The 2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 10th 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 Fiji from 21 June to 8 July 2023.
The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia as the OFC representative. The runner-up of the tournament eventually also qualified as an additional slot was allocated to OFC.
New Zealand were the defending champions from 2019.
Teams All but one of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.
TeamAppearance Previous best performance 4th (2010) (hosts) 5th (2017) 6th (2019) 9th (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019) 7th (2004, 2012, 2014) 7th (2015) 4th (2004) 2nd (2019) 8th (2006) 5th (2015)
Venues
Group stage The top two of each group and the best two third place teams advance to the quarterfinals.
All times are local, FJT (GMT+12).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of third-placed teams
Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.
Knockout stage The knockout stage draw took place on 28 June 2023 at the completion of the group stage. Qualified teams The winners and runners-up of each of the three groups and the two best third-placed teams advance to the quarter-finals. GroupWinnersRunners-upThird placeABC
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals Winners qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Third place match
Final
Awards
AwardWinnerGolden Ball Helena ErringtonGolden Boot Ruby NathanGolden Glove Kimberley Uini
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 2024 The following teams from OFC qualified for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Colombia. Teams Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup 8 July 20238 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022) 4 October 20230 (debut)
Goalscorers
References