2002_OFC_Women's_Under_19_Qualifying_Tournament

2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament

2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament

International football competition


The 2002 OFC Women's Under 19 Qualifying Tournament was the inaugural edition of what would later be known as the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. It was hosted by Tonga from 23 April–3 May 2002.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...

Players born on or after 1 January 1983 were eligible to participate in the competition.

In the final, Australia defeated New Zealand 6–0.

By winning the tournament, Australia also qualified for the 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship, the inaugural FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, in Canada.

Qualification

All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu withdrew before the tournament began.[1]

Participating teams

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

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Group stage

Group A

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Source: RSSSF
More information American Samoa, 0–0 ...
More information New Zealand, 10–0 ...

More information New Zealand, 2–0 ...
More information Samoa, 2–1 ...

More information New Zealand, 8–0 ...
More information Samoa, 2–2 ...

Group B

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(H) Hosts
More information Tonga, 0–11 ...

More information Cook Islands, 0–15 ...

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Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 May
 
 
 New Zealand 15
 
3 May
 
 Tonga 0
 
 New Zealand 0
 
1 May
 
 Australia 6
 
 Australia 13
 
 
 Samoa 0
 
Third place
 
 
3 May
 
 
 Tonga 2
 
 
 Samoa 0

Semi-finals

More information New Zealand, 15–0 ...

More information Australia, 13–0 ...

Third-place match

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Final

More information Australia, 6–0 ...

Top goalscorers

10 goals
9 goals
6 goals
5 goals

References

  1. Zlotkowski, Andre (17 April 2014). "OFC Under 19 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2002". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.

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