Tournament details | |
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Host country | Fiji |
City | Suva |
Dates | 8–21 September |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 12 |
Goals scored | 50 (4.17 per match) |
Attendance | 1,090 (91 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Kinë Hmaen Laura Bennett Kuria Malohifo'ou (4 goals each) |
The 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship is the 6th edition of the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, and the third with the U-16 format. The tournament is holding between 8 to 21 September 2024 in Fiji. [1]
The top two teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the OFC representatives. [2]
Starting from this edition, a four-team qualifying stage was introduced for the competition. The four lowest-ranked teams – Vanuatu, who finished eighth in the last edition, and the three teams that missed the previous tournament – were originally set to compete in a single-group tournament. However, Vanuatu did not enter, leaving just three teams. In June 2024, Samoa won the three-team qualifying group and secured a spot in the tournament. [3]
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Cook Islands | Automatic qualification | 5th | Third place (2012) |
Fiji | 4th | Runners-up (2023) | |
New Caledonia | 5th | Runners-up (2017) | |
New Zealand | 6th | Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023) | |
Solomon Islands | 3rd | Runners-up (2010) | |
Tahiti | 3rd | Third place (2023) | |
Tonga | 5th | Fourth place (2010, 2023) | |
Samoa | Qualifying stage winner | 3rd | Group stage (2016) |
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 March 2024. [4] [5]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Fiji (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 5th place match |
4 | Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 7th place match |
Cook Islands | 0–10 | Samoa |
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Fiji | 3–3 | Tonga |
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Samoa | 2–0 | Tonga |
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Fiji | 2–0 | Cook Islands |
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Tonga | 6–0 | Cook 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 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | |
3 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5th place match |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | 7th place match |
New Zealand | 5–0 | Tahiti |
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Solomon Islands | 1–2 | New Caledonia |
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Kini 12' | Report | Hmaen 9', 60' |
Solomon Islands | 0–1 | New Zealand |
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Report | Oneill 11' |
New Caledonia | 3–1 | Tahiti |
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Report | Pani 73' |
Cook Islands | v | Tahiti |
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Fiji | v | Solomon Islands |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 September | ||||||
Samoa | ||||||
21 September | ||||||
New Caledonia | ||||||
18 September | ||||||
New Zealand | ||||||
Tonga | ||||||
Third place match | ||||||
21 September | ||||||
Winners will qualify for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Samoa | v | New Caledonia |
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New Zealand | v | Tonga |
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Semi-final Loser 1 | v | Semi-final Loser 2 |
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Semi-final Winner 1 | v | Semi-final Winner 2 |
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The following team from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.
Teams | Qualified on | Previous appearances in 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1 |
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18 September 2024 | 0 (debut) | |
18 September 2024 |
There have been 50 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match (as of 15 September 2024).
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
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