2003 OFC Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:OFC Women's Nations Cup
Year:2003
Dates:5–13 April 2003
Country:Australia
Num Teams:5
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:3
Matches:10
Goals:88
Attendance:5900
Top Scorer: Maia Jackman (10 goals)
Prevseason:1998
Nextseason:2007

The 2003 OFC Women's Championship was held in Canberra, Australia from 5 to 13 April 2003. It was the seventh staging of the OFC Women's Championship.

Originally scheduled for 19–29 November 2002, the tournament was postponed after withdrawal by American Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga. A rescheduled tournament with seven teams in two groups was arranged, however Fiji and Vanuatu withdrew, resulting in a five nation championship of one group.[1]

The tournament served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. OFC's one berth was given to the winner – Australia.

Participating nations

Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, five entered the tournament.[2] Also, this was Australia's last appearance in the tournament before moving to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.

TeamTournament
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
7th Winners (1994, 1998)
1st
7th Winners (1983, 1991)
5th 3rd (1991, 1994, 1998)
2nd Group Stage (1998)

Officials

4 referees were named for the tournament:[3]

Results

width=200 Teamwidth=20 abbr="Played" Pldwidth=20 abbr="Won" Wwidth=20 abbr="Drawn" Dwidth=20 abbr="Lost" Lwidth=20 abbr="Goals for" GFwidth=20 abbr="Goals against" GAwidth=20 abbr="Goal difference" GDwidth=20 abbr="Points" Ptswidth=200 Qualification
4400450+4512Champions and qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup
4301292+279
42021021−116
4103339−363
4004126−250

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Goalscorers

10 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia). RSSSF. 22 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia). RSSSF. 22 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia). RSSSF. 22 September 2017.