2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship explained

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]

Teams

A total of six (out of 11) OFC member national teams entered the tournament.[2]

Teamdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performance
3rd (2002, 2006)
4th (2012)
(hosts) 7th (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015)
5th (2004, 2012, 2014)
5th (2002, 2006, 2012)
6th (2006)
Did not enter

Venue

The matches were played at the Ngahue Reserve in Auckland.[2]

Squads

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]

Matches

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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Winners

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[7]

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
6 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016)

1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[8]

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Luisa Tamanitoakula
Golden Boot Emma Main
Golden Gloves Ateca Tuwa
Fair Play Award

Goalscorers

11 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OFC Insider – 2017/01. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 April 2017.
  2. Web site: OFC U-19 Women’s Championship coming to NZ. Oceania Football Confederation. 24 May 2017.
  3. Web site: Circular #1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20161112085224/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/administration/02/84/92/41/circularno.1565-fifawomenstournaments2018-2019_neutral.pdf. dead. 12 November 2016. FIFA.com. 11 November 2016.
  4. Web site: Squads confirmed for U-19s. Oceania Football Confederation. 23 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Fates sealed for OFC U-19 Women’s Championship. Oceania Football Confederation. 31 May 2017.
  6. Web site: OFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2017 – Programme. Oceania Football Confederation. 10 July 2017.
  7. Web site: New Zealand first to book ticket to France. https://web.archive.org/web/20170822094112/http://www.fifa.com/u20womensworldcup/news/y=2017/m=7/news=new-zealand-first-to-book-ticket-to-france-2901728.html. dead. 22 August 2017. FIFA.com. 21 July 2017.
  8. Web site: New Zealand make it a clean sweep . Oceania Football Confederation . 24 July 2017.