OFC U-16 Women's Championship
The OFC U-16 Women's Championship (previously the OFC U-17 Women's Championship or OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament) an Oceanic association football tournament held to determine the team that will appear in the Women's U-17 World Cup. The competition is organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and was first held in 2010.
| Founded | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Region | Oceania (OFC) |
| Number of teams | varies |
| Current champions | New Zealand (5th title) |
| Most successful team(s) | New Zealand (5 titles) |
| 2023 OFC U-16 Women's Championship | |
There was no OFC qualifying tournament to the first world cup in 2008, as New Zealand classified automatically as hosts.[1]
The inaugural edition, held in New Zealand from 12 to 14 April 2010, was a group stage contested by only 4 of OFC's 11 teams to fill the only spot for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. It was won by New Zealand, who won all their games without conceding a goal.[2] The 2016 edition was the first to play a knock-out stage. New Zealand won its third title.[3]
The edition held in August 2017 was an under-16 edition,[4] and the tournament was called the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, so was the 2023 edition.
Tournaments edit
Because the 2014 World Cup was already held in March, no sufficient early date could be found for the OFC qualifier. The tournament was cancelled and New Zealand sent to the World Cup by default.
U17 format edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2010 details | New Zealand | New Zealand | Group stage | Solomon Islands | Papua New Guinea | Group stage | Tonga | ||
| 2012 details | New Zealand | New Zealand | Group stage | Papua New Guinea | Cook Islands | Group stage | New Caledonia | ||
| 2016 details | Cook Islands | New Zealand | 8–0 | Papua New Guinea | Fiji | 3–2 | New Caledonia | ||
| 2020 details | Tahiti | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | |||||||
| 2022 details | Tahiti[6] | Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[7] | |||||||
U16 format edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
| 2017 details | Samoa | New Zealand | 6–0 | New Caledonia | Semifinalists: Cook Islands and Fiji | ||||
| 2023 details | Tahiti | New Zealand | 1–0 | Fiji | Tahiti | 5–3 | Tonga | ||
Performances by countries edit
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place | Losing semifinalists | Total (top four) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023) | 5 | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | 2 (2012, 2016) | 1 (2010) | 3 | |||
| Fiji | 1 (2023) | 1 (2016) | 1 (2017) | 3 | ||
| New Caledonia | 1 (2017) | 2 (2012, 2016) | 3 | |||
| Solomon Islands | 1 (2010) | 1 | ||||
| Cook Islands | 1 (2012) | 1 (2017) | 2 | |||
| Tahiti | 1 (2023) | 1 | ||||
| Tonga | 2 (2010, 2023) | 2 | ||||
| Total | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 |
Awards edit
| Tournament | Most Valuable Player | Top goalscorer(s) | Goals | Golden Golves | Fair play award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hannah Wong | 8 | Not awarded | Not awarded | |
| 2012 | Briar Palmer | Hannah Carlsen Jasmine Pereira | 6 | Moeroa Nootai | New Zealand |
| 2016 | Michaela Foster | Hannah Blake | 14 | Francine Lockington | Cook Islands |
| 2017 | Maya Hahn | Kelli Brown | 14 | Lorenza Hnamano | Tonga |
Champion's U-17 World Cup record edit
New Zealand qualified for all the editions of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup:
- In 2008, they receive an authomatic berth as host.
- In both 2014 and 2022 editions, they qualified by default, as no OFC qualifier was held due to concerns about dates.
- For the 2010, 2012, 2016, 2018 and 2024 editions, New Zealand qualified as Oceanian champions.
- In 2018, New Zealand finished 3rd becoming their best ever finish at any edition.
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semifinals
- QF – Quarterfinals
- GS – Group Stage
- R1 – Round 1, Group stage
- – Hosts
References edit
- ^ "New Zealand ready to welcome the world". FIFA. 8 March 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[dead link]
- ^ . OFC. 19 April 2010. Archived from the original on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- ^ "New Zealand qualify for Fifa under-17 World Women's Cup after winning Oceania title". stuff.co.nz. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- ^ "Lutu standing out for Tonga". oceaniafootball.com. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
- ^ "Women's U-17 event cancelled". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 June 2020.
- ^ "OFC tournaments update". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 July 2020.
- ^ "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
External links edit
- OFC Official Website