Tourney Name: | OFC U-19 Women's Championship |
Year: | 2023 |
Country: | Fiji |
City: | Lautoka/Suva |
Dates: | 21 June – 8 July 2023 |
Num Teams: | 10 |
Confederations: | 1 |
Venues: | 2 |
Cities: | 2 |
Count: | 8 |
Matches: | 20 |
Goals: | 88 |
Top Scorer: | Ruby Nathan (8 goals) |
Player: | Helena Errington |
Goalkeeper: | Kimberley Uini |
Prevseason: | 2019 |
Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 10th 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 Fiji from 21 June to 8 July 2023.[1]
The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the OFC representative. The runner-up of the tournament eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to OFC.
New Zealand were the defending champions from 2019.
All but one of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.[2]
Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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4th | (2010) | ||
(hosts) | 5th | (2017) | |
6th | (2019) | ||
9th | (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019) | ||
7th | (2004, 2012, 2014) | ||
7th | (2015) | ||
4th | (2004) | ||
2nd | (2019) | ||
8th | (2006) | ||
5th | (2015) |
The top two of each group and the best two third place teams advance to the quarterfinals.[3]
All times are local, FJT (GMT+12).
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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.
The knockout stage draw took place on 28 June 2023 at the completion of the group stage.[4]
The winners and runners-up of each of the three groups and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.
Winners qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Award | Winner[5] | |
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Golden Ball | Helena Errington | |
Golden Boot | Ruby Nathan | |
Golden Glove | Kimberley Uini |
The following teams from OFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.
Teams | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
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8 July 2023 | 8 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) | ||
4 October 2023 | 0 (debut) |