Tourney Name: | OFC Women's U-20 Championship |
Year: | 2006 |
Country: | Samoa |
Dates: | 31 March–8 April 2006 |
Num Teams: | 8 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Count: | 1 |
Matches: | 16 |
Goals: | 74 |
Top Scorer: | Suitupe Tafafa Kirsty Yallop (6 goals) |
Prevseason: | 2004 |
Nextseason: | 2010 |
The 2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Samoa from 31 March–8 April 2006.
Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to participate in the competition. Holders Australia were not eligible to defend their title after moving into the Asian Football Confederation.
In the final, New Zealand defeated Tonga 6–0. In doing so, the New Zealand team won their first title in this competition, having previously lost the 2002 final to Australia.
By winning the title, New Zealand also qualified for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.
All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Cook Islands and Tahiti withdrew before the tournament began.[1]
The following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:
Country | Previous appearances1 | |
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1 (2002) | ||
0 (debut) | ||
1 (2002) | ||
1 (2004) | ||
1 (2002) | ||
1 (2004) | ||
1 (2002) | ||
0 (debut) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
All matches were played at one venue: the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex in Apia.[1]
Apia | |
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Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex | |
Capacity: 12,000 | |
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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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