2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship explained

Tourney Name:OFC U-19 Women's Championship
Year:2019
Country:Cook Islands
City:Rarotonga
Dates:30 August – 12 September 2019
Num Teams:11
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:7
Matches:19
Goals:120
Top Scorer: Kelli Brown (21 goals)
Player: Grace Wisnewski
Goalkeeper: Corail Harry
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2022

The 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th 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 the Cook Islands from 30 August to 12 September 2019.[1] [2]

The winner of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives.[3] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[4]

New Zealand were the defending champions, and they went on to win the 2019 Championship.

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.

Teamdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performance
3rd (2010)
(hosts) 3rd (2010)
4th (2017)
5th (2012)
8th (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017)
6th (2004, 2012, 2014)
6th (2002, 2006, 2012)
3rd (2004)
1st
7th (2006)
4th (2015)

Venue

The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga.

Squads

See main article: 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship squads.

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 17 April 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.[5] The 11 teams were drawn into three groups, with Groups A and B having four teams and Group C having three teams. The hosts Cook Islands were assigned to group position A1, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding, with the only restriction that the defending champions New Zealand must be drawn into Group A or B.[6]

Group stage

The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of Second-placed teams

Results against the fourth-placed teams of each group C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Winner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Grace Wisnewski
Golden Boot Kelli Brown
Golden Gloves Corail Harry
Fair Play Award

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1
[8] 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions. Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. Web site: OFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2019. Oceania Football Confederation.
  3. Web site: Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. FIFA.com. 12 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women’s youth tournaments. FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.
  5. Web site: Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women’s Championships complete. Oceania Football Confederation. 18 April 2019.
  6. Web site: 2019 OFC WOMEN'S U-19 & U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP OFFICIAL DRAW. YouTube. 17 April 2019.
  7. Web site: New Zealand claim Oceania title to reign supreme. Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2019.
  8. Web site: Free-scoring New Zealand lock up qualification. FIFA.com. 13 September 2019.