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2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

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2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji Fiji
CityLautoka/Suva
Dates21 June – 8 July 2023
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (8th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place Samoa
Fourth place Cook Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored88 (4.4 per match)
Attendance3,841 (192 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Ruby Nathan
(8 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Helena Errington
Best goalkeeperCook Islands Kimberley Uini
2019
2025

The 2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 10th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Fiji from 21 June to 8 July 2023.[1]

The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the OFC representative. The runner-up of the tournament eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to OFC.

New Zealand were the defending champions from 2019.

Teams

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All but one of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.[2]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Cook Islands 4th Runners-up (2010)
 Fiji (hosts) 5th Runners-up (2017)
 New Caledonia 6th Runners-up (2019)
 New Zealand 9th Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
 Papua New Guinea 7th Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014)
 Samoa 7th Runners-up (2015)
 Solomon Islands 4th Third place (2004)
 Tahiti 2nd Third place (2019)
 Tonga 8th Runners-up (2006)
 Vanuatu 5th Third place (2015)

Group stage

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The top two of each group and the best two third place teams advance to the quarterfinals.[3]

All times are local, FJT (GMT+12).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Knockout stage
2  Samoa 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3  Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
Source: OFC
New Caledonia 1–0 Samoa
  • Pawawi 56'
Report
Attendance: 147
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Vanuatu 5–0 Tonga
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 124

New Caledonia 4–1 Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 367
Tonga 1–3 Samoa
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 178

Tonga 0–6 New Caledonia
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 201
Samoa 3–2 Vanuatu
Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 200
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 2 2 0 0 14 0 +14 6 Knockout stage
2  Fiji (H) 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3  Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Zealand 3–0 Fiji
Report

New Zealand 11–0 Papua New Guinea
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 150

Fiji 2–0 Papua New Guinea
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 400

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cook Islands 2 1 1 0 1 0 +1 4 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 3
3  Tahiti 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1
Source: OFC
Tahiti 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 200

Tahiti 0–0 Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 150

Solomon Islands 0–1 Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 274
Referee: Mohammed Altaf (Fiji)

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C  Tahiti 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1 1 Knockout stage
2 A  Vanuatu 2 0 0 2 8 7 +1 0
3 B  Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 2 0 13 −13 0
Source: OFC


Knockout stage

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The knockout stage draw took place on 28 June 2023 at the completion of the group stage.[4]

Qualified teams

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The winners and runners-up of each of the three groups and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Group Winners Runners-up Third place
A  New Caledonia  Samoa  Vanuatu
B  New Zealand  Fiji
C  Cook Islands  Solomon Islands  Tahiti

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
1 July – Suva
 
 
 Samoa (p)1 (4)
 
5 July – Suva
 
 Tahiti1 (3)
 
 Samoa1
 
1 July – Suva
 
 Fiji3
 
 New Caledonia0
 
8 July – Suva
 
 Fiji1
 
 Fiji0
 
2 July – Suva
 
 New Zealand7
 
 New Zealand19
 
5 July – Suva
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
 New Zealand5
 
2 July – Suva
 
 Cook Islands0 Third place match
 
 Cook Islands2
 
8 July – Suva
 
 Vanuatu1
 
 Samoa2
 
 
 Cook Islands1
 


Quarter-finals

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Samoa 1–1 (a.e.t.) Tahiti
Report
Penalties
4–3
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 250
New Caledonia 0–1 Fiji
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 400
New Zealand 19–0 Solomon Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Cook Islands 2–1 Vanuatu
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 300

Semi-finals

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Winners qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Samoa 1–3 Fiji
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 500
New Zealand 5–0 Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 150
Referee: Tojika Delai (Fiji)

Third place match

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Samoa 2–1 Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Final

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Fiji 0–7 New Zealand
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 985

Awards

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 2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship 

New Zealand
Eighth title
Award Winner[5]
Golden Ball New Zealand Helena Errington
Golden Boot New Zealand Ruby Nathan
Golden Glove Cook Islands Kimberley Uini

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2024

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The following teams from OFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

Teams Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
 New Zealand 8 July 2023 8 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 Fiji 4 October 2023[a] 0 (debut)
  1. ^ After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative as they ended second in this tournament.

Goalscorers

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There were 88 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "U-19 Women's Championship". Oceania Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  2. ^ "OFC U-19 WOMEN'S DRAW". Oceania Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  3. ^ "STAGE SET FOR FUTURE STARS TO SHINE AT OFC U-19 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2023". Oceania Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  4. ^ "QUARTER FINALS DRAW MADE AS FIJI AND COOK ISLANDS WIN FINAL GROUP MATCHES". Oceania Football. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Helena Errington wins Golden Ball for performances at OFC U-19 Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.