2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup

The 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the 2014 OFC Women's Championship) was the 10th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, and took place in Papua New Guinea from 25–29 October 2014.[1][2][3] The football tournament was organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the tenth edition of the tournament.

2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates25–29 October
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored40 (6.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Amber Hearn
(7 goals)
Best player(s) Rosie White
Best goalkeeper Fidelma Watpore
Fair play award Tonga

New Zealand won the tournament without conceding a goal, thus winning their third straight edition and qualifying to the 2015 Women's World Cup.[4]

Hosts

Papua New Guinea and New Zealand had submitted a bid for the tournament. Papua New Guinea was chosen at the OFC Executive Committee on 29 March 2014.[1] Papua New Guinea had hosted the 2007 edition previously.

Teams

All eleven OFC members were eligible to participate but only four entered teams.[2]

Team Tournament
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance
 Cook Islands3rd20103rd (2010)
 New Zealand10th2010Winners (1983, 1991, 2007, 2010)
 Papua New Guinea8th2010Runners-up (2007, 2010)
 Tonga3rd20103rd (2007)

Venue

Matches were originally to be played at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae.[2] However, the venue was later changed to the Kalabond Oval in Kokopo.[5]

Format

Teams played each other once in a round-robin tournament. The best placed team qualified to the 2015 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Squads
Main article: 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads

Matches

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30 9 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Papua New Guinea (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 2 16 −14 1
4  Tonga 3 0 1 2 1 20 −19 1
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
New Zealand 16–0 Tonga
Cleverley  1', 18'
Gregorius  8' (pen.), 50', 70'
Hassett  17'
Collins  20', 69', 76'
White  26', 29'
Longo  67', 77'
Hearn  86', 90+7'
Percival  90+2'		 Report
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)
Papua New Guinea 4–1 Cook Islands
Birum  16'
M. Gunemba  26', 36', 84'		 Report Maoate-Cox  90'
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 1–1 Cook Islands
Loto'aniu  90+5' Report Toka  83'
Referee: Anio Amos (Papua New Guinea)
Papua New Guinea 0–3 New Zealand
Report Stott  59'
Hearn  70'
Longo  90+2'
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Cook Islands 0–11 New Zealand
Report Collins  12', 20'
Erceg  14'
Hearn  19', 47', 56', 86'
Percival  43'
White  45+4'
Stott  54'
Hassett  75'
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)
Tonga 0–3 Papua New Guinea
Report M. Gunemba  25'
Kaipu  32', 62'
Referee: Topou Patia (Cook Islands)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Award Player
Golden Ball Rosie White
Golden Boot Amber Hearn
Golden Gloves Fidelma Watpore
Fair Play Award  Tonga

Goalscorers

New Zealand's Amber Hearn won the top scorer award for the second tournament in a row.

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References
  1. "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. "PNG to host OFC Women's Nations Cup". Papua New Guinea Football Association. 30 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. "Sweden seal spot in Canada". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 September 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-19. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. "New Zealand collect Canada 2015 ticket". FIFA. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. "Women's Nations Cup venue change confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-10-03.
  6. "New Zealand book tickets to Canada 2015". October 29, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
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