2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

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.^[1]

2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
City	Lautoka/Suva
Dates	21 June – 8 July 2023
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (8th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	Samoa
Fourth place	Cook Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	88 (4.4 per match)
Attendance	3,841 (192 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ruby Nathan (8 goals)
Best player(s)	Helena Errington
Best goalkeeper	Kimberley Uini
← 2019 2025 →

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.^[2]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Cook Islands	4th	Runners-up (2010)
Fiji (hosts)	5th	Runners-up (2017)
New Caledonia	6th	Runners-up (2019)
New Zealand	9th	Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019)
Papua New Guinea	7th	Runners-up (2004, 2012, 2014)
Samoa	7th	Runners-up (2015)
Solomon Islands	4th	Third place (2004)
Tahiti	2nd	Third place (2019)
Tonga	8th	Runners-up (2006)
Vanuatu	5th	Third place (2015)

Venues

Group stage

The top two of each group and the best two third place teams advance to the quarterfinals.^[3]

All times are local, FJT (GMT+12).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Caledonia	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Knockout stage
2	Samoa	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

Source: OFC

New Caledonia	1–0	Samoa
Pawawi 56'	Report

21 June 2023 (2023-06-21)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 147

Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Vanuatu	5–0	Tonga
Aruvuha 11', 14' Poida 35', 67' Woka 45+2'	Report

21 June 2023 (2023-06-21)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 124

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

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New Caledonia	4–1	Vanuatu
Leme 7' Honakoko 17' Naaoutchoue 19' Hnaune 62'	Report	Woka 51'

24 June 2023 (2023-06-24)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 367

Referee: Caleb Downes (New Zealand)

Tonga	1–3	Samoa
Fakavai 86'	Report	A. Skeers 60' Avei 67', 75'

24 June 2023 (2023-06-24)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 178

Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

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Tonga	0–6	New Caledonia
	Report	Hmaen 6' Boarat 33' Binet 49' (pen.) Naaoutchoue 77' Pocoue-Kasouemi 79' Honakoko 90+3'

27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)

12:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 201

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Samoa	3–2	Vanuatu
T. Skeers 48' Kavick 86' (o.g.) Dowsing 88'	Report	Aruvuha 1' Vuti 76'

27 June 2023 (2023-06-27)

15:00

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 200

Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	14	0	+14	6	Knockout stage
2	Fiji (H)	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

New Zealand	3–0	Fiji
Pijnenburg 15' Trewhitt 65', 74'	Report

22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)

16:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 400

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

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New Zealand	11–0	Papua New Guinea
Elliott 3' Cook 12', 20', 24', 54' Errington 18', 71' Benson 21', 37', 48', 56'	Report

25 June 2023 (2023-06-25)

16:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 150

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

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Fiji	2–0	Papua New Guinea
Tabua 40' Buka 90+4'	Report

28 June 2023 (2023-06-28)

16:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 400

Referee: Carlito Martin (Tahiti)

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cook Islands	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3
3	Tahiti	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1

Source: OFC

Tahiti	0–1	Solomon Islands
	Report	Masi 50'

22 June 2023 (2023-06-22)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 200

Referee: Chris Bennett (New Zealand)

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Tahiti	0–0	Cook Islands
	Report

25 June 2023 (2023-06-25)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 150

Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (Tonga)

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Solomon Islands	0–1	Cook Islands
	Report	Tuariki 49'

28 June 2023 (2023-06-28)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 274

Referee: Mohammed Altaf (Fiji)

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.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C	Tahiti	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1	1	Knockout stage
2	A	Vanuatu	2	0	0	2	8	7	+1	0
3	B	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	13	−13	0

Source: OFC

Knockout stage

The knockout stage draw took place on 28 June 2023 at the completion of the group stage.^[4]

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.

