2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification

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2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
City Lautoka
Dates24–30 August 2018
Teams 4
Venue(s) 1  (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Runners-upFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Third placeFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Fourth placeFlag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored12 (2 per match)
Attendance2,100 (350 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of Fiji.svg Trina Davis (4 goals)

The 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup qualification tournament was a football competition that took place from 24 to 30 August 2018 in Lautoka, Fiji to determine the final women's national team which joined the seven automatically qualified teams in the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup final tournament in New Caledonia.

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Teams

On 31 October 2017, the OFC announced its executive's decision on the teams to compete in the tournament. For the first time, the OFC Women's Nations Cup is a compulsory tournament, so all 11 OFC member national teams entered the tournament. [1] The four lowest-ranked teams, based on previous regional performances of all women's national teams, entered the qualification tournament while the remaining teams were given a bye to the final tournament.

Automatic qualification to the final tournamentTeams entered in qualification

Format

The four lowest-ranked teams based on previous regional performances of all women’s national teams (American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Fiji) entered the qualification tournament, which was played in a single round-robin format in Fiji. [1] [2]

The winner advanced to the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup, held from 18 November to 1 December 2018 in New Caledonia, joining the other seven teams which received a bye into the group stage. The Nations Cup serves as the Oceanian qualifiers to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, with the champions qualifying for the final tournament in France, [3] as well as the 2020 Summer Olympics women's football tournament in Japan, as long as they are a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [2] [4]

Each team can name a maximum of 20 players. [5] [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.

Draw

The draw for the qualification tournament was held on 21 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. [8] The hosts Fiji were assigned to position 1 and were exempted from the draw, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other positions without any seeding in order to determine the match schedule. [9]

Pot A [lower-alpha 1]
Team
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
  1. ↑ Hosts Fiji were automatically assigned to position 1.

The draw for the match schedule resulted in the following positions:

Note: Bolded team qualified for the 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup.

PosTeam
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
2Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu

Venue

The qualification tournament was held at Churchill Park in Lautoka, Fiji. [10] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Pago Pago, American Samoa from 27 August to 4 September 2018, but in March 2018 the venue was changed to Fiji. [1] [2] The qualification tournament in Fiji was originally scheduled to take place from 25–31 August 2018, [2] but was later adjusted to 24–30 August. [11]

Lautoka
Churchill Park
Capacity: 18,000
ChurchillPark-Ltka.jpg

Schedule

The match schedule was revealed on 6 July 2018. The schedule of qualification is as follows: [11]

MatchdayDateMatches
Matchday 124 August 20184 v 1, 2 v 3
Matchday 227 August 20181 v 3, 4 v 2
Matchday 330 August 20181 v 2, 3 v 4

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)321071+67Qualified for the final tournament
2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 320135−26
3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 311121+14
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 300305−50
Source: OFC
(H) Host

Matches

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).

American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
  • Samani Soccerball shade.svg39', 90+4'
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–5Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 300
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg0–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg2–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 500
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Goalscorers

There were 12 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2 goals per match.

4 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in the OFC Women's Nations Cup [upper-alpha 1]
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Automatic31 October 20173 (2003, 2010, 2014)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 1 ( 1983 )
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 10 ( 1983 , 1986 , 1989, 1991 , 1994, 1998 , 2003, 2007 , 2010 , 2014 )
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 8 (1989, 1991, 1994 , 1998, 2003, 2007 , 2010, 2014 )
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2 (1998, 2003)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1 (2010)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3 (2007, 2010, 2014)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Qualification winners30 August 20183 (1983, 1998, 2010)
  1. ↑ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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