Tourney Name: | OFC U-19 Women's Championship |
Year: | 2017 |
Country: | New Zealand |
City: | Auckland |
Dates: | 11–24 July 2017 |
Num Teams: | 6 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Count: | 6 |
Matches: | 15 |
Goals: | 86 |
Player: | Luisa Tamanitoakula |
Goalkeeper: | Ateca Tuwa |
Prevseason: | 2015 |
Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 8th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in New Zealand between 11–24 July 2017.[1] [2]
For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-20 to under-19. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in France as the OFC representative.[3]
A total of six (out of 11) OFC member national teams entered the tournament.[2]
Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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3rd | (2002, 2006) | ||
4th | (2012) | ||
(hosts) | 7th | (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015) | |
5th | (2004, 2012, 2014) | ||
5th | (2002, 2006, 2012) | ||
6th | (2006) |
The matches were played at the Ngahue Reserve in Auckland.[2]
See main article: article and 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship squads.
Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could name a maximum of 20 players.[4]
The tournament was played in round-robin format. There were three matches on each matchday. The draw for the fixtures was held on 31 May 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[5]
All times were local, NZST (UTC+12).[6]
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The following team from OFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[7]
Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 |
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6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[8]
Award | Player | |
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Golden Ball | Luisa Tamanitoakula | |
Golden Boot | Emma Main | |
Golden Gloves | Ateca Tuwa | |
Fair Play Award |