2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
City	Lautoka/Suva
Dates	21 June – 8 July 2023
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (8th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	Samoa
Fourth place	Cook Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	88 (4.4 per match)
Attendance	3,841 (192 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ruby Nathan (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Helena Errington
Best goalkeeper	Kimberley Uini
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International football competition

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.

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.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Cook Islands	4th	Runners-up (2010)
Fiji (hosts)	5th	Runners-up (2017)
New Caledonia	6th	Runners-up (2019)
New Zealand	9th	Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Papua New Guinea	7th	Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014)
Samoa	7th	Runners-up (2015)
Solomon Islands	4th	Third place (2004)
Tahiti	2nd	Third place (2019)
Tonga	8th	Runners-up (2006)
Vanuatu	5th	Third place (2015)

Venues

Group stage

The top two of each group and the best two third place teams advance to the quarterfinals.

All times are local, FJT (GMT+12).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Caledonia	3	3	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Samoa	3	2	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Vanuatu	3	1	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Tonga	3	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: OFC 21 June 2023 (2023-06-21)12:00

New Caledonia	1–0	Samoa
Pawawi 56'	Report

Churchill Park, LautokaAttendance: 147Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji) 21 June 2023 (2023-06-21)15:00

Vanuatu	5–0	Tonga
Aruvuha 11', 14' Poida 35', 67' Woka 45+2'	Report

Churchill Park, LautokaAttendance: 124Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

24 June 2023 (2023-06-24)12:00

New Caledonia	4–1	Vanuatu
Leme 7' Honakoko 17' Naaoutchoue 19' Hnaune 62'	Report	Woka 51'

Churchill Park, LautokaAttendance: 367Referee: Caleb Downes (New Zealand) 24 June 2023 (2023-06-24)15:00

Tonga	1–3	Samoa
Fakavai 86'	Report	A. Skeers 60' Avei 67', 75'

Churchill Park, LautokaAttendance: 178Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)12:00

Tonga	0–6	New Caledonia
	Report	Hmaen 6' Boarat 33' Binet 49' (pen.) Naaoutchoue 77' Pocoue-Kasouemi 79' Honakoko 90+3'

Churchill Park, LautokaAttendance: 201Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands) 27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)15:00

Samoa	3–2	Vanuatu
T. Skeers 48' Kavick 86' (o.g.) Dowsing 88'	Report	Aruvuha 1' Vuti 76'

Churchill Park, LautokaAttendance: 200Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	14	0	+14	6	Knockout stage
2	Fiji (H)	2	1	1	2	3	−1	3	Knockout stage
3	Papua New Guinea	2	0	2	0	13	−13	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts 22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)16:00

New Zealand	3–0	Fiji
Pijnenburg 15' Trewhitt 65', 74'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 400Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

25 June 2023 (2023-06-25)16:00

New Zealand	11–0	Papua New Guinea
Elliott 3' Cook 12', 20', 24', 54' Errington 18', 71' Benson 21', 37', 48', 56'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 150Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

28 June 2023 (2023-06-28)16:00

Fiji	2–0	Papua New Guinea
Tabua 40' Buka 90+4'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 400Referee: Carlito Martin (Tahiti)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cook Islands	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Tahiti	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: OFC 22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)19:00

Tahiti	0–1	Solomon Islands
	Report	Masi 50'

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 200Referee: Chris Bennett (New Zealand)

25 June 2023 (2023-06-25)19:00

Tahiti	0–0	Cook Islands
	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 150Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (Tonga)

28 June 2023 (2023-06-28)19:00

Solomon Islands	0–1	Cook Islands
	Report	Tuariki 49'

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 274Referee: Mohammed Altaf (Fiji)

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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Tahiti	2	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Knockout stage
2	A	Vanuatu	2	0	2	8	7	+1	0	Knockout stage
3	B	Papua New Guinea	2	0	2	0	13	−13	0

Source: OFC

Knockout stage

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

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.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
A	New Caledonia	Samoa	Vanuatu
B	New Zealand	Fiji	—
C	Cook Islands	Solomon Islands	Tahiti

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

1 July – Suva

Samoa (p)	1 (4)
		5 July – Suva
Tahiti	1 (3)
		Samoa	1
1 July – Suva
		Fiji	3
New Caledonia	0
				8 July – Suva
Fiji	1
				Fiji	0
2 July – Suva
				New Zealand	7
New Zealand	19
		5 July – Suva
Solomon Islands	0
		New Zealand	5
2 July – Suva
		Cook Islands	0	Third place match
Cook Islands	2
				8 July – Suva
Vanuatu	1
				Samoa	2

				Cook Islands	1

Quarter-finals

1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)15:00

Samoa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tahiti
Taeaoalii 45+1'	Report	Vivish 79' (pen.)
Penalties
Lilii Moa Stuart Fesolai A. Skeers Dowsing Humphries Taeoalii	4–3	Le Gayic Haoatai Vivish El Hadj Kaddour Hamblin Launduren Tagi

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 250Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands) 1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)19:00

New Caledonia	0–1	Fiji
	Report	Mereia 85'

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 400Referee: Caleb Downes (New Zealand) 2 July 2023 (2023-07-02)15:00

New Zealand	19–0	Solomon Islands
McCann 9', 28', 34' Nathan 13', 43', 51', 88', 90' Benson 14', 55', 62' Canham 16', 39' Bercelli 19', 22', 36', 74' Pijnenburg 45' Colpi 68'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 100Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (Tonga) 2 July 2023 (2023-07-02)19:00

Cook Islands	2–1	Vanuatu
Taia 20' Mapu 65'	Report	Aruvuha 31'

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 300Referee: Carlito Martin (Tahiti)

Semi-finals

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

5 July 2023 (2023-07-05)15:00

Samoa	1–3	Fiji
A. Skeers 86' (pen.)	Report	Alfred 44' Ana 45+3' Singh 69'

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 500Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands) 5 July 2023 (2023-07-05)19:00

New Zealand	5–0	Cook Islands
Rouru 22' (o.g.) Pijnenburg 26' Colpi 45+2' Nathan 70' Bercelli 87'	Report

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 150Referee: Tojika Delai (Fiji)

Third place match

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)13:00

Samoa	2–1	Cook Islands
A. Skeers 78', 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Enoka 89'

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 100Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Final

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)19:00

Fiji	0–7	New Zealand
	Report	Elliott 13', 31' McCann 40' Nathan 52', 65' Mortlock 74' Pijnenberg 78' (pen.)

HFC Bank Stadium, SuvaAttendance: 985Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Awards

2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
New Zealand Eighth title

Award	Winner
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.

Teams	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
New Zealand	8 July 2023	8 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Fiji	4 October 2023	0 (debut)

After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative as they ended second in this tournament.

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.

8 goals

Ruby Nathan

7 goals

Zoe Benson

5 goals

Kiara Bercelli

4 goals

3 goals

Manaia Elliott

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Tearoa Rouru (against New Zealand)
Herveline Kavick (against Samoa)

References

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

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U-19	New Zealand 2017 Cook Islands 2019 Fiji 2023
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