The 2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament was the inaugural edition of what would later be known as the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. It was hosted by Tonga from 23 April–3 May 2002.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Tonga |
| Dates | 23 April–3 May 2002 |
| Teams | 7 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place | Tonga |
| Fourth place |  Samoa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Goals scored | 91 (7 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Amber Hearn (10 goals) |
2004 → | |
Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in the competition.
In the final, Australia defeated New Zealand 6–0.
By winning the tournament, Australia also qualified for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in Canada.
Qualification
editAll members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament began.[1]
Participating teams
editThe following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:
| Country |
|---|
 American Samoa
|
| Australia
|
 Cook Islands
|
 Fiji
|
| New Zealand
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| Samoa
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| Tonga
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Group stage
editGroup A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | +20 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Samoa
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 4 | |
| 3 | American Samoa
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Fiji
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | −9 | 1 |
Group B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | +26 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tonga (H)
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2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 | |
| 3 | Cook Islands
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 1 |
| Tonga | 0–11 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Crawford  5'McCallum 19', 88'Davison 22'Munoz 28'Kuralay 44', 50', 67'Slatyer 51'Neilson 63'Stocco 75' |
| Cook Islands | 0–15 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gill 7', 10' Cannuli 20', 34', 45', 72'Davison 22'Mitchell 28'McShea 37', 62'Slatyer 64'Canham 74', 89'Kuralay 82'Harch 90' |
Knockout stage
editIn the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.
Bracket
edit| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 1 May | ||||||
| New Zealand | 15 | |||||
| 3 May | ||||||
| Tonga | 0 | |||||
| New Zealand | 0 | |||||
| 1 May | ||||||
| Australia | 6 | |||||
| Australia | 13 | |||||
| Samoa | 0 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3 May | ||||||
| Tonga | 2 | |||||
| Samoa | 0 | |||||
Semi-finals
edit| Australia | 13–0 | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Davison 2' McCallum 3'Crawford 11', 14', 42'Harch 19'Kuralay 37', 58', 64', 70', 84'Cannuli 74'Gill 77' |
Report |
Third-place match
editFinal
editTop goalscorers
edit- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
References
edit- ^ Zlotkowski, Andre (17 April 2014). "OFC Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.