Tournament details | |
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Host country | Australia |
Dates | 5–13 April 2003 |
Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Australia (3rd title) |
Runners-up | New Zealand |
Third place | Papua New Guinea |
Fourth place | Samoa |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 10 |
Goals scored | 88 (8.8 per match) |
Attendance | 5,900 (590 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Maia Jackman (10 goals) |
← 1998 2007 → |
The 2003 OFC Women's Championship was held in Canberra, Australia from 5 to 13 April 2003. It was the seventh staging of the OFC Women's Championship.
Originally scheduled for 19–29 November 2002, the tournament was postponed after withdrawal by American Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga. A rescheduled tournament with seven teams in two groups was arranged, however Fiji and Vanuatu withdrew, resulting in a five nation championship of one group. [1]
The tournament served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. OFC's one berth was given to the winner – Australia.
Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, five entered the tournament. [2] Also, this was Australia's last appearance in the tournament before moving to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
Team | Tournament appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
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Australia | 7th | 1998 | Winners (1994, 1998) |
Cook Islands | 1st | — | — |
New Zealand | 7th | 1998 | Winners (1983, 1991) |
Papua New Guinea | 5th | 1998 | 3rd (1991, 1994, 1998) |
Samoa | 2nd | 1998 | Group Stage (1998) |
4 referees were named for the tournament: [3]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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Australia | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | +45 | 12 | Champions and qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup |
New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 9 | |
Papua New Guinea | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 6 | |
Samoa | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | −36 | 3 | |
Cook Islands | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0 |
Cook Islands | 1–5 | Papua New Guinea |
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Rakei 29' | Matthies 21' Konalalai 23' Limbai 40', 87' Banabas 42' |
Australia | 19–0 | Samoa |
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Peters 5', 35', 50', 79' Golebiowski 16', 42', 46', 61' Davies 18' Small 41', 78' Mann 53', 58', 85', 87' Wainwright 55' Slatyer 56', 57' Garriock 72' |
Australia | 11–0 | Cook Islands |
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Crawford 8', 17' Davies 11' Alagich 34', 62' (pen.) Karp 37', 81' Hohnke 59' Small 65' Wilson 71', 82' |
Samoa | 0–15 | New Zealand |
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Jackman 5', 9', 24', 50' Ferrara 7', 10', 32' Smith 11', 12', 42', 65', 87' Moorwood 41' Michele 80', 82' |
Cook Islands | 0–9 | New Zealand |
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Ferrara 4', 22' Jackman 13', 33', 49' Smith 30' Henderson 53' Simpson 59' McCahill 88' |
Australia | 13–0 | Papua New Guinea |
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Mann 5', 41', 49', 55' Peters 17' Salisbury 29', 81' (pen.) Alagich 46' Golebiowski 59', 71' Garriock 60', 78', 89' |
Papua New Guinea | 0–5 | New Zealand |
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Smith 7' Jackman 12', 47', 59' Duncan 68' |
Cook Islands | 0–1 | Samoa |
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Laumea 77' |
Australia | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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Peters 24' Small 49' |
2003 OFC Women's Championship winners |
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Australia Third title |
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