2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship

The 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands between 13–23 January 2016.[1] The tournament, which returned after the previous edition in 2014 was cancelled, was originally scheduled to be held between 13–28 September 2015.[2]

2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Cook Islands
City	Matavera
Dates	13–23 January 2016
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (3rd title)
Runners-up	Papua New Guinea
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	107 (6.69 per match)
Attendance	5,300 (331 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hannah Blake (14 goals)
Best player(s)	Michaela Foster
Best goalkeeper	Francine Lockington
Fair play award	Cook Islands

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the OFC representative.[3]

New Zealand were crowned as champions for the third consecutive time on 24 January 2016, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.[4]

Teams

A total of nine OFC member national teams entered the tournament.[1]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Cook Islands (hosts)	2nd	Third place (2012)
Fiji	1st	Debut
New Caledonia	2nd	Fourth place (2012)
New Zealand	3rd	Champions (2010, 2012)
Papua New Guinea	3rd	Runners-up (2012)
Samoa	1st	Debut
Solomon Islands	2nd	Runners-up (2010)
Tonga	2nd	4th place (2010)
Vanuatu	1st	Debut

Withdrew

Venue

The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field and Takitumu School in Matavera.[5]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 October 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The nine teams were divided into one group of five teams and one group of four teams, with each group played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

After the withdrawal of the Solomon Islands from the tournament, the Group A fixtures were re-drawn on 3 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters.[6] As a result, the tournament also starts four days later from its original start date of 9 January 2016.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	36	0	+36	9	Knockout stage
2	New Caledonia	3	2	0	1	10	12	−2	6	Knockout stage
3	Tonga	3	1	0	2	4	19	−15	3
4	Samoa	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0
5	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: OFC

13 January 2016

14:30

New Caledonia	5–0	Tonga
Pahoa 3', 8' Koindredi 71' Lalie 79' Ali Said 88'	Report

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 400[7]

Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

13 January 2016

17:00

New Zealand	11–0	Samoa
Blake 1', 81', 90+6' Jillings 7' Hand 12', 20', 65' Tawharu 35' ? 72' (o.g.) Krystman 85', 90+4'	Report

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 400[8]

Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

15 January 2016

14:30

New Caledonia	0–12	New Zealand
	Report	Hand 29' Jenkins 44', 45+2', 90+3' (pen.) Main 46' Blake 49', 70', 71' Jillings 52' Foster 56' (pen.) Bunge 67' Tawharu 90+5'

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 300[9]

Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

15 January 2016

17:00

Samoa	1–4	Tonga
Aveau 45+1'	Report	Fifita 22' Lutu 43' Kafa 55' Polovili 84' (pen.)

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 150[10]

Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

18 January 2016

14:00

Tonga	0–13	New Zealand
	Report	Blake 5', 15', 55' Jenkins 12', 24', 28', 84' Main 36', 43' Tawharu 41', 45+2', 53', 77'

Takitumu School, Matavera

Attendance: 150[11]

Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

18 January 2016

14:00

Samoa	0–5	New Caledonia
	Report	Takamatsu 10', 73' Pahoa 16', 40' Leme 57'

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 100[12]

Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Papua New Guinea	3	2	1	0	11	4	+7	7	Knockout stage
2	Fiji	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4	Knockout stage
3	Cook Islands (H)	3	1	0	2	6	6	0	3
4	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	5	14	−9	3

Source: OFC
(H) Host.

14 January 2016

17:00

Cook Islands	0–3	Fiji
	Report	Hussein 22' Likuculacula 30' Nasau 59' (pen.)

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 500[13]

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

14 January 2016

19:30

Papua New Guinea	7–1	Vanuatu
Giada 1', 21', 43', 47' Malara 11', 80' Unamba 82'	Report	Gere 90+1' (pen.)

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 150[14]

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

16 January 2016

14:30

Fiji	2–3	Vanuatu
Nasau 70' Likuculacula 74'	Report	Gere 44' Ngwele 48' Simon 83'

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 300[15]

Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

16 January 2016

17:00

Papua New Guinea	2–1	Cook Islands
Giada 39', 44'	Report	Williams 10'

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 450[16]

Referee: Tapita Lelenga (Tonga)

18 January 2016

17:00

Vanuatu	1–5	Cook Islands
Coulon 84'	Report	Harmon 3', 17', 35' Marurai 37' Rongokea 46'

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 500[17]

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

18 January 2016

17:00

Fiji	2–2	Papua New Guinea
? 49' (o.g.) Nasau 83'	Report	Giada 28' Malara 65'

Takitumu School, Matavera

Attendance: 100[18]

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final

	21 January

	New Zealand	11
					23 January
	Fiji	0
					New Zealand	8
	21 January
					Papua New Guinea	0
	Papua New Guinea	2

	New Caledonia	1
					Third place

					23 January

					Fiji	3

					New Caledonia	2

Semi-finals

21 January 2016

14:00

New Zealand	11–0	Fiji
Blake 7', 45' Krystman 12' ? 24' (o.g.) Main 38', 45+7' Hand 45+2', 82', 90+5' Tawharu 76', 90+4'	Report

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 300[19]

Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

21 January 2016

17:00

Papua New Guinea	2–1	New Caledonia
Kig 3', 90+5'	Report	Pahoa 85' (pen.)

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 300[20]

Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

23 January 2016

14:00

Fiji	3–2	New Caledonia
Nasau 5', 35' ? 74' (o.g.)	Report	Takamatsu 11' Pahoa 88'

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 600[21]

Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Final

Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

23 January 2016

17:00

New Zealand	8–0	Papua New Guinea
Blake 26', 46', 90+1' Hand 33', 51', 53' Tawharu 62' Foster 88'	Report

CIFA Academy Field, Matavera

Attendance: 600[22]

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Winners

2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
New Zealand Third title

New Zealand qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the fifth consecutive time.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament¹
New Zealand	23 January 2016	4 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[23]

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Michaela Foster
Golden Boot	Hannah Blake
Golden Gloves	Francine Lockington
Fair Play Award	Cook Islands

Goalscorers

14 goals

Hannah Blake

10 goals

Jacqui Hand

9 goals

Samantha Tawharu

7 goals

Belinda Giada
Maggie Jenkins

6 goals

Jackie Pahoa

5 goals

Cema Nasau
Emma Main

3 goals

Moeroa Harmon
Katinka Takamatsu
Sarah Krystman
Anna Malara

2 goals

Koleta Likuculacula
Michaela Foster
Gabe Jillings
Robertlynn Kig
Annie Gere

1 goal

Nicole Marurai
Daimzel Rongokea
Susan Williams
Aliza Hussein
Jessica Ali Said
Lucinda Koindredi
Elise Lalie
Joelle Leme
Claudia Bunge
Selina Unamba
Sophia Aveau
Alexandra Fifita
Mele Kafa
Seini Lutu
Ana Polovili
Keren Coulon
Cynthia Ngwele
Leimata Simon

Own goals

1 own goal (playing against New Zealand)
1 own goal (playing against Fiji)
1 own goal (playing against Fiji)
1 own goal (playing against New Zealand)

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External links

2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, oceaniafootball.com

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