Tourney Name: | OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament |
Year: | 2002 |
Country: | Tonga |
Dates: | 23 April–3 May 2002 |
Num Teams: | 7 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 13 |
Goals: | 91 |
Top Scorer: | Amber Hearn (10 goals) |
Nextseason: | 2004 |
The 2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament was the inaugural edition of what would later be known as the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. It was hosted by Tonga from 23 April–3 May 2002.
Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in the competition.
In the final, Australia defeated New Zealand 6–0.
By winning the tournament, Australia also qualified for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in Canada.
All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament began.[1]
The following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:
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In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
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