| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Cook Islands |
| City | Matavera |
| Dates | 13–23 January 2016 |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  Papua New Guinea |
| Third place |  Fiji |
| Fourth place |  New Caledonia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
| Goals scored | 107 (6.69 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,300 (331 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Hannah Blake (14 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Michaela Foster |
| Best goalkeeper | Francine Lockington |
| Fair play award | Cook Islands |
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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.[1] The tournament, which returned after the previous edition in 2014 was cancelled, was originally scheduled to be held between 13 and 28 September 2015.[2]
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.[3]
New Zealand were crowned as champions for the third consecutive time on 24 January 2016, sealing their qualification for the World Cup.[4]
- ^ "Pathway to Jordan confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 19 October 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
- ^ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- ^ "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2014.
- ^ "New Zealand book passage to Jordan 2016". FIFA.com. 24 January 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016.