2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates8–21 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (6th title)
Runners-up Samoa
Third place Tonga
Fourth place New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored69 (3.83 per match)
Attendance1,560 (87 per match)
Top scorer(s) Laura Bennett
(6 goals)
Best player(s) Pia Volk
Best goalkeeper Margaret Fagasuisui Tuii
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The 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 6th edition of the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, and the third with the U-16 format. The tournament is holding between 8 and 21 September 2024 in Fiji.[1]

The top two teams qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco as the OFC representatives.[2]

Teams

Qualification

Starting from this edition, a four-team qualifying stage was introduced for the competition. The four lowest-ranked teams – Vanuatu, who finished eighth in the last edition, and the three teams that missed the previous tournament – were originally set to compete in a single-group tournament. However, Vanuatu did not enter, leaving just three teams. In June 2024, Samoa won the three-team qualifying group and secured a spot in the tournament.[3]

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the tournament.

Team Method of
qualification 		Appearance Previous best performance
 Cook Islands
Automatic
qualification
 5th Third place (2012)
 Fiji 4th Runners-up (2023)
 New Caledonia 5th Runners-up (2017)
 New Zealand 6th Champions (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023)
 Solomon Islands 3rd Runners-up (2010)
 Tahiti 3rd Third place (2023)
 Tonga 5th Fourth place (2010, 2023)
 Samoa Qualifying stage winner 3rd Group stage (2016)
Did not enter

Venue

Qualifying group

Main article: 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship qualification
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa 2 2 0 0 22 0 +22 6 Qualify for Final tournament
2  American Samoa 2 1 0 1 1 11 −10 3
3  Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 0
Source: OFC[4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 6 March 2024.[5][6]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 9 Knockout stage
2  Tonga 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
3  Fiji (H) 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4 5th place match
4  Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0 7th place match
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Cook Islands 0–10 Samoa
Report
  • Nansen 3', 22', 48'
  • Sagapolutele 8', 14'
  • Leapai 18', 51'
  • Ava 35'
  • Aiono Sagiao 72', 81'
Attendance: 50
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Fiji 3–3 Tonga
  • Vuniyayawa 25'
  • Kuladina 39'
  • Lakavutu 79'
 Report
  • Malohifo'ou 49', 84'
  • Bagiante 53'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Samoa 2–0 Tonga
  • Devoux 19'
  • Aiono Sagiao 80'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
  • Kuladina 14'
  • Lakavutu 19'
 Report
Attendance: 130
Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 6–0 Cook Islands
  • Malohifo'ou 39', 49'
  • Tonga 63', 70'
  • Bagiante 80'
  • Moala 90+4'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)
Samoa 1–0 Fiji
Ava 51' Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 14 0 +14 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 5 10 −5 6
3  Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 5th place match
4  Tahiti 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0 7th place match
Source: OFC
New Zealand 8–0 New Caledonia
  • Tichbon 5', 32'
  • Bennett 12', 28', 57', 69'
  • Duncan 22', 77'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti 0–2 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Kini 5'
  • Areni 71'
Attendance: 110
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)
New Zealand 5–0 Tahiti
  • Volk 25'
  • Robins 45'
  • Duncan 45+2'
  • Avery 59'
  • Solomon 72'
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Solomon Islands 1–2 New Caledonia
Kini 12' Report Hmaen 9', 60'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Deepak Raj (Fiji)
Solomon Islands 0–1 New Zealand
Report Oneill 11'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)
New Caledonia 3–1 Tahiti
  • Hmaen 36', 81'
  • Nyikeine 69'
 Report Pani 73'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Placement matches

7th place match

Cook Islands 1–2 Tahiti
Nia 7' Report
  • Nekrouf 49'
  • Uini 71' (o.g.)
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)

5th place match

Fiji 1–0 Solomon Islands
Kuladina 70' Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 70
Referee: Sarah Jones (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
 Samoa2
 
21 September
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 Samoa0
 
18 September
 
 New Zealand4
 
 New Zealand8
 
 
 Tonga0
 
Third place match
 
 
21 September
 
 
 New Caledonia0
 
 
 Tonga1

Semi-finals

Winners will qualify for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Samoa 2–0 New Caledonia
  • Leapai 3'
  • Nansen 6'
 Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand 8–0 Tonga
  • Bennett 6'
  • Pugh 12'
  • Duncan 22', 90'
  • Vlok 33'
  • McGillivray 54'
  • March 70'
  • Avery 89'
 Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)

Third place match

New Caledonia 0–1 Tonga
Report Malohifo'ou 56'
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)

Final

Samoa 0–4 New Zealand
Report
  • Pugh 19'
  • Vlok 45+2', 56'
  • Bennett 90'
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 200
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2025

The following team from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco.

Teams Qualified on Previous appearances in 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Samoa 18 September 2024 0 (debut)
 New Zealand 18 September 2024 8 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

There were 69 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.83 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Laura Bennett

5 goals

  • Grace Duncan
  • Kuria Malohifo'ou

4 goals

  • Kinë Hmaen
  • Pia Volk
  • Kealia Nansen

3 goals

  • Sisilia Tuvou Kuladina
  • Lynn Aiono Sagiao
  • Holly Leapai

2 goals

  • Grace Lakavutu
  • Derelle Avery
  • Katie Pugh
  • Keira Tichbon
  • Ayres Ava
  • Jayde Sagapolutele
  • Gracester Kini
  • Tyra Bagiante
  • Tema Tonga

1 goal

  • Tauariki Nia
  • Suliana Vuniyayawa
  • Charley March
  • Kara McGillivray
  • Piper Oneill
  • Holly Robins
  • Kya Solomon
  • T Devoux
  • Brenda Areni
  • Bernadette Nyikeine
  • Anikua Nekrouf
  • Vaiuta Pani
  • Sophiana Moala

1 own goal

  • Vahine Uini (against Tahiti)

References

  1. ^ "OFC U-16 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP". OFC.
  2. ^ "Morocco awarded multi-year hosting rights to FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup™". FIFA. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Samoa comfortably qualify for OFC Women's U-16 Championship". oceaniafootball.com. OFC. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  4. ^ "OFC U-16 Women's Championship - Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  5. ^ "DRAW: OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2024". YouTube. 6 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Draws confirmed for OFC U-16 Women's Championship and Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
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