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place
A	New Caledonia	Samoa	Vanuatu
B	New Zealand	Fiji	—
C	Cook Islands	Solomon Islands	Tahiti

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	1 July – Suva
	Samoa (p)	1 (4)
					5 July – Suva
	Tahiti	1 (3)
					Samoa	1
	1 July – Suva
					Fiji	3
	New Caledonia	0
									8 July – Suva
	Fiji	1
									Fiji	0
	2 July – Suva
									New Zealand	7
	New Zealand	19
					5 July – Suva
	Solomon Islands	0
					New Zealand	5
	2 July – Suva
					Cook Islands	0			Third place match
	Cook Islands	2
									8 July – Suva
	Vanuatu	1
									Samoa	2
									Cook Islands	1

Quarter-finals

Samoa	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Tahiti
Taeaoalii 45+1'	Report	Vivish 79' (pen.)
Penalties
Lilii Moa Stuart Fesolai A. Skeers Dowsing Humphries Taeoalii	4–3	Le Gayic Haoatai Vivish El Hadj Kaddour Hamblin Launduren Tagi

1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)

15:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 250

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

New Caledonia	0–1	Fiji
	Report	Mereia 85'

1 July 2023 (2023-07-01)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 400

Referee: Caleb Downes (New Zealand)

New Zealand	19–0	Solomon Islands
McCann 9', 28', 34' Nathan 13', 43', 51', 88', 90' Benson 14', 55', 62' Canham 16', 39' Bercelli 19', 22', 36', 74' Pijnenburg 45' Colpi 68'	Report

2 July 2023 (2023-07-02)

15:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 100

Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (Tonga)

Cook Islands	2–1	Vanuatu
Taia 20' Mapu 65'	Report	Aruvuha 31'

2 July 2023 (2023-07-02)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 300

Referee: Carlito Martin (Tahiti)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Samoa	1–3	Fiji
A. Skeers 86' (pen.)	Report	Alfred 44' Ana 45+3' Singh 69'

5 July 2023 (2023-07-05)

15:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 500

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand	5–0	Cook Islands
Rouru 22' (o.g.) Pijnenburg 26' Colpi 45+2' Nathan 70' Bercelli 87'	Report

5 July 2023 (2023-07-05)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 150

Referee: Tojika Delai (Fiji)

Third place match

Samoa	2–1	Cook Islands
A. Skeers 78', 90+7' (pen.)	Report	Enoka 89'

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)

13:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 100

Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)

Final

Fiji	0–7	New Zealand
	Report	Elliott 13', 31' McCann 40' Nathan 52', 65' Mortlock 74' Pijnenberg 78' (pen.)

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)

19:00

HFC Bank Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 985

Referee: Shama Maemae (Solomon Islands)

Awards

2023 OFC U-19 Women's Championship
New Zealand Eighth title

Award	Winner[5]
Golden Ball	Helena Errington
Golden Boot	Ruby Nathan
Golden 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 on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
New Zealand	8 July 2023	8 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
Fiji	4 October 2023[a]	0 (debut)

1. After the announcement of the expansion of the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative as they ended second in this tournament.

Goalscorers

There were 88 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.4 goals per match.

8 goals

• Ruby Nathan

7 goals

• Zoe Benson

5 goals

• Kiara Bercelli

4 goals

• Alexis Cook
• Ella McCann
• Emma Pijnenburg
• Arianna Skeers
• Elina Aruvuha

3 goals

• Manaia Elliott

2 goals

• Julia Honakoko
• Caroline Naaoutchoue
• Danielle Canham
• Lara Colpi
• Helena Errington
• Rebekah Trewhitt
• Whitney Avei
• Angelina Poida
• Rebina Woka

1 goal

• Abrihana Enoka
• Hereatea Mapu
• Jan Taia
• Te Upoko Tuariki
• Sonia Alfred
• Timaima Ana
• Evivi Buka
• Ema Mereia
• Preeya Singh
• Kasanita Tabua
• Maria Binet
• Sarah Boarat
• Alofa Hmaen
• Ronaldine Hnaune
• Laëtitia Leme
• Adran Pawawi
• Louane Pocoue-Kasouemi
• Charlotte Mortlock
• Lilly Dowsing
• Tamani Skeers
• Sariah Taeaoalii
• Salome Masi
• Krystal Vivish
• Ana Fakavai
• Nellie Vuti

1 own goal

• Tearoa Rouru (against New Zealand)
• Herveline Kavick (against Samoa)

References

1. "U-19 Women's Championship". Oceania Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
2. "OFC U-19 WOMEN'S DRAW". Oceania Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
3. "STAGE SET FOR FUTURE STARS TO SHINE AT OFC U-19 WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2023". Oceania Football. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
4. "QUARTER FINALS DRAW MADE AS FIJI AND COOK ISLANDS WIN FINAL GROUP MATCHES". Oceania Football. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
5. "Helena Errington wins Golden Ball for performances at OFC U-19 Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 10 July 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2024.