2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Samoa between 4 and 18 August 2017.[1][2]

2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
CityApia
Dates4–18 August 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Attendance2,550 (170 per match)
Top scorer(s) Kelli Brown (14 goals)
Best player(s) Maya Hahn
Best goalkeeper Lorenza Hnamano
Fair play award Tonga

For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-17 to under-16. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the OFC representative.[3]

Teams

All eleven OFC member national teams entered the tournament. It would be the first time in the history of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship that all eleven members of the OFC take part in the tournament.[2] However, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu later withdrew from the tournament, so only eight teams would take part.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa1stDebut
 Cook Islands3rdThird place (2012)
 Fiji2ndThird place (2016)
 New Caledonia3rdFourth place (2012, 2016)
 New Zealand4thChampions (2010, 2012, 2016)
 Samoa (hosts)2ndGroup stage (2016)
 Tahiti1stDebut
 Tonga3rd4th place (2010)
Withdrew

Venue

The matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Football Complex in Apia.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could name a maximum of 20 players.[4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 June 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The eleven teams were drawn into one group of six teams (Group A) and one group of five teams (Group B). Based on results of the previous three editions, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea were seeded into one pot and drawn into either Group A or B, while the remaining nine teams were placed in another pot and drawn into any of the remaining five spots in Group A or the remaining four spots in Group B.[2]

After the withdrawal of Vanuatu in Group A,[5] and Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea in Group B,[6] Group A was left with five teams and Group B was left with three teams. A draw was held on 29 July 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, which saw Tonga moved from Group A to Group B so that both teams would have four teams. The tournament schedule was also revised and would end one week earlier, with the semi-finals and final now played on 15 and 18 August instead of 22 and 25 August.

Each group was played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times were local, WST (UTC+13).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 32 1 +31 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 8 8 0 6
3  Samoa (H) 3 1 0 2 4 14 −10 3
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Samoa 0–6 New Caledonia
Report
  • Takamatsu  30', 51', 65'
  • Matao  40'
  • Tuimavave  54' (o.g.)
  • Pahoa  88'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti 1–17 New Zealand
  • Kohueinui  13'
 Report
  • Brown  3', 5', 10', 12', 41', 45', 87'
  • Maynard  17', 20', 52'
  • Wisnewski  38', 50', 53'
  • Hahn  45+2'
  • Jenkins  47', 72'
  • Jensen  90+1'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)
New Zealand 7–0 New Caledonia
  • Jensen  17'
  • Wisnewski  24'
  • Jenkins  45+2', 61', 87'
  • Cunningham-Lee  54'
  • Brown  75'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
Tahiti 0–4 Samoa
Report
  • Sataraka  12'
  • Ah Ki  32'
  • Uiagalelei  65'
  • Ruby  85'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Talalelei Faalavaau (American Samoa)
New Zealand 8–0 Samoa
  • Brown  37', 84', 90'
  • Jenkins  56', 58'
  • Stewart  45', 73'
  • Fraser  83'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)
New Caledonia 2–1 Tahiti
  • Pahoa  46'
  • Palene  56'
 Report
  • Kohueinui  41'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Knockout stage
2  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3  Tonga 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
Source: OFC
American Samoa 1–4 Fiji
  • Naolavoa  71'
 Report
  • Sinukula  11', 21'
  • Buke  18'
  • V. Bainivalu  60'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)
Cook Islands 3–1 Tonga
  • Taringa  13'
  • Viking  29', 31'
 Report
  • Polovili  86'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 0–0 Tonga
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)
American Samoa 0–4 Cook Islands
Report
  • Tatuava  4'
  • Murare  20' (pen.), 76' (pen.)
  • Taringa  51'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Tonga 6–1 American Samoa
  • Lutu  17', 85'
  • Feke  24'
  • Polovili  37'
  • Taukapo  72'
  • Talasinga  73'
 Report
  • Tofaeono  45+2'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Fina Angelo (Vanuatu)
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
  • Sinukula  24'
  • Drodrolagi  90+1' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August – Apia
 
 
 New Zealand9
 
18 August – Apia
 
 Cook Islands0
 
 New Zealand6
 
15 August – Apia
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 Fiji2
 
 
 New Caledonia4
 

Semi-finals
New Zealand 9–0 Cook Islands
  • Brown  18', 31', 34'
  • Jenkins  27', 28'
  • Hahn  37' (pen.)
  • Ramsay  40'
  • Stewart  61'
  • Wisnewski  79'
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Fiji 2–4 New Caledonia
  • Rokociri  67'
  • Lagilevu  87'
 Report
  • Ihage  47'
  • Pahoa  50'
  • Takamatsu  64'
  • Matao  78'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)

Final

Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

New Zealand 6–0 New Caledonia
  • Maynard  27', 51', 66', 68'
  • Iekawe  62' (o.g.)
  • Wisnewski  72'
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Tapaita Lelenga (Tonga)

Winners
 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship 

New Zealand
Fourth title

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[7]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 New Zealand18 August 20175 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[8]

Award Player
Golden Ball Maya Hahn
Golden Boot Kelli Brown
Golden Gloves Lorenza Hnamano
Fair Play Award  Tonga

Goalscorers
14 goals
  • Kelli Brown
9 goals
7 goals
  • Arabella Maynard
6 goals
  • Grace Wisnewski
4 goals
  • Katinka Takamatsu
3 goals
  • Eseta Sinukula
  • Jackie Pahoa
  • Jayda Stewart
2 goals
  • Piri Murare
  • Ngametua Taringa
  • Nathalia Viking
  • Edsy Matao
  • Maya Hahn
  • Aniela Jensen
  • Heipua Kohueinui
  • Seini Lutu
  • Ana Polovili
1 goal
  • Elcy Naolavoa
  • Oloataua Tofaeono
  • Tehinnah Tatuava
  • Vani Bainivalu
  • Viniana Buke
  • Dilaisana Drodrolagi
  • Lusiana Lagilevu
  • Emily Rokociri
  • Fiona Ihage
  • Marie-Laure Palene
  • Britney Cunningham-Lee
  • Macey Fraser
  • Margot Ramsay
  • Madeleen Ah Ki
  • Zoe Ruby
  • Sina Sataraka
  • Nagem Uiagalelei
  • Lositika Feke
  • Siunipa Talasinga
  • Litea Taukapo
1 own goal
  • Melissa Iekawe (against New Zealand)
  • Tiare Tuimavave (against New Caledonia)
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References
  1. "OFC Insider – 2017/01". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 April 2017.
  2. "Full complement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 June 2017.
  3. "Circular #1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  4. "Teams confirmed for U-16s". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 July 2017.
  5. "OFC U-16 Women's Championship down to 10". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 July 2017.
  6. "Two withdrawals lead to schedule change". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 July 2017.
  7. "New Zealand ease their way to Uruguay 2018". FIFA.com. 18 August 2017.
  8. "New Zealand book tickets to Uruguay 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 18 August 2017.
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