The 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship was the 9th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands from 30 August to 12 September 2019.
The winner of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.
New Zealand were the defending champions, and they went on to win the 2019 Championship.
Teams All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.
TeamAppearance Previous best performance 3rd (2010) (hosts) 3rd (2010) 4th (2017) 5th (2012) 8th (2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017) 6th (2004, 2012, 2014) 6th (2002, 2006, 2012) 3rd (2004) 1st 7th (2006) 4th (2015)
Venue The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 17 April 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. The 11 teams were drawn into three groups, with Groups A and B having four teams and Group C having three teams. The hosts Cook Islands were assigned to group position A1, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding, with the only restriction that the defending champions New Zealand must be drawn into Group A or B.
Group stage The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Ranking of Second-placed teams Results against the fourth-placed teams of each group C were not counted in determining the ranking of the third-placed teams.
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final Winner qualified for 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
Winners
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
AwardPlayerGolden Ball Grace WisnewskiGolden Boot Kelli BrownGolden Gloves Corail HarryFair Play Award
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup The following team from OFC would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup before the tournament was cancelled.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup1 7 (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
References
External links OFC U-19 Women's Championship 2019 News > OFC U-19 Women's Championship 2019 , oceaniafootball.com