2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

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2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
City Suva
Dates8–21 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (6th title)
Runners-upFlag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Third placeFlag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Fourth placeNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored69 (3.83 per match)
Attendance1,560 (87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Laura Bennett
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Pia Volk
Best goalkeeper Flag of Samoa.svg Margaret Fagasuisui Tuii
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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]

Contents

The top two teams will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the OFC representatives. [2]

Teams

Qualification

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]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

TeamMethod of
qualification		AppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Automatic
qualification
5thThird place (2012)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4thRunners-up (2023)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 5thRunners-up (2017)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6thChampions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 3rdRunners-up (2010)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3rdThird place (2023)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 5thFourth place (2010, 2023)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Qualifying stage winner3rdGroup stage (2016)
Did not enter

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 March 2024. [4] [5]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 3300130+139 Knockout stage
2Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 311195+44
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)311154+14 5th place match
4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3003018−180 7th place match
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–10Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg2–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg2–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 130
Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg6–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Ava Soccerball shade.svg51' Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 150
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300140+149 Knockout stage
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 3201510−56
3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 31023303 5th place match
4Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3003110−90 7th place match
Source: OFC
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 110
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5–0Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Kini Soccerball shade.svg12' Report Hmaen Soccerball shade.svg9', 60'
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Deepak Raj (Fiji)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg0–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report Oneill Soccerball shade.svg11'
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg3–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report Pani Soccerball shade.svg73'
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Placement matches

7th place match

Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg1–2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Nia Soccerball shade.svg7' Report
HFC Bank Stadium , Suva
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)

5th place match

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Kuladina Soccerball shade.svg70' Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 70
Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 2
 
21 September
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0
 
18 September
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 8
 
 
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0
 
 Third place match
 
 
21 September
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
 
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 1

Semi-finals

Winners will qualify for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg2–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg8–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)

Third place match

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg0–1Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report Malohifo'ou Soccerball shade.svg56'
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Final

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 200
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2025

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

TeamsQualified onPrevious appearances in 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 1
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 18 September 20240 (debut)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 18 September 20248 ( 2008 , 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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