OFC U-19 Women's Championship

The OFC U-19 Women's Championship (previously the OFC U-20 Women's Championship or OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament) is a football tournament held every two years to decide the only qualification spot for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) representative at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[1]

OFC U-19 Women's Championship
Founded2002
RegionOceania (OFC)
Number of teamsVarious
Current champions New Zealand
(8th title)
Most successful team(s) New Zealand
(8 titles)
2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

Until 2006 it was an under-19 tournament. The most recent edition for 1 to 15 July 2017 was again an U-19 tournament,[2] and the tournament was called the OFC U-19 Women's Championship.

Results

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There was no 2008 edition.

Summaries

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U20 format

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Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2006
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  Samoa  
New Zealand
6 – 0  
Tonga
 
Papua New Guinea
4 – 1  
Samoa
2010
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  New Zealand  
New Zealand
RR  
Cook Islands
 
Tonga
RR  
American Samoa
2012
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  New Zealand  
New Zealand
RR  
Papua New Guinea
 
New Caledonia
RR  
Samoa
2014
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  New Zealand  
New Zealand
RR  
Papua New Guinea
 
Tonga
RR  
Vanuatu
2015
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  Tonga  
New Zealand
RR  
Samoa
 
Vanuatu
RR  
New Caledonia

U19 format

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Year Host Final Third Place Match
Champion Score Second Place Third Place Score Fourth Place
2002
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  Tonga  
Australia
6 – 0  
New Zealand
 
Tonga
2 – 0  
Samoa
2004
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  Papua New Guinea  
Australia
RR  
Papua New Guinea
 
Solomon Islands
RR _
2017
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  New Zealand  
New Zealand
RR  
Fiji
 
Papua New Guinea
RR  
New Caledonia
2019
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  Cook Islands  
New Zealand
5 – 2  
New Caledonia
 
Tahiti
4 – 1  
Vanuatu
2022
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Cancelled[3]
2023
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  Fiji  
New Zealand
7 – 0  
Fiji
 
Samoa
2 – 1  
Cook Islands

Performances by countries

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Team Titles Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
  New Zealand 8 (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) 1 (2002)
  Australia 2 (2002, 2004)
  Papua New Guinea 3 (2004, 2012, 2014) 2 (2006, 2017)
  Fiji 2 (2017, 2023)
  Tonga 1 (2006) 3 (2002, 2010, 2014)
  Samoa 1 (2015) 1 (2023) 3 (2002, 2006, 2012)
  New Caledonia 1 (2019) 1 (2012) 2 (2015, 2017)
  Cook Islands 1 (2010) 1 (2023)
  Vanuatu 1 (2015) 2 (2014, 2019)
  Solomon Islands 1 (2004)
  Tahiti 1 (2019)
  American Samoa 1 (2010)

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • 5th–7th – Fifth to Seventh place
  • GS – Group stage
  • PR – Preliminary round
  • q – Qualified
  •     — Hosts
  •  ••  – Qualified but withdrew
  •  ×  – Did not enter
  •  •  – Did not qualify
  •  ×  – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • — Country not affiliated to OFC at that time
  • — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  •      – Not affiliated to FIFA
Team  
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2015
 
2017
 
2019
 
2023
Years
  American Samoa GS × × 4th × × × × GS × 3
  Australia 1st 1st AFC member 2
  Cook Islands GS × × 2nd × × × × GS 4th 4
  Fiji GS × GS × × × × 2nd GS 2nd 5
  New Caledonia × × GS × 3rd × 4th 4th 2nd QF 6
  New Zealand 2nd × 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 9
  Papua New Guinea × 2nd 3rd × 2nd 2nd ×[a] 3rd GS GS 7
  Samoa 4th × 4th × 4th × 2nd 5th GS 3rd 7
  Solomon Islands × 3rd GS × × × × × GS QF 4
  Tahiti × × × × × × × × 3rd QF 2
  Tonga 3rd × 2nd 3rd × 3rd 5th 6th GS GS 8
  Vanuatu × × GS × × 4th 3rd × 4th QF 5
Notes
  1. ^ Papua New Guinea did not compete in 2015, as they had already qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup as hosts.

Women's U-20 World Cup record

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • GS – Group stage
  •     — Hosts
Team  
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2022
 
2024
 
2026
Total
  Australia QF QF AFC member 2
  Fiji q 1
  New Zealand GS GS GS GS QF GS GS GS q 9
  Papua New Guinea GS 1

References

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  1. ^ "Technical Rules for the OFC U-20 Women's Championship" (PDF). OFC. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Lutu standing out for Tonga". oceaniafootball.com. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2017.
  3. ^ "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
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