2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship

The 2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Samoa from 31 March–8 April 2006.

2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Samoa
Dates31 March–8 April 2006
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Tonga
Third place Papua New Guinea
Fourth place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored74 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)Samoa Suitupe Tafafa
New Zealand Kirsty Yallop
(6 goals)

Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to participate in the competition. Holders Australia were not eligible to defend their title after moving into the Asian Football Confederation.

In the final, New Zealand defeated Tonga 6–0. In doing so, the New Zealand team won their first title in this competition, having previously lost the 2002 final to Australia.

By winning the title, New Zealand also qualified for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

Qualification

All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Cook Islands and Tahiti withdrew before the tournament began.[1]

Participating teams

The following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:

Country Previous appearances1
 Fiji1 (2002)
 New Caledonia0 (debut)
 New Zealand1 (2002)
 Papua New Guinea1 (2004)
 Samoa1 (2002)
 Solomon Islands1 (2004)
 Tonga1 (2002)
 Vanuatu0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venue

All matches were played at one venue: the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex in Apia.[1]

Apia
Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W
Capacity: 12,000

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tonga 3 2 0 1 6 9 3 6
3  Solomon Islands 3 0 1 2 2 7 5 1
4  Vanuatu 3 0 1 2 2 16 14 1
Source: RSSSF
New Zealand 4–0 Solomon Islands
Rishworth 51'
Percival 62', 79'
Riley 53'
Report
Tonga 4–1 Vanuatu
Tuipulotu
Malua
Vaenuku
Report Serveux

New Zealand 11–0 Vanuatu
Erceg 30'
Gregorius 39'
Percival 41'
Bromley 42'
Leota 43'
Yallop 50', 57', 83'
Collins 46', 59'
Riley 60'
Report
Solomon Islands 1–2 Tonga
Inifiri 61' Report Feke 39', 65'

New Zealand 7–0 Tonga
Campbell 1'
Rennie 13'
Yallop 41', 63'
Harrison 43'
Riley 53'
Humphries 71'
Report
Solomon Islands 1–1 Vanuatu
Samani 18' Report Masauvakalo 45'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Samoa (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
3  Fiji 3 1 0 2 4 9 5 3
4  New Caledonia 3 0 0 3 0 9 9 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts
Papua New Guinea 3–0 New Caledonia
Turakaura 46'
Limbai 58'
Chalau 87'
Report
Samoa 3–0 Fiji
Tafafa
J. Ane
Report

Papua New Guinea 6–1 Fiji
Limbai 11', 18', 63', 66'
Nakas 12'
Winas 32'
Report Ratu 83'

Fiji 3–0 New Caledonia
Marama 52'
Begum 77'
Ratu 82' (pen.)
Report

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
 New Zealand 5
 
8 April
 
 Papua New Guinea 1
 
 New Zealand 6
 
6 April
 
 Tonga 0
 
 Samoa 2
 
 
 Tonga 3
 
Third place
 
 
8 April
 
 
 Samoa 1
 
 
 Papua New Guinea 4

Semi-finals

New Zealand 5–1 Papua New Guinea
Campbell 6', 9', 18'
Yallop 40'
Riley 90'
Report Leo 7'

Samoa 2–3 Tonga
Taumua 11'
Tafafa 56'
Report Utaatu 5' (pen.), 67' (pen.)
Feke 73'

Third Place Match

Samoa 1–4 Papua New Guinea
F. Ane 60' Report Chalau 6'
Leo 45', 83'
Winas 50'

Final

New Zealand 6–0 Tonga
Campbell 8'
Riley 30'
Humphries 40'
Longo 44'
Collins 81'
Harrison 90'
Report

Goalscorers

6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
  • Fiji Savaira Ratu
  • New Zealand Emma Harrison
  • New Zealand Emma Humphries
  • Papua New Guinea Jacqueline Chalau
  • Papua New Guinea Daisy Winas
  • Tonga Marion Tuipulotu
  • Tonga Karen Utaatu
1 goal

Awards

References

  1. Roman, Todd (17 April 2014). "OFC Under 20 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "New Zealand books FIFA U20 berth". Solomon Islands Football Federation. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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