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2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Tonga
City	Nuku'alofa
Dates	1–10 October 2015
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up	Samoa
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	102 (10.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emma Rolston (25 goals)
Best player(s)	Jasmine Pereira
Best goalkeeper	Katarina Ah Sui
Fair play award	Tonga
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The 2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship was the 7th edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Tonga between 1–10 October 2015. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held between 16–30 January 2016.

Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Papua New Guinea as the OFC representative, besides Papua New Guinea who qualified automatically as hosts.

New Zealand were confirmed as champions for the fifth consecutive time on 8 October 2015, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.

Teams

A total of five OFC member national teams entered the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
New Caledonia	3rd	Third place (2012)
New Zealand	6th	Champions (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Samoa	4th	Fourth place (2002, 2006, 2012)
Tonga (hosts)	5th	Runners-up (2006)
Vanuatu	3rd	Fourth place (2012)

Did not enter

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti

Venue

The matches were played at the Loto-Tonga Soka Centre in Nuku'alofa.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1996 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Matches

The tournament was played in round-robin format. There were two matches on each matchday, with one team having a bye. The draw for the fixtures was held on 2 September 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.

All times were local, TOT (UTC+13).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	69	0	+69	12	2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
2	Samoa	4	1	2	1	12	18	−6	5
3	Vanuatu	4	1	2	1	9	23	−14	5
4	New Caledonia	4	1	0	3	5	38	−33	3
5	Tonga (H)	4	0	2	2	7	23	−16	2

Tonga	0–15	New Zealand
	Report	Rolston 19', 48', 69' Pereira 30', 45+1', 64' Coombes 32', 34', 44' Cleverley 41', 75', 90+1' Robertson 62' Jale 78', 82'

Vanuatu	4–0	New Caledonia
Melteviel 53' Batick 72' Anis 77' Senis 89'	Report

New Zealand	26–0	New Caledonia
Rolston 2', 3', 5', 11', 14' 20' (pen.), 22', 27', 28', 32', 45+6' Satchell 8', 25', 49' Pereira 15', 37', 50', 77', 82', 90+3' Jale 34', 38', 64' Parris 56' Robertson 72' Richards 79'	Report

Tonga	3–3	Samoa
Tongia 39', 56', 90+2'	Report	Mad. Ah Ki 60' Faasavalu 75' Daniells 87'

New Caledonia	2–6	Samoa
Tchacko 12' Oniary 82'	Report	Moaata 5' Fiso 8', 23', 51' Daniells 40' Nielsen 76'

New Zealand	18–0	Vanuatu
Pereira 5', 15', 18', 22', 63', 77' Rolston 8', 10', 40', 43' 57', 65', 81', 82', 84' Robertson 13', 45' Cleverley 26'	Report

Samoa	3–3	Vanuatu
Daniells 48', 90+6' Mad. Ah Ki 54'	Report	Melteviel 6', 66' Charley 22'

New Caledonia	3–2	Tonga
Nyipie 24' Tchacko 64' I. Hace 83'	Report	Laakulu 67', 89'

Vanuatu	2–2	Tonga
Charley 23' Melteviel 89'	Report	Laakulu 79' Akolo 86'

Samoa	0–10	New Zealand
	Report	Cleverley 18' Rolston 40', 45+1' Pereira 46' Coombes 53' Main 55', 58', 58', 74' Robertson 80'

Winners

2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
New Zealand Fifth title

New Zealand qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup for the sixth consecutive time. With hosts Papua New Guinea also participating, this is the first tournament to feature two teams from OFC.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament
Papua New Guinea	20 March 2015	0 (Debut)
New Zealand	8 October 2015	5 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)

Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Jasmine Pereira
Golden Boot	Emma Rolston
Golden Gloves	Katarina Ah Sui
Fair Play Award	Tonga

Goalscorers

25 goals

• Emma Rolston

16 goals

• Jasmine Pereira

5 goals

• Daisy Cleverley
• Grace Jale
• Michaela Robertson

4 goals

• Isabella Coombes
• Emma Main
• Matalena Daniells
• Monica Melteviel

3 goals

• Paige Satchell
• Shalom Fiso
• Ofaloto Laakulu
• Malia Tongia

2 goals

• Marie-Luce Tchacko
• Madeleen Ah Ki
• Priscilla Charley

1 goal

• Isabelle Hace
• Lyndsay Nyipie
• Marlory Oniary
• Jade Parris
• Isabella Richards
• Matalena Faasavalu
• Vaaipu Moaata
• Marcella Nielsen
• Mele Akolo
• Brenda Anis
• Rina Batick
• Clemontine Senis

References

1. ^ "Tonga to host OFC U-20 women's showpiece". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
2. "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
3. "Decisions taken by the FIFA Executive Committee concerning women's competitions in 2016" (PDF). FIFA. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2014.
4. "New Zealand win through to PNG". FIFA.com. 8 October 2015. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016.
5. "Draw reveals path to Papua New Guinea". Oceania Football Confederation. September 2, 2015. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
6. "New Zealand celebrate title in style". Oceania Football Confederation. October 10, 2015. Archived from the original on October 14, 2015.

External links

• 2015 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, oceaniafootball.com

• OFC U-19 Women's Championship
• 2015 in women's association football
• 2015 in OFC football
• International association football competitions hosted by Tonga
• 2015 in Tongan sport
• 2015 in youth association football