2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship

2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
CityApia
Dates4–18 August 2017
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored89 (5.93 per match)
Attendance2,550 (170 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Kelli Brown (14 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Maya Hahn
Best goalkeeperNew Caledonia Lorenza Hnamano
Fair play award Tonga
2016
2020

The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Samoa between 4 and 18 August 2017.[1][2]

For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-17 to under-16. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the OFC representative.[3]

  1. ^ "OFC Insider – 2017/01". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 April 2017.
  2. ^ "Full complement for OFC U-16 Women's Championship". Oceania Football Confederation. 29 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Circular #1565 – FIFA women's tournaments 2018–2019" (PDF). FIFA.com. 11 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 November 2016.