2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship

The 2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Samoa from 31 March–8 April 2006.

2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Samoa
Dates31 March–8 April 2006
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Tonga
Third place Papua New Guinea
Fourth place Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored74 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s) Suitupe Tafafa
Kirsty Yallop
(6 goals)

Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to participate in the competition. Holders Australia were not eligible to defend their title after moving into the Asian Football Confederation.

In the final, New Zealand defeated Tonga 6–0. In doing so, the New Zealand team won their first title in this competition, having previously lost the 2002 final to Australia.

By winning the title, New Zealand also qualified for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

Qualification

All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Cook Islands and Tahiti withdrew before the tournament began.[1]

Participating teams

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

Country Previous appearances1
 Fiji1 (2002)
 New Caledonia0 (debut)
 New Zealand1 (2002)
 Papua New Guinea1 (2004)
 Samoa1 (2002)
 Solomon Islands1 (2004)
 Tonga1 (2002)
 Vanuatu0 (debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Venue

All matches were played at one venue: the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex in Apia.[1]

Apia
Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W
Capacity: 12,000

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 22 0 +22 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Tonga 3 2 0 1 6 9 −3 6
3  Solomon Islands 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1
4  Vanuatu 3 0 1 2 2 16 −14 1
Source: RSSSF
New Zealand 4–0 Solomon Islands
Rishworth  51'
Percival  62', 79'
Riley  53'		 Report
Tonga 4–1 Vanuatu
Tuipulotu
Malua
Vaenuku 		Report Serveux
New Zealand 11–0 Vanuatu
Erceg  30'
Gregorius  39'
Percival  41'
Bromley  42'
Leota  43'
Yallop  50', 57', 83'
Collins  46', 59'
Riley  60'		 Report
Solomon Islands 1–2 Tonga
Inifiri  61' Report Feke  39', 65'
New Zealand 7–0 Tonga
Campbell  1'
Rennie  13'
Yallop  41', 63'
Harrison  43'
Riley  53'
Humphries  71'		 Report
Solomon Islands 1–1 Vanuatu
Samani  18' Report Masauvakalo  45'

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Samoa (H) 3 3 0 0 7 0 +7 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 9 2 +7 6
3  Fiji 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4  New Caledonia 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Host.
Papua New Guinea 3–0 New Caledonia
Turakaura  46'
Limbai  58'
Chalau  87'		 Report
Samoa 3–0 Fiji
Tafafa
J. Ane 		Report
Papua New Guinea 6–1 Fiji
Limbai  11', 18', 63', 66'
Nakas  12'
Winas  32'		 Report Ratu  83'
Samoa 3–0 New Caledonia
Tafafa Report
Papua New Guinea 0–1 Samoa
Report Lam Sam  50'
Fiji 3–0 New Caledonia
Marama  52'
Begum  77'
Ratu  82' (pen.)		 Report

Knockout stage

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

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 April
 
 
 New Zealand 5
 
8 April
 
 Papua New Guinea 1
 
 New Zealand 6
 
6 April
 
 Tonga 0
 
 Samoa 2
 
 
 Tonga 3
 
Third place
 
 
8 April
 
 
 Samoa 1
 
 
 Papua New Guinea 4

Semi-finals
New Zealand 5–1 Papua New Guinea
Campbell  6', 9', 18'
Yallop  40'
Riley  90'		 Report Leo  7'
Attendance: 1,000
Samoa 2–3 Tonga
Taumua  11'
Tafafa  56'		 Report Utaatu  5' (pen.), 67' (pen.)
Feke  73'
Attendance: 2,500

Third Place Match
Samoa 1–4 Papua New Guinea
F. Ane  60' Report Chalau  6'
Leo  45', 83'
Winas  50'
Attendance: 4,500

Final
New Zealand 6–0 Tonga
Campbell  8'
Riley  30'
Humphries  40'
Longo  44'
Collins  81'
Harrison  90'		 Report
Attendance: 3,500

Goalscorers
6 goals
5 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Awards

References
  1. Roman, Todd (17 April 2014). "OFC Under 20 Women's Qualifying Tournament 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
  2. "New Zealand books FIFA U20 berth". Solomon Islands Football Federation. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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