2010 OFC Women's Championship

The 2010 OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup) took place in Auckland, New Zealand[1] between 29 September and 8 October. It was the ninth edition of the tournament. For the first time, eight teams participated in the tournament, and a total of sixteen matches were played.

2010 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates29 September – 8 October 2010
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored78 (4.88 per match)
Attendance4,940 (309 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Amber Hearn (12 goals)
2007
2014

The tournament also served as the OFC Women's World Cup qualification tournament, with the winner qualifying for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Participating nations edit

Team Tournament
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
  Cook Islands 2nd 2003 5th (2003)
  Fiji 3rd 1998 4th (1983, 1998)
  New Zealand 9th 2007 Winners (1983, 1991, 2007)
  Papua New Guinea 7th 2007 Runners-up (2007)
  Solomon Islands 2nd 2007 4th (2007)
  Tahiti 1st
  Tonga 2nd 2007 3rd (2007)
  Vanuatu 1st

Officials edit

The following referees were named for the tournament:

Results edit

Group stage edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 31 0 +31 9 Advance to knockout stage
  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 3 10 −7 6
  Tahiti 3 1 0 2 5 9 −4 3
  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 1 21 −20 0
New Zealand  14–0  Vanuatu
Hearn   10', 11', 18', 29', 90+1'
Moorwood   25', 81'
Wilkinson   42', 59', 73', 89'
Erceg   45+2'
White   54'
Milne   68'
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)
Cook Islands  1–0  Tahiti
Mustonen   15' Report

Tahiti  5–1  Vanuatu
Alvarez   14', 21', 83'
White   81'
Tokoragi   82'
Report Tougen   19'
Cook Islands  0–10  New Zealand
Report Hearn   9', 40', 64'
Gregorius   16', 27', 56'
Hoyle   21'
Percival   45'
Erceg   57'
Jackman   80'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Tahiti  0–7  New Zealand
Report Armstrong   36'
Hearn   59', 75'
Green   76'
Yallop   80'
Gregorius   90'
Percival   90+2'
Attendance: 500
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu  0–2  Cook Islands
Report Napa   83'
Henry   89'

Group B edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
  Papua New Guinea 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
  Solomon Islands 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
  Tonga 3 1 0 2 2 8 −6 3
  Fiji 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Papua New Guinea  3–0  Fiji
Peninsa   8'
Limbai   58'
Morris   62'
Report
Solomon Islands  4–0  Tonga
Pegi   12', 90+1'
Misibini   37'
Maenu'u   74' (pen.)
Report

Tonga  2–1  Fiji
Siale   75'
Feke   90'
Report Ratubalavu   13'
Solomon Islands  1–2  Papua New Guinea
Saepio   84' Report Limbai   29'
Siniu   48'

Tonga  0–3  Papua New Guinea
Report Limbai   28', 61'
Likiliki   74' (o.g.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Fiji  0–0  Solomon Islands
Report

Knockout stage edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 October – Auckland
 
 
  New Zealand8
 
8 October – Auckland
 
  Solomon Islands0
 
  New Zealand11
 
6 October – Auckland
 
  Papua New Guinea0
 
  Papua New Guinea1
 
 
  Cook Islands0
 
Third place
 
 
8 October – Auckland
 
 
  Solomon Islands0
 
 
  Cook Islands2

Semifinals edit

New Zealand  8–0  Solomon Islands
White   7', 86'
Percival   17'
Moorwood   30'
Hearn   36'
Gregorius   52', 68'
Wilkinson   60'
Report

Papua New Guinea  1–0  Cook Islands
Limbai   62' Report

Third-place match edit

Solomon Islands  0–2  Cook Islands
Report Henry   70' (pen.)
Mustonen   79'

Final edit

New Zealand  11–0  Papua New Guinea
Riley   7'
White   15', 38', 50', 56'
Percival   18'
Wilkinson   32', 36'
Gregorius   73'
Hearn   79'
Green   84'
Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Awards edit

 2010 OFC Women's Championship winners 
 
New Zealand
Fourth title

Statistics edit

Goalscorers edit

12 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Final ranking edit

Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1   New Zealand 5 5 0 0 15 50 0 +50
2   Papua New Guinea 5 4 0 1 12 9 12 −3
3   Cook Islands 5 3 0 2 9 5 11 −6
4   Solomon Islands 5 1 1 3 4 5 12 −7
Eliminated in the Group stage
5   Tahiti 3 1 0 2 3 5 9 −4
6   Tonga 3 1 0 2 3 2 8 −6
7   Fiji 3 0 1 2 1 1 5 −4
8   Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 0 1 21 −20
Total 16(1) 15 1(2) 15 47 78 78 0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ Countries confirmed for Women's Nations Cup Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Oceania Football Confederation, retrieved 9 July 2010