Tourney Name: | OFC U-20 Women's Championship |
Year: | 2015 |
City: | Nuku'alofa |
Dates: | 1–10 October 2015 |
Num Teams: | 5 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Count: | 5 |
Matches: | 10 |
Goals: | 102 |
Player: | Jasmine Pereira |
Goalkeeper: | Katarina Ah Sui |
Prevseason: | 2014 |
Nextseason: | 2017 |
The 2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Tonga between 1–10 October 2015.[1] The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 16–30 January 2016.[2]
Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the OFC representative, besides Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts.[3]
New Zealand were confirmed as champions for the fifth consecutive time on 8 October 2015, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.[4]
A total of five OFC member national teams entered the tournament.[1]
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance | |
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(2012) | |||
(2006, 2010, 2012, 2014) | |||
(2002, 2006, 2012) | |||
(hosts) | (2006) | ||
(2012) |
The matches were played at the Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Nuku'alofa.[1]
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Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
The tournament was played in round-robin format. There were two matches on each matchday, with one team having a bye. The draw for the fixtures was held on 2 September 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
All times were local, TOT (UTC+13).
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New Zealand qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for the sixth consecutive time. With hosts Papua New Guinea also participating, this is the first tournament to feature two teams from OFC.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
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(Debut) | |||
(2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]
Award | Player | |
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Golden Ball | Jasmine Pereira | |
Golden Boot | Emma Rolston | |
Golden Gloves | Katarina Ah Sui | |
Fair Play Award |