2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship

2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Cook Islands
City Matavera
Dates 13–23 January 2016
Teams 9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (3rd title)
Runners-up  Papua New Guinea
Third place  Fiji
Fourth place  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 107 (6.69 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Zealand Hannah Blake (14 goals)
Best player New Zealand Michaela Foster
Best goalkeeper Fiji Francine Lockington
Fair play award  Cook Islands

The 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands between 13–23 January 2016.[1] The tournament, which returned after the previous edition in 2014 was cancelled, was originally scheduled to be held between 13–28 September 2015.[2]

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the OFC representative.[3]

New Zealand were crowned as champions for the third consecutive time on 24 January 2016, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.[4]

Teams

A total of nine OFC member national teams entered the tournament.[1]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cook Islands (hosts) 2nd Third place (2012)
 Fiji 1st Debut
 New Caledonia 2nd Fourth place (2012)
 New Zealand 3rd Champions (2010, 2012)
 Papua New Guinea 3rd Runners-up (2012)
 Samoa 1st Debut
 Solomon Islands 2nd Runners-up (2010)
 Tonga 2nd 4th place (2010)
 Vanuatu 1st Debut

Venue

The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field and Takitumu School in Matavera.[5]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 October 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The nine teams were divided into one group of five teams and one group of four teams, with each group played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

After the withdrawal of the Solomon Islands from the tournament, the Group A fixtures were re-drawn on 3 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters.[6] As a result, the tournament also starts four days later from its original start date of 9 January 2016.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 36 0 +36 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 10 12 −2 6
3  Tonga 3 1 0 2 4 19 −15 3
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 1 20 −19 0
5  Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: OFC

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13)
14:30
New Caledonia  5–0  Tonga
Pahoa  3', 10'
Koindredi  71'
Lalie  79'
Ali Said  88' 		Report
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

13 January 2016 (2016-01-13)
17:00
New Zealand  11–0  Samoa
Blake  1', 81', 90+7'
Jillings  7'
Hand  13', 21', 65'
Tawharu  36'
?  73' (o.g.)
Krystman  85', 90+4' 		Report
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)
14:30
New Caledonia  0–12  New Zealand
Report Hand  29'
Jenkins  44', 45+2'
Main  47'
Blake  49', 70', 71'
Jillings  52', 90+3' (pen.)
Foster  58' (pen.)
Bunge  68'
Tawharu  90+5'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

15 January 2016 (2016-01-15)
17:00
Samoa  1–4  Tonga
Aveau  45+1' Report Fifita  23'
Lutu  44'
Kafa  55'
Polovili  85' (pen.)
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)
14:00
Tonga  0–13  New Zealand
Report Blake  5', 20', 55'
Jenkins  12', 24', 28', 84'
Main  36', 43'
Tawharu  41', 45+2', 53', 76'
Takitumu School, Matavera
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)
14:00
Samoa  0–5  New Caledonia
Report Takamatsu  11', 74'
Pahoa  16', 41'
Leme  59'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 0 11 4 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4
3  Cook Islands (H) 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 3
4  Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 5 14 −9 3
Source: OFC
(H) Host.

14 January 2016 (2016-01-14)
17:00
Cook Islands  0–3  Fiji
Report Hussein  22'
Likuculacula  31'
Nasau  59' (pen.)
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

14 January 2016 (2016-01-14)
19:30
Papua New Guinea  7–1  Vanuatu
Giada  2', 22', 44', 47'
Malara  11'
Hapoto  81'
Unamba  83' 		Report Gere  90+1' (pen.)
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)
14:30
Fiji  2–3  Vanuatu
Nasau  71'
Likuculacula  74' 		Report Gere  44'
Ngwele  48'
Simon  83'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

16 January 2016 (2016-01-16)
17:00
Papua New Guinea  2–1  Cook Islands
Giada  39', 44' Report Williams  10'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Tapita Lelenga (Tonga)

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)
17:00
Vanuatu  1–5  Cook Islands
Coulon  85' Report Harmon  4', 18', 36'
Marurai  38'
Rongokea  47'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

18 January 2016 (2016-01-18)
17:00
Fiji  2–2  Papua New Guinea
?  49' (o.g.)
Nasau  84' 		Report Giada  30', 66'
Takitumu School, Matavera
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 January
 
 
 New Zealand11
 
23 January
 
 Fiji0
 
 New Zealand8
 
21 January
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 Papua New Guinea2
 
 
 New Caledonia1
 
Third Place
 
 
23 January
 
 
 Fiji3
 
 
 New Caledonia2

Semi-finals

21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)
14:00
New Zealand  11–0  Fiji
Blake  8', 45+1'
Krystman  13'
?  25' (o.g.)
Main  42', 45+7'
Hand  45+4', 76', 90+4'
Tawharu  70', 88' 		Report
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

21 January 2016 (2016-01-21)
17:00
Papua New Guinea  2–1  New Caledonia
Kig  4', 90+3' Report Pahoa  85' (pen.)
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
14:00
Fiji  3–2  New Caledonia
Nasau  5', 35'
?  75' (o.g.) 		Report Takamatsu  11'
Pahoa  88'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Final

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

23 January 2016 (2016-01-23)
17:00
New Zealand  8–0  Papua New Guinea
Blake  26', 47', 90+1'
Hand  34', 51', 53'
Tawharu  62'
Foster  88' 		Report
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Winners

 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship 

New Zealand
Third title

New Zealand qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the fifth consecutive time.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 New Zealand 23 January 2016 4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

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

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Michaela Foster
Golden Boot New Zealand Hannah Blake
Golden Gloves Fiji Francine Lockington
Fair Play Award  Cook Islands

Goalscorers

14 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
6 goals
  • New Caledonia Jackie Pahoa
  • New Zealand Maggie Jenkins
5 goals
  • Fiji Cema Nasau
  • New Zealand Emma Main
3 goals
  • Cook Islands Moeroa Harmon
  • New Caledonia Katinka Takamatsu
  • New Zealand Gabe Jillings
  • New Zealand Sarah Krystman
2 goals
  • Fiji Koleta Likuculacula
  • New Zealand Michaela Foster
  • Papua New Guinea Robertlynn Kig
  • Vanuatu Annie Gere
1 goal
  • Cook Islands Nicole Marurai
  • Cook Islands Daimzel Rongokea
  • Cook Islands Susan Williams
  • Fiji Aliza Hussein
  • New Caledonia Jessica Ali Said
  • New Caledonia Lucinda Koindredi
  • New Caledonia Elise Lalie
  • New Caledonia Joelle Leme
  • New Zealand Claudia Bunge
  • Papua New Guinea Mercedes Hapoto
  • Papua New Guinea Anna Malara
  • Papua New Guinea Selina Unamba
  • Samoa Sophia Aveau
  • Tonga Alexandra Fifita
  • Tonga Mele Kafa
  • Tonga Seini Lutu
  • Tonga Ana Polovili
  • Vanuatu Keren Coulon
  • Vanuatu Cynthia Ngwele
  • Vanuatu Leimata Simon
Own goals
  • Fiji 1 own goal (playing against New Zealand)
  • New Caledonia 1 own goal (playing against Fiji)
  • Papua New Guinea 1 own goal (playing against Fiji)
  • Samoa 1 own goal (playing against New Zealand)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pathway to Jordan confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 19 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand book passage to Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 24 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Kick-off times released". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Changes for OFC U-17 Women’s Championship". OFC. November 3, 2015.
  7. ↑ "New Zealand claim title in style". Oceania Football Confederation. January 24, 2016.

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