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2023 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

The 2023 OFC U-16 Women’s Championship was the 5th edition of the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, and the second with the U-16 format. The tournament was held between 13 and 26 September 2023, in Tahiti. The defending champions from the U-17 editions were New Zealand, who have four titles in the tournament.

2023 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
CityPirae
Dates13–26 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place Tahiti
Fourth place Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored125 (6.94 per match)
Attendance4,847 (269 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Laura Bennett
(10 goals)
← 2017
2024 →

The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic as the OFC representative.

Teams edit

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.[1]

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  Cook Islands 4th Third place (2012)
  Fiji 3rd Third place (2016)
  New Caledonia 4th Runners-up (2017)
  New Zealand 5th Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017)
  Solomon Islands 2nd Runners-up (2010)
  Tahiti (hosts) 2nd Group stage (2017)
  Tonga 4th Fourth place (2010)
  Vanuatu 2nd Group stage (2016)
Withdrew
Did not enter

Squads edit

Main article: 2023 OFC U-16 Women's Championship squads

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 18 May 2023.[2] The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) confirmed that Papua New Guinea and Samoa have withdrawn from the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship.[3] The re-draw was held on 8 September.[4]

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tahiti (H) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Knockout stage
2   Tonga 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 4
3   New Caledonia 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3 5th place match
4   Solomon Islands 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1 7th place match
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tonga  5–1  Solomon Islands
  • Faletau   26', 29', 40', 55', 59'
 Report
Attendance: 265
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
New Caledonia  0–0  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 473
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
New Caledonia  2–2  Tonga
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Solomon Islands  0–4  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 325
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Solomon Islands  1–1  New Caledonia
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 185
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti  2–1  Tonga
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 275
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 43 1 +42 9 Knockout stage
2   Fiji 3 2 0 1 16 7 +9 6
3   Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 2 17 −15 3 5th place match
4   Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 4 40 −36 0 7th place match
Source: OFC
New Zealand  12–0  Cook Islands
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 175
Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (Tonga)
Fiji  11–3  Vanuatu
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 248
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand  4–1  Fiji
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 179
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Vanuatu  1–2  Cook Islands
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: Gideon Mamuala (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu  0–27  New Zealand
Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 170
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Cook Islands  0–4  Fiji
Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 216
Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (Tonga)

Placement matches edit

7th place match edit

Solomon Islands  12–1  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 87
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

5th place match edit

New Caledonia  8–0  Cook Islands
 Report
FTF Academy, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 September
 
 
  Tahiti2 (2)
 
26 September
 
  Fiji (p)2 (3)
 
  Fiji0
 
23 September
 
  New Zealand1
 
  New Zealand7
 
 
  Tonga0
 
Third place match
 
 
26 September
 
 
  Tahiti5
 
 
  Tonga3

Semi-finals edit

Tahiti  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Fiji
 Report
Penalties
 2–3
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 350
New Zealand  7–0  Tonga
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 265

Third place match edit

Tahiti  5–3  Tonga
 Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 523
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Final edit

Fiji  0–1  New Zealand
Report
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui, Pirae
Attendance: 711
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Winners edit

 2023 OFC U-16 Women's Championship 
 
New Zealand
Fifth title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2024 edit

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in the Dominican Republic.

Teams Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
  New Zealand 26 September 2023 7 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers edit

There were 125 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 6.94 goals per match.

10 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Final standing edit

Rank Team Pld W D L
    New Zealand 5 5 0 0
    Fiji 5 2 1 2
    Tahiti 5 3 2 0
4   Tonga 5 1 1 3
5   New Caledonia 4 1 3 0
6   Cook Islands 4 1 0 3
7   Solomon Islands 4 1 1 2
8   Vanuatu 4 0 0 4

References edit

  1. ^ "New Zealand draw Cook Islands and Samoa at OFC U-16 Women's Championship". Friends of Football. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ "DRAW FINALISED FOR OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2023". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2023". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  4. ^ "DRAW FINALISED FOR OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP". Oceania Football. Archived from the original on 9 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
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