The 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands between 13 and 23 January 2016. The tournament, which returned after the previous edition in 2014 was cancelled, was originally scheduled to be held between 13 and 28 September 2015.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the OFC representative.

New Zealand were crowned as champions for the third consecutive time on 24 January 2016, sealing their qualification for the World Cup.

Teams A total of nine OFC member national teams entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance (hosts) (2012) (2012) (2010, 2012) (2012) (2010) (2010)

Withdrew

Venue The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field and Takitumu School in Matavera.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage The draw for the group stage was held on 19 October 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The nine teams were divided into one group of five teams and one group of four teams, with each group played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

After the withdrawal of the Solomon Islands from the tournament, the Group A fixtures were re-drawn on 3 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters. As a result, the tournament also starts four days later from its original start date of 9 January 2016.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Winners

New Zealand qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the fifth consecutive time.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014) 1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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

AwardPlayerGolden Ball Michaela FosterGolden Boot Hannah BlakeGolden Gloves Francine LockingtonFair Play Award

Goalscorers 14 goals Hannah Blake

10 goals Jacqui Hand

9 goals Samantha Tawharu

7 goals

Belinda Giada Maggie Jenkins

6 goals Jackie Pahoa

5 goals

Cema Nasau Emma Main

3 goals

Moeroa Harmon Katinka Takamatsu Sarah Krystman Anna Malara

2 goals

Koleta Likuculacula Michaela Foster Gabe Jillings Robertlynn Kig Annie Gere

1 goal

Nicole Marurai Daimzel Rongokea Susan Williams Aliza Hussein Jessica Ali Said Lucinda Koindredi Elise Lalie Joelle Leme Claudia Bunge Selina Unamba Sophia Aveau Alexandra Fifita Mele Kafa Seini Lutu Ana Polovili Keren Coulon Cynthia Ngwele Leimata Simon

Own goals

1 own goal (playing against New Zealand) 1 own goal (playing against Fiji) 1 own goal (playing against Fiji) 1 own goal (playing against New Zealand)

References

External links 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, oceaniafootball.com