2020 OFC U-17 Women's Championship

2020 OFC U-17 Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
CityPapeete
DatesCancelled
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
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The 2020 OFC U-17 Women's Championship, originally to be held as the 2019 OFC U-16 Women's Championship, was originally to be the 5th 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 2019 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was originally scheduled to be held in New Zealand from 30 September to 12 October 2019.[1] It was later rescheduled to be played in Tahiti from 7 to 20 December 2019.[2] However, the OFC announced on 28 November 2019 that it would be postponed to 2020 due to the measles epidemic in the Pacific region.[3] It was later rescheduled to 6 and 19 April 2020, with the name of the tournament changed from "2019 OFC U-16 Women's Championship" to "2020 OFC U-17 Women's Championship".[4] However, on 9 March 2020, the OFC announced that all OFC tournaments were postponed until 6 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On 14 May 2020, it was announced that a further decision regarding that tournament would be made on 2 June 2020.[6]

On 5 June 2020, the OFC announced that the tournament would be cancelled due to difficulty in rescheduling the tournament. New Zealand, who were the four-time defending champions, were nominated by the OFC Executive Committee as the OFC representatives for the 2021 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in India.[7][8] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[9]

  1. ^ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Vanuatu women U16 prepares for OFC U16 World Cup Qualifiers". Vanuatu Daily Post. 17 October 2019.
  3. ^ "U-16 Women's Championship postponed". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Nouvelles dates des éliminatoires de la coupe du monde U17 féminines". Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 12 December 2019.
  5. ^ "OFC tournaments, workshops, training and courses postponed until 6 May". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 March 2020.
  6. ^ "OFC tournaments postponed". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Women's U-17 event cancelled". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Bureau of the FIFA Council decisions on FIFA events". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Update on FIFA Club World Cup 2020 and women's youth tournaments". FIFA.com. 17 November 2020.