2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

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2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCook Islands
CityRarotonga
Dates30 August – 12 September 2019
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (7th title)
Runners-upNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Third placeFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Fourth placeFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played19
Goals scored120 (6.32 per match)
Attendance4,840 (255 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelli Brown (21 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Grace Wisnewski
Best goalkeeper Flag of French Polynesia.svg Corail Harry
Fair play awardFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
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The 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands from 30 August to 12 September 2019. [1] [2]

Contents

The winner of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives. [3] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled. [4]

New Zealand were the defending champions, and they went on to win the 2019 Championship.

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3rdFourth place (2010)
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (hosts)3rdRunners-up (2010)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4thRunners-up (2017)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 5thThird place (2012)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8thChampions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 6thRunners-up (2004, 2012, 2014)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 6thFourth place (2002, 2006, 2012)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3rdThird place (2004)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1stDebut
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 7thRunners-up (2006)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4thThird place (2015)

Venue

The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 17 April 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. [5] The 11 teams were drawn into three groups, with Groups A and B having four teams and Group C having three teams. The hosts Cook Islands were assigned to group position A1, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding, with the only restriction that the defending champions New Zealand must be drawn into Group A or B. [6]

Group stage

The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 320151+46 Knockout stage
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 320142+26
3Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (H)310212−13
4Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 310227−53
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
  • Nari Soccerball shade.svg43'
 Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 220
Referee: Lindsey Robinson (England)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg4–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 200
Referee: Anne Tuaefe (Tonga)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 400
Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 220
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 300
Referee: Lindsey Robinson (England)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300470+479 Knockout stage
2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3201175+126
3Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3102321−183
4Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3003243−410
Source: OFC
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg30–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg7–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 250
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 350
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg3–2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
  • Tofaeono Soccerball shade.svg25'
  • Lui Soccerball shade.svg31', 42'
 Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 180
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–10Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 190
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–12Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 120
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 2200122+106 Knockout stage
2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 210128−63
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 200226−40
Source: OFC
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg0–8New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg4–2Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–2Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 200
Referee: Nadia Browning (New Zealand)

Ranking of Second-placed teams

Results against the fourth-placed teams of each group C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 B Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 210175+23 Knockout stage
2 A Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 21011103
3 C Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 210128−63
Source: [ citation needed ]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) disciplinary points; 5) drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
9 September – CIFA Academy
 
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 0 (6)
 
12 September – CIFA Academy
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia (p)0 (7)
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 2
 
9 September – CIFA Academy
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11
 
 Third place match
 
 
12 September – CIFA Academy
 
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 4
 
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 1

Semi-finals

Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 110
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Third place match

Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg4–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 200
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Final

Winner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg2–5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 400
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)

Winners

 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship 
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Seventh title

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [7]

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Grace Wisnewski
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Kelli Brown
Golden Gloves Flag of French Polynesia.svg Corail Harry
Fair Play AwardFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands

Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 6.32 goals per match.

21 goals

9 goals

8 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12 September 2019 [8] 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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