Tournament details | |
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Host country | Cook Islands |
City | Rarotonga |
Dates | 30 August – 12 September 2019 |
Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | New Zealand (7th title) |
Runners-up | New Caledonia |
Third place | Tahiti |
Fourth place | Vanuatu |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 19 |
Goals scored | 120 (6.32 per match) |
Attendance | 4,840 (255 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kelli Brown (21 goals) |
Best player(s) | Grace Wisnewski |
Best goalkeeper | Corail Harry |
Fair play award | Solomon Islands |
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]
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.
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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American Samoa | 3rd | Fourth place (2010) |
Cook Islands (hosts) | 3rd | Runners-up (2010) |
Fiji | 4th | Runners-up (2017) |
New Caledonia | 5th | Third place (2012) |
New Zealand | 8th | Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017) |
Papua New Guinea | 6th | Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014) |
Samoa | 6th | Fourth place (2002, 2006, 2012) |
Solomon Islands | 3rd | Third place (2004) |
Tahiti | 1st | Debut |
Tonga | 7th | Runners-up (2006) |
Vanuatu | 4th | Third place (2015) |
The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga.
Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
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]
The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Vanuatu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
3 | Cook Islands (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 |
Solomon Islands | 1–3 | Fiji |
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Vanuatu | 0–1 | Cook Islands |
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Cook Islands | 0–1 | Fiji |
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Fiji | 0–1 | Vanuatu |
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Cook Islands | 0–1 | Solomon Islands |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | +47 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | |
3 | American Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 | |
4 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 43 | −41 | 0 |
New Zealand | 30–0 | Samoa |
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Tahiti | 0–5 | New Zealand |
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American Samoa | 3–2 | Samoa |
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American Samoa | 0–12 | New Zealand |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New Caledonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
2 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
3 | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
New Caledonia | 4–2 | Tonga |
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Tonga | 0–2 | Papua New Guinea |
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Results against the fourth-placed teams of each group C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | B | Tahiti | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Knockout stage |
2 | A | Fiji | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | C | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 |
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
9 September – CIFA Academy | ||||||
Tahiti | 0 (6) | |||||
12 September – CIFA Academy | ||||||
New Caledonia (p) | 0 (7) | |||||
New Caledonia | 2 | |||||
9 September – CIFA Academy | ||||||
New Zealand | 5 | |||||
Vanuatu | 0 | |||||
New Zealand | 11 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
12 September – CIFA Academy | ||||||
Tahiti | 4 | |||||
Vanuatu | 1 |
Tahiti | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | New Caledonia |
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Penalties | ||
6–7 |
Vanuatu | 0–11 | New Zealand |
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Winner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
New Caledonia | 2–5 | New Zealand |
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2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship |
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New Zealand Seventh title |
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. [7]
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | Grace Wisnewski |
Golden Boot | Kelli Brown |
Golden Gloves | Corail Harry |
Fair Play Award | Solomon Islands |
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
The following team from OFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 1 |
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New Zealand | 12 September 2019 [8] | 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |
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