OFC U-19 Women's Championship

OFC U-19 Women's Championship

Founded	2002
Region	Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams	Various
Current champions	New Zealand (8th title)
Most successful team(s)	New Zealand (8 titles)
2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

The OFC U-19 Women's Championship (previously the OFC U-20 Women's Championship or OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament) is a football tournament held every two years to decide the only qualification spot for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) representative at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.^[1]

Until 2006 it was an under-19 tournament. The most recent edition for 1 to 15 July 2017 was again an U-19 tournament,^[2] and the tournament was called the OFC U-19 Women's Championship.

Results[edit]

There was no 2008 edition.

Summaries[edit]

U20 format[edit]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006 details	Samoa		New Zealand	6 – 0	Tonga		Papua New Guinea	4 – 1	Samoa
2010 details	New Zealand		New Zealand	RR	Cook Islands		Tonga	RR	American Samoa
2012 details	New Zealand		New Zealand	RR	Papua New Guinea		New Caledonia	RR	Samoa
2014 details	New Zealand		New Zealand	RR	Papua New Guinea		Tonga	RR	Vanuatu
2015 details	Tonga		New Zealand	RR	Samoa		Vanuatu	RR	New Caledonia

U19 format[edit]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2002 details	Tonga		Australia	6 – 0	New Zealand		Tonga	2 – 0	Samoa
2004 details	Papua New Guinea		Australia	RR	Papua New Guinea		Solomon Islands	RR	_
2017 details	New Zealand		New Zealand	RR	Fiji		Papua New Guinea	RR	New Caledonia
2019 details	Cook Islands		New Zealand	5 – 2	New Caledonia		Tahiti	4 – 1	Vanuatu
2022 details	Cancelled[3]
2023 details	Fiji		New Zealand	7 – 0	Fiji		Samoa	2 – 1	Cook Islands

Performances by countries[edit]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
New Zealand	8 (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)	1 (2002)
Australia	2 (2002, 2004)
Papua New Guinea		3 (2004, 2012, 2014)	2 (2006, 2017)
Fiji		2 (2017, 2023)
Tonga		1 (2006)	3 (2002, 2010, 2014)
Samoa		1 (2015)	1 (2023)	3 (2002, 2006, 2012)
New Caledonia		1 (2019)	1 (2012)	2 (2015, 2017)
Cook Islands		1 (2010)		1 (2023)
Vanuatu			1 (2015)	2 (2014, 2019)
Solomon Islands			1 (2004)
Tahiti			1 (2019)
American Samoa				1 (2010)

Participating nations[edit]

Legend

Team	2002	2004	2006	2010	2012	2014	2015	2017	2019	2023	Years
American Samoa	GS	×	×	4th	×	×	×	×	GS	×	3
Australia	1st	1st	AFC member								2
Cook Islands	GS	×	×	2nd	×	×	×	×	GS	4th	4
Fiji	GS	×	GS	×	×	×	×	2nd	GS	2nd	5
New Caledonia	×	×	GS	×	3rd	×	4th	4th	2nd	QF	6
New Zealand	2nd	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	9
Papua New Guinea	×	2nd	3rd	×	2nd	2nd	×[a]	3rd	GS	GS	7
Samoa	4th	×	4th	×	4th	×	2nd	5th	GS	3rd	7
Solomon Islands	×	3rd	GS	×	×	×	×	×	GS	QF	4
Tahiti	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	3rd	QF	2
Tonga	3rd	×	2nd	3rd	×	3rd	5th	6th	GS	GS	8
Vanuatu	×	×	GS	×	×	4th	3rd	×	4th	QF	5

Notes

Women's U-20 World Cup record[edit]

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• GS – Group stage
•     — Hosts

Team	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	2026	Total
Australia	QF	QF	AFC member										2
Fiji											q		1
New Zealand			GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	GS	q		9
Papua New Guinea								GS					1

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• OFC Official Website