2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship explained

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.

Teams

All but one of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.[2]

Teamdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performance
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)

Group stage

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).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

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.

Knockout stage

The knockout stage draw took place on 28 June 2023 at the completion of the group stage.[4]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the three groups and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals.

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Final

Awards
AwardWinner[5]
Golden Ball Helena Errington
Golden Boot Ruby Nathan
Golden Glove Kimberley Uini

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2024

The following teams from OFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia.

TeamsQualified ondata-sort-type="number" Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
8 July 20238 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
4 October 20230 (debut)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: U-19 Women's Championship . Oceania Football . 24 June 2023.
  2. Web site: OFC U-19 WOMEN'S DRAW . Oceania Football . 24 June 2023.
  3. Web site: STAGE SET FOR FUTURE STARS TO SHINE AT OFC U-19 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2023 . Oceania Football . 24 June 2023.
  4. Web site: QUARTER FINALS DRAW MADE AS FIJI AND COOK ISLANDS WIN FINAL GROUP MATCHES . Oceania Football . 28 June 2023.
  5. Web site: Helena Errington wins Golden Ball for performances at OFC U-19 Championship . friendsoffootballnz.com . 10 July 2023 . 8 February 2024.