2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup

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2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Coupe d'Océanie féminine de football 2018
Tournament details
Host countryNew Caledonia
Dates18 November – 1 December
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Third placeFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Fourth placeNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored108 (6.75 per match)
Attendance5,247 (328 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Sarah Gregorius
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Meagen Gunemba
(8 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Betsy Hassett
Best goalkeeper Flag of Fiji.svg Adi Tuwai
Fair play awardFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup was the 11th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the OFC Women's Championship), the quadrennial international football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's national teams of the Oceanian region. The tournament was held in New Caledonia between 18 November – 1 December 2018.

Contents

The tournament served as the Oceanian qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the champions qualifying for the World Cup in France. [1] The champions also qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan. [2] [3]

New Zealand were the defending champions. They won the tournament for their fourth consecutive and sixth overall OFC Women's Nations Cup title.

Format

The format was as follows:

The draw for the tournament was held on 21 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. [5] In both the qualifying stage and final tournament, the hosts (Fiji and New Caledonia) were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other positions without any seeding. [6]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams is determined as follows: [7]

  1. Points obtained in all qualifying matches;
  2. Goal difference in all qualifying matches;
  3. Number of goals scored in all qualifying matches;
  4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question;
  6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  7. Fair play points in all qualifying matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
    • Yellow card: –1 points;
    • Indirect red card (second yellow card): –3 points;
    • Direct red card: –4 points;
    • Yellow card and direct red card: –5 points;
  8. Coin toss or drawing of lots.

Qualification

For the first time, the OFC Women's Nations Cup is a compulsory tournament, so all 11 OFC member national teams have entered the tournament. [4]

TeamMethod of
qualification		AppearancePrevious best performance FIFA ranking
at start of event [8]
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Automatic4thThird place (2010, 2014)Not ranked
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 2ndThird place (1983)Not ranked
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11thChampions (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010, 2014)20
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 9thRunners-up (2007, 2010, 2014)Not ranked
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3rdFourth place (2003)Not ranked
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 2ndGroup stage (2010)Not ranked
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 4thThird place (2007)Not ranked
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Qualification winners4thFourth place (1983, 1998)81

Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.

Venues

The host nation of the final tournament was New Caledonia. The matches were played at four venues. [9]

Koné Nouméa Lifou Maré
Stade Yoshida Stade Numa-Daly Magenta Stade de Hnassé Stade de la Roche
Capacity: 3,000Capacity: 16,000Capacity: 1,680Capacity: 1,500

Squads

Each team can name a maximum of 23 players. [10]

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, NCT (UTC+11). [10]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3300143+119 Knockout stage
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia (H)32018806
3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3012812−41
4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3012512−71
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–5Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg2–4New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Attendance: 423
Referee: Morgan Archer (New Zealand)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg5–5Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg2–6Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Attendance: 603
Referee: Morgan Archer (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg3–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Attendance: 150
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg2–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
Stade Yoshida, Koné
Attendance: 421
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300270+279 Knockout stage
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 32011510+56
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3102123−223
4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3003010−100
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg11–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 150
Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–12Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg1–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
28 November – Maré
 
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 5
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0
 
28 November – Lifou
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
 Third place match
 
 
1 December – Nouméa
 
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 7
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 1

Semi-finals

Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg1–5Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade de la Roche, Maré
Attendance: 550
Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Stade de Hnassé, Lifou
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Third place match

Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg7–1New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 400
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)

Final

Winners qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 450
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)

Goalscorers

There were 108 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 6.75 goals per match.

8 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

The Golden Ball Award was awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award was awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award was awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Fair Play Award was awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament. [11]

AwardRecipient
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Betsy Hassett
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Sarah Gregorius
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Meagen Gunemba
Golden Glove Flag of Fiji.svg Adi Tuwai
Fair Play AwardFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand

Qualification for international tournaments

Qualified teams for FIFA Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Women's World Cup 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1 December 2018 [12] 4 (1991, 2007, 2011, 2015)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympic women's football tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1 December 2018 [12] 3 (2008, 2012, 2016)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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