2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Fiji |
City | Suva |
Dates | 8–21 September |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 14 |
Goals scored | 60 (4.29 per match) |
Attendance | 1,190 (85 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Laura Bennett Grace Duncan (5 goals each) |
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 18 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
Qualification
Starting from this edition, a four-team qualifying stage was introduced for the competition. The four lowest-ranked teams – Vanuatu, who finished eighth in the last edition, and the three teams that missed the previous tournament – were originally set to compete in a single-group tournament. However, Vanuatu did not enter, leaving just three teams. In June 2024, Samoa won the three-team qualifying group and secured a spot in the tournament.[3]
Qualified teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament.
Team | Method of qualification | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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Cook Islands | Automatic qualification | 5th | Third place (2012) |
Fiji | 4th | Runners-up (2023) | |
New Caledonia | 5th | Runners-up (2017) | |
New Zealand | 6th | Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023) | |
Solomon Islands | 3rd | Runners-up (2010) | |
Tahiti | 3rd | Third place (2023) | |
Tonga | 5th | Fourth place (2010, 2023) | |
Samoa | Qualifying stage winner | 3rd | Group stage (2016) |
- Did not enter
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 6 March 2024.[4][5]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Samoa | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 4 | |
3 | Fiji (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | 5th place match |
4 | Cook Islands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 18 | −18 | 0 | 7th place match |
(H) Hosts
Cook Islands | 0–10 | Samoa |
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Fiji | 2–0 | Cook Islands |
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Tonga | 6–0 | Cook Islands |
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Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 | |
3 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5th place match |
4 | Tahiti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 0 | 7th place match |
New Zealand | 8–0 | New Caledonia |
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Tahiti | 0–2 | Solomon Islands |
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New Zealand | 5–0 | Tahiti |
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Solomon Islands | 1–2 | New Caledonia |
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Kini 12' | Report | Hmaen 9', 60' |
Solomon Islands | 0–1 | New Zealand |
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Report | Oneill 11' |
New Caledonia | 3–1 | Tahiti |
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| Report | Pani 73' |
Placement matches
7th place match
Cook Islands | 1–2 | Tahiti |
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Nia 7' | Report |
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5th place match
Fiji | v | Solomon Islands |
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
18 September | ||||||
Samoa | 2 | |||||
21 September | ||||||
New Caledonia | 0 | |||||
Samoa | ||||||
18 September | ||||||
New Zealand | ||||||
New Zealand | 8 | |||||
Tonga | 0 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
21 September | ||||||
New Caledonia | ||||||
Tonga |
Semi-finals
Winners will qualify for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Samoa | 2–0 | New Caledonia |
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New Zealand | 8–0 | Tonga |
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Third place match
New Caledonia | v | Tonga |
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Report |
Final
Samoa | v | New Zealand |
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Report |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2025
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 |
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Samoa | 18 September 2024 | 0 (debut) |
New Zealand | 18 September 2024 | 8 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
There have been 63 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.2 goals per match (as of 19 September 2024).
5 goals
- Laura Bennett
- Grace Duncan
4 goals
- Kinë Hmaen
- Kealia Nansen
- Kuria Malohifo'ou
3 goals
- Lynn Aiono Sagiao
- Holly Leapai
2 goals
- Sisilia Tuvou Kuladina
- Grace Lakavutu
- Derelle Avery
- Keira Tichbon
- Pia Volk
- Ayres Ava
- Jayde Sagapolutele
- Gracester Kini
- Tyra Bagiante
- Tema Tonga
1 goal
- Tauariki Nia
- Suliana Vuniyayawa
- Charley March
- Kara McGillivray
- Piper Oneill
- Katie Pugh
- Holly Robins
- Kya Solomon
- T Devoux
- Brenda Areni
- Bernadette Nyikeine
- Anikua Nekrouf
- Vaiuta Pani
- Sophiana Moala
1 own goal
- Vahine Uini (against Tahiti)
References
- ^ "OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP". OFC.
- ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Samoa comfortably qualify for OFC Women's U-16 Championship". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
- ^ "DRAW: OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2024". YouTube. 6 March 2024.
- ^ "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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- Samoa 2017
Tahiti 2020(U-17, originally 2019 U-16)Tahiti 2022(U-17, originally 2021 U-16)- Tahiti 2023
- Fiji 2024