2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Year:2014
Dates:18–22 February 2014
Country:New Zealand
Num Teams:4
Confederations:1
Cities:1
Count:4
Matches:6
Goals:31
Top Scorer: Emma Rolston
Player: Meagen Gunemba
Goalkeeper: Tangimausia Ma’afu
Prevseason:2012
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship. The continent's association football youth tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. The tournament takes place in Auckland, New Zealand from 18 to 22 February 2014. Four teams take part.

The Championship acts as the continent's qualifying event for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup that will take place Canada later in this year.

Oceania's two top ranked teams New Zealand and Papua New Guinea won their first two games and then played of for the title on the last matchday.[1] New Zealand won 3–0 and qualified to the World Cup.[2]

Participating teams

Only four of OFC's eleven nations have entered a team. The official draw was held on 24 January at OFC headquarters.[3]

Format

The four teams played a round-robin. The winner advanced to the World Cup.

Officials

Nine referees and nine assistant referees were named for the tournament.[4]

Referees
Assistant Referees

Matches

All times are local, (New Zealand Daylight saving time)

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Awards

Goal scorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wins apiece sets up final showdown. OFC. 20 February 2014. 20 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140225113746/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/08369967-ae0d-43bf-ba35-2913cf6804f2/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 25 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: New Zealand earn tickets to Canada 2014. OFC. 22 February 2014. 22 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140226062221/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/02332ce2-c1e6-43db-8381-0adfca69a616/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 26 February 2014. dead. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Women's U-20 path to World Cup decided. oceaniafootball.com. 25 January 2014. 24 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140129031702/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/b151d0f0-f70a-4880-b56a-5f164c2fb6a1/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2014-01-29. dead.
  4. Web site: Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup . Oceania Football Confederation . 14 May 2012 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120517020122/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/91546fc3-bb9e-46a2-9839-d76a7a602f54/language/en-US/Default.aspx . 17 May 2012 .