2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
# 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

The 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands from 30 August to 12 September 2019.

The winner of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.

New Zealand were the defending champions, and they went on to win the 2019 Championship.

## Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.

| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| - | - | - |
| American Samoa | 3rd | Fourth place (2010) |
| Cook Islands (hosts) | 3rd | Runners-up (2010) |
| Fiji | 4th | Runners-up (2017) |
| New Caledonia | 5th | Third place (2012) |
| New Zealand | 8th | Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017) |
| Papua New Guinea | 6th | Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014) |
| Samoa | 6th | Fourth place (2002, 2006, 2012) |
| Solomon Islands | 3rd | Third place (2004) |
| Tahiti | 1st | Debut |
| Tonga | 7th | Runners-up (2006) |
| Vanuatu | 4th | Third place (2015) |

## Venue

The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga.

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 17 April 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. The 11 teams were drawn into three groups, with Groups A and B having four teams and Group C having three teams. The hosts Cook Islands were assigned to group position A1, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding, with the only restriction that the defending champions New Zealand must be drawn into Group A or B.

## Group stage

The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vanuatu | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Cook Islands (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | +47 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | American Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 | |
| 4 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 43 | −41 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 9 September – CIFA Academy | 9 September – CIFA Academy |
| Tahiti | 0 (6) |
| Tahiti | 0 (6) | 12 September – CIFA Academy | 12 September – CIFA Academy |
| New Caledonia (p) | 0 (7) | 12 September – CIFA Academy | 12 September – CIFA Academy |
| New Caledonia (p) | 0 (7) | New Caledonia | 2 |
| 9 September – CIFA Academy | 9 September – CIFA Academy | | New Caledonia | 2 |
| 9 September – CIFA Academy | 9 September – CIFA Academy | New Zealand | 5 |
| Vanuatu | 0 | New Zealand | 5 |
| New Zealand | 11 | | |
| New Zealand | 11 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 12 September – CIFA Academy | 12 September – CIFA Academy |
| | | Tahiti | 4 |
| | | Vanuatu | 1 |

### Final

Winner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

## Winners

* 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
* New Zealand Seventh title

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

| Award | Player |
| - | - |
| Golden Ball | Grace Wisnewski |
| Golden Boot | Kelli Brown |
| Golden Gloves | Corail Harry |
| Fair Play Award | Solomon Islands |

## Goalscorers

There were 120 goals scored in 19 matches, for an average of 6.32 goals per match.

21 goals

* Kelli Brown

9 goals

* Babou Tepea

8 goals

* Maggie Jenkins
* Gabi Rennie

6 goals

* Ava Collins
* Arabella Maynard
* Tahia Tamarii

4 goals

* Cassidy Cawa
* Rene Wasi

3 goals

* Joana Boula
* Grace Wisnewski

2 goals

* Elcy Lui
* Asenaca Diranuve
* Jennifer Neporo
* Jackie Pahoa
* Amelia Abbott
* Zoe Ruby
* Kiani Wong
* Bindy Erikan

1 goal

* Oloa Tofaeono
* Ngamata Moekaa
* Koleta Likuculacula
* Laniana Qereqeretabua
* Ashley Gelima
* Edsy Matao
* Tahlia Herman-Watt
* Aneka Mittendorff
* Lara Wall
* Charlotte Wilford Carroll
* Nicole Bekio
* Asaiso Gossie
* Jojo Ledi
* Edith Nari
* Hereura Chu
* Kohai Mai
* Tetia Mose
* Vahuariki Tufaunui
* Lositika Feke
* Ana Polovili
* Annie Gere
* Celestine Kalopong
* Cynthia Ngwele
* Diana Sine

1 own goal

* Destiny Kapisi (against New Zealand)
* Suan Manas (against New Caledonia)

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

The following team from OFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.

| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup |
| - | - | - |
| New Zealand | 12 September 2019 | 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) |

    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
