2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament explained

Tourney Name:OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
Year:2012
Country:New Zealand
Dates:9 – 13 April
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:2
Matches:6
Goals:39
Top Scorer: Hannah Carlsen
Jasmine Pereira
(6 goals each)
Prevseason:2010
Nextseason:2016

The 2012 OFC Under 17 tournament was the second edition of the OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, which acted as the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier in the Oceania Football Confederation region. It took place from 9 to 14 April in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] New Zealand were the defending champions after winning the 2010 edition.[2]

New Zealand won the tournament undefeated with a goal difference of 29–1 and qualified to the World Cup.[3]

The tournament was held alongside the 2012 OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, using the same venue and alternating matchdays.

Participating teams

Matches

The four teams played a single round robin.

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3201411−76
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3003117−160

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Top goalscorers

players with at least two goals:

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

Awards

New Zealand's Carlsen and Pereira were handed the golden boot for scoring six goals each. New Zealand also won the Fair Play awards as well as the Best Player award with Briar Palmer. Moeroa Nootai from Cook Islands received the Golden Gloves award for best goal-keeping.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OFC confirms dates for Olympic qualifying matches. spasifikmag.com. 28 February 2012.
  2. Web site: Kiwis stroll to Oceania crown. OFC. 4 June 2011. 19 April 2010.
  3. Web site: Young Football Ferns book Azerbaijan spot. oceaniafootball.com. 13 April 2012. 13 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120421183756/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/tabid/911/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2012-04-21. dead.