

Perry Park, Brisbane

30 March 1989

Australia B	0–4	Chinese Taipei
		Huang Yu-chuan 10', 31' Hsieh Su-chen 63' Chen Yueh-mei ?'

Perry Park, Brisbane

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31 March 1989

Australia	1–4	Chinese Taipei
Riddington 59'		Huang Yu-chuan 42', 48', 51' Yen Chun-mei 70+1' (pen.)

Perry Park, Brisbane

31 March 1989

Australia B	0–2	New Zealand
		Crawford 38' Pullen ?'

Perry Park, Brisbane

Third place play-off

1 April 1989

Australia	n/p	Australia B

Perry Park, Brisbane

Final

1 April 1989

Chinese Taipei	1–0	New Zealand
Huang Yu-chuan 51'

Perry Park, Brisbane

Awards

1989 OFC Women's Championship winners
Chinese Taipei Second title

Statistics

Goalscorers

9 goals

• Huang Yu-chuan

5 goals

• Amanda Crawford

4 goals

• Janine Riddington

3 goals

• Hsieh Su-chen

2 goals

• Carol Vinson
• Wendi Henderson

1 goal

• Leanne Priestley
• Angela Iannotta (for Australia B)
• Jane Oakley (for Australia B)
• Yen Chun-mei
• Che Hsiu-fang
• Chen Yueh-mei
• Julia Campbell
• Kim Nye
• Deborah Pullen
• Geraldine Eka

Overall ranking

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	5	4	0	1	15	3	+12	8
New Zealand	5	4	0	1	10	1	+9	8
Australia	4	1	1	2	7	6	+1	3
Australia B	4	1	1	2	2	6	−4	3
Papua New Guinea	4	0	0	4	1	19	−18	0

References

1. "Women's Oceania Cup 1989". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
2. "Women's Oceania Cup 1989". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
3. "Women's Oceania Cup 1989". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
4. "Women's Oceania Cup 1989". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 20 September 2017.

External links

• OFC Site