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
Attendance: 50
Referee: Beth Rattray (New Zealand)
Fiji 3–3 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
Samoa 2–0 Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 130
Referee: Jovita Ambrose (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 6–0 Cook Islands
 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
 Report
Attendance: 50
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Tahiti 0–2 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 110
Referee: Yantama Atoa (Tonga)
New Zealand 5–0 Tahiti
 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
 Report Pani 73'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Placement matches

7th place match

Cook Islands 1–2 Tahiti
Nia 7' Report
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
 Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand 8–0 Tonga
 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
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

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_OFC_U-16_Women%27s_Championship
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