The 2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship. The continent's association football youth tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. The tournament takes place in Auckland, New Zealand from 18 to 22 February 2014. Four teams take part.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | New Zealand |
Dates | 18–22 February 2014 |
Teams | 4 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | |
Runners-up | |
Third place | |
Fourth place | |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 6 |
Goals scored | 31 (5.17 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | |
Best player(s) | |
Best goalkeeper | |
Fair play award | |
The Championship acts as the continent's qualifying event for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup that will take place Canada later in this year.
Oceania's two top ranked teams New Zealand and Papua New Guinea won their first two games and then played of for the title on the last matchday.[1] New Zealand won 3–0 and qualified to the World Cup.[2]
Participating teams
editOnly four of OFC's eleven nations have entered a team. The official draw was held on 24 January at OFC headquarters.[3]
New Zealand (Hosts)
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
Vanuatu
Format
editThe four teams played a round-robin. The winner advanced to the World Cup.
Officials
editNine referees and nine assistant referees were named for the tournament.[4]
Matches
editAll times are local, UTC+13:00 (New Zealand Daylight saving time)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 9 | |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 |
Tonga | 0–4 | |
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Report | Awele Irakau Gabong Niaman |
New Zealand | 12–0 | |
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Puketapu Rolston Dabner Palmer Pereira O'Brien |
Report |
Vanuatu | 0–4 | |
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Report | Gunemba Kaikas |
Vanuatu | 0–4 | |
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Report | Tongia Tahitu'a Malekamu |
New Zealand | 3–0 | |
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Van Noorden Pereira Morris |
Report |
Awards
edit2014 OFC Women's Under-20 Championship winners |
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New Zealand Fourth title |
- Golden Ball (MVP): Meagen Gunemba (PNG)
- Golden Boot (Leading Scorer): Emma Rolston (NZL)
- Golden Gloves (Best Goalkeeper): Tangimausia Ma’afu (TON)
- Fair Play Award: Vanuatu
Goal scorers
edit- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goal
References
edit- ^ "Wins apiece sets up final showdown". OFC. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
- ^ a b "New Zealand earn tickets to Canada 2014". OFC. 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Women's U-20 path to World Cup decided". oceaniafootball.com. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2014.
- ^ "Officials confirmed for OFC Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 May 2012. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012.
External links
edit- OFC U-20 Women's Schedule & Results, oceaniafootball.com