The OFC U-16 Women's Championship (previously the OFC U-17 Women's Championship or OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament) an Oceanic association football tournament held to determine the team that will appear in the Women's U-17 World Cup. The competition is organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and was first held in 2010.
There was no OFC qualifying tournament to the first world cup in 2008, as New Zealand classified automatically as hosts.
The inaugural edition, held in New Zealand from 12 to 14 April 2010, was a group stage contested by only 4 of OFC's 11 teams to fill the only spot for the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. It was won by New Zealand, who won all their games without conceding a goal. The 2016 edition was the first to play a knock-out stage. New Zealand won its third title.
The edition held in August 2017 was an under-16 edition, and the tournament was called the OFC U-16 Women's Championship, and so were all the other editions since 2023.
Tournaments Because the 2014 World Cup was already held in March, no sufficient early date could be found for the OFC qualifier. The tournament was cancelled and New Zealand sent to the World Cup by default.
U17 format YearHostFinalThird place matchChampionsScoreRunners-up Third placeScoreFourth place2010 detailsGroup stageGroup stage2012 detailsGroup stageGroup stage2016 details8–03–22020 detailsCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2022 detailsCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
U16 format YearHostFinalThird place matchChampionsScoreRunners-up Third placeScoreFourth place2017 details6–0Semifinalists: and 2023 details1–05–32024 details4–01–02025 details3–09–02026 details4–06–1
Performances by countries TeamWinnersRunners-upThird-placeFourth-placeLosing semifinalistsTotal (top four)8 (2010, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026)82 (2017, 2026)1 (2025)3 (2012, 2016, 2024)62 (2012, 2016)1 (2010)1 (2026)42 (2024, 2025)21 (2023)2 (2016, 2026)1 (2017)41 (2010)1 (2025)21 (2024)2 (2010, 2023)31 (2012)1 (2017)21 (2023)1 Total 8877232
Participating nations Awards TournamentMost Valuable PlayerTop goalscorer(s)GoalsGolden GolvesFair play award 2010 Hannah Wong 8 Not awarded Not awarded 2012 Briar Palmer Hannah Carlsen Jasmine Pereira 6 Moeroa Nootai 2016 Michaela Foster Hannah Blake 14 Francine Lockington 2017 Maya Hahn Kelli Brown 14 Lorenza Hnamano
Champion's U-17 World Cup record New Zealand qualified for all the editions of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup:
In 2008, they receive an authomatic berth as host. In both 2014 and 2022 editions, they qualified by default, as no OFC qualifier was held due to concerns about dates. For all the other editions, New Zealand qualified as Oceanian champions. In 2018, New Zealand finished 3rd becoming their best ever finish at any edition. Beginning in 2025, Oceania will have two teams which will feature a team other than New Zealand for the first time.
Legend – Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place SF – Semifinals QF – Quarterfinals GS – Group stage
– Hosts
Team 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024 2025 2026 2027 Total GS GS GS GS GS GS GS GS Q Q11 GS Q 2 Q1
References
External links OFC Official Website