2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

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2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Samoa
City Apia
Dates4–18 August 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-upNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Attendance2,550 (170 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelli Brown (14 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Maya Hahn
Best goalkeeper Flags of New Caledonia.svg Lorenza Hnamano
Fair play awardFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
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The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Samoa between 4 and 18 August 2017. [1] [2]

Contents

For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-17 to under-16. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the OFC representative. [3]

Teams

All eleven OFC member national teams entered the tournament. It would be the first time in the history of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship that all eleven members of the OFC take part in the tournament. [2] However, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu later withdrew from the tournament, so only eight teams would take part.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 1stDebut
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3rdThird place (2012)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2ndThird place (2016)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 3rdFourth place (2012, 2016)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4thChampions (2010, 2012, 2016)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (hosts)2ndGroup stage (2016)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1stDebut
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3rd4th place (2010)
Withdrew

Venue

The matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Football Complex in Apia.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could name a maximum of 20 players. [4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 June 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The eleven teams were drawn into one group of six teams (Group A) and one group of five teams (Group B). Based on results of the previous three editions, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea were seeded into one pot and drawn into either Group A or B, while the remaining nine teams were placed in another pot and drawn into any of the remaining five spots in Group A or the remaining four spots in Group B. [2]

After the withdrawal of Vanuatu in Group A, [5] and Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea in Group B, [6] Group A was left with five teams and Group B was left with three teams. A draw was held on 29 July 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, which saw Tonga moved from Group A to Group B so that both teams would have four teams. The tournament schedule was also revised and would end one week earlier, with the semi-finals and final now played on 15 and 18 August instead of 22 and 25 August.

Each group was played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WST (UTC+13).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300321+319 Knockout stage
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 32018806
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (H)3102414−103
4Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3003223−210
Source: OFC
(H) Host
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–6New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 300
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg1–17Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg7–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 300
Referee: Talalelei Faalavaau (American Samoa)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg2–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 321061+57 Knockout stage
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 320173+46
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 311174+34
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3003214−120
Source: OFC
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg1–4Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg3–1Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg6–1Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
  • Tofaeono Soccerball shade.svg45+2'
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 2), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg2–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August – Apia
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 9
 
18 August – Apia
 
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6
 
15 August – Apia
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 4
 

Semi-finals

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg9–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg2–4New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)

Final

Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
J.S. Blatter Football Complex (Field 1), Apia
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)

Winners

 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship 
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Fourth title

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. [7]

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18 August 20175 ( 2008 , 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [8]

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Maya Hahn
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelli Brown
Golden Gloves Flags of New Caledonia.svg Lorenza Hnamano
Fair Play AwardFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga

Goalscorers

14 goals
9 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

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References

  1. ↑ "OFC Insider – 2017/01". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 April 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Full complement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Circular #1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Teams confirmed for U-16s". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "OFC U-16 Women's Championship down to 10". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 July 2017.
  6. ↑ "Two withdrawals lead to schedule change". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 July 2017.
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