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2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

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2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates8–21 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored38 (4.75 per match)
Attendance690 (86 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Laura Bennett
(4 goals)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 12 September 2024.

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]

Teams

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Ten of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament. 7 of whom qualified automatically to the final tournament. Samoa won the three-team qualifying group to qualify for the tournament.[3]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cook Islands 5th Third place (2012)
 Fiji 4th Runners-up (2023)
 New Caledonia 5th Runners-up (2017)
 New Zealand 6th Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
 Samoa 3rd Group stage (2016)
 Solomon Islands 3rd Runners-up (2010)
 Tahiti 3rd Third place (2023)
 Tonga 5th Fourth place (2010, 2023)
Did not enter

Group stage

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa (A) 2 2 0 0 12 0 +12 6 Knockout stage
2  Fiji (H) 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
3  Tonga 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1 5th place match
4  Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0 7th place match
Updated to match(es) played on 11 September 2024. Source: OFC
(A) Advance to a further round; (H) Hosts
Cook Islands 0–10 Samoa
Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Fiji 3–3 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Samoa 2–0 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 130
Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)
Tonga v Cook Islands
Report
Samoa v Fiji
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 2 1 0 1 2 9 −7 3
3  Solomon Islands 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 5th place match
4  Tahiti 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0 7th place match
Updated to match(es) played on 12 September 2024. Source: OFC
New Zealand 8–0 New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti 0–2 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)
New Zealand 5–0 Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Solomon Islands 1–2 New Caledonia
Kini 12' Report Hmaen 9', 60'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Deepak Raj (Fiji)
Solomon Islands v New Zealand
Report
New Caledonia v Tahiti
Report

Placement matches

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7th place match

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4th place Group Av4th place Group B
Report

5th place match

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3rd place Group Bv3rd place Group A
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
Group A Winner
 
21 September
 
Group B Runner-up
 
 
 
18 September
 
 
 
Group B Winner
 
 
Group A Runner-up
 
Third place match
 
 
21 September
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

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

Group A WinnervGroup B Runner-up
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Group B WinnervGroup A Runner-up
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Third place match

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Semi-final Loser 1vSemi-final Loser 2
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Final

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Semi-final Winner 1vSemi-final Winner 2
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

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

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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 Cup1
18 September 2024
18 September 2024
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There have been 38 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match (as of 12 September 2024).

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

References

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  1. ^ "OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP". OFC.
  2. ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "SAMOA COMFORTABLY QUALIFY FOR OFC WOMEN'S U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP". OFC.
  4. ^ "DRAW: OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2024". YouTube. 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Draws confirmed for OFC U-16 Women's Championship and Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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