2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates25–29 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-upFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Third placeFlag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Fourth placeFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored40 (6.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Amber Hearn
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Rosie White
Best goalkeeper Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Fidelma Watpore
Fair play awardFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
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The 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the 2014 OFC Women's Championship) was the 10th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, and took place in Papua New Guinea from 25 to 29 October 2014. [1] [2] [3] The football tournament was organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the tenth edition of the tournament.

Contents

New Zealand won the tournament without conceding a goal, thus winning their third straight edition, record-extending fifth overall, and qualifying for the 2015 Women's World Cup. [4]

Hosts

Papua New Guinea and New Zealand had submitted a bid for the tournament. Papua New Guinea was chosen at the OFC Executive Committee on 29 March 2014. [1] Papua New Guinea had hosted the 2007 edition previously.

Teams

All eleven OFC members were eligible to participate but only four entered teams. [2]

TeamTournament
appearance		Last
appearance		Previous best
performance
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3rd 2010 3rd (2010)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10th 2010 Winners (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 8th 2010 Runners-up (2007, 2010)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3rd 2010 3rd (2007)

Venue

Matches were originally to be played at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae. [2] However, the venue was later changed to the Kalabond Oval in Kokopo. [5]

Format

Teams played each other once in a round-robin tournament. The best placed team qualified to the 2015 FIFA World Cup. [2]

Squads

Matches

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300300+309 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea (H)320174+36
3Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3012216−141
4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3012120−191
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg16–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Cleverley Soccerball shade.svg1', 18'
Gregorius Soccerball shade.svg8' (pen.), 50', 70'
Hassett Soccerball shade.svg17'
Collins Soccerball shade.svg20', 69', 76'
White Soccerball shade.svg26', 29'
Longo Soccerball shade.svg67', 77'
Hearn Soccerball shade.svg86', 90+7'
Percival Soccerball shade.svg90+2'		 Report
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg4–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Birum Soccerball shade.svg16'
M. Gunemba Soccerball shade.svg26', 36', 84'		 Report Maoate-Cox Soccerball shade.svg90'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg1–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Loto'aniu Soccerball shade.svg90+5' Report Toka Soccerball shade.svg83'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Anio Amos (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg0–3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report Stott Soccerball shade.svg59'
Hearn Soccerball shade.svg70'
Longo Soccerball shade.svg90+2'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report Collins Soccerball shade.svg12', 20'
Erceg Soccerball shade.svg14'
Hearn Soccerball shade.svg19', 47', 56', 86'
Percival Soccerball shade.svg43'
White Soccerball shade.svg45+4'
Stott Soccerball shade.svg54'
Hassett Soccerball shade.svg75'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report M. Gunemba Soccerball shade.svg25'
Kaipu Soccerball shade.svg32', 62'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Topou Patia (Cook Islands)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [6]

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Rosie White
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Amber Hearn
Golden Gloves Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Fidelma Watpore
Fair Play AwardFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga

Goalscorers

New Zealand's Amber Hearn won the top scorer award for the second tournament in a row.

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. 1 2 "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "PNG to host OFC Women's Nations Cup". Papua New Guinea Football Association. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Sweden seal spot in Canada". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-19. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand collect Canada 2015 ticket". FIFA. 29 October 2014. Archived from the original on October 29, 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Women's Nations Cup venue change confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand book tickets to Canada 2015". October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
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