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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)
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored50 (4.17 per match)
Attendance1,090 (91 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Caledonia Kinë Hmaen
New Zealand Laura Bennett
Tonga Kuria Malohifo'ou
(4 goals each)
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 14 September 2024.

The 2024 OFC U-16 Women's Championship is 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 to 21 September 2024 in Fiji.[1]

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

Teams

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Qualification

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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

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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

Group stage

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The draw for the group stage was held on 6 March 2024.[4][5]

Group A

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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

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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

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7th place match

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Cook Islands v Tahiti
Report

5th place match

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Fiji v Solomon Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Knockout stage

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 September
 
 
 Samoa
 
21 September
 
 New Caledonia
 
 
 
18 September
 
 
 
 New Zealand
 
 
 Tonga
 
Third place match
 
 
21 September
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

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

Samoa v New Caledonia
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
New Zealand v Tonga
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Third place match

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Semi-final Loser 1vSemi-final Loser 2
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Final

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Semi-final Winner 1vSemi-final Winner 2
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

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

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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
18 September 2024 0 (debut)
18 September 2024
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

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There have been 50 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match (as of 15 September 2024).

4 goals

  • New Caledonia Kinë Hmaen
  • New Zealand Laura Bennett
  • Tonga Kuria Malohifo'ou

3 goals

  • New Zealand Grace Duncan
  • Samoa Lynn Aiono Sagiao
  • Samoa Kealia Nansen

2 goals

  • Fiji Sisilia Tuvou Kuladina
  • Fiji Grace Lakavutu
  • New Zealand Keira Tichbon
  • Samoa Ayres Ava
  • Samoa Holly Leapai
  • Samoa Jayde Sagapolutele
  • Solomon Islands Gracester Kini
  • Tonga Tyra Bagiante
  • Tonga Tema Tonga

1 goal

  • Fiji Suliana Vuniyayawa
  • New Zealand Derelle Avery
  • New Zealand Piper Oneill
  • New Zealand Holly Robins
  • New Zealand Kya Solomon
  • New Zealand Pia Volk
  • Samoa T Devoux
  • Solomon Islands Brenda Areni
  • New Caledonia Bernadette Nyikeine
  • French Polynesia Vaiuta Pani
  • Tonga Sophiana Moala

References

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  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. ^ "DRAW: OFC U-16 Women's Championship 2024". YouTube. 6 March 2024.
  5. ^ "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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