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History

Fiji participated five times at the

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so far. In 2002, 2006 and

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they were eliminated in the group stages. At their third participation, in 2017, they became second. In 2002 Fiji drew their first ever game at this level, a 0–0 against

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. They fought for their first win but it wasn't meant to be after two losses: a 2–1 against

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and an 8–0 against

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. In 2006 Fiji were again searching for their first win ever. They had to wait for their final group game, but they got it in the end. After two defeats against again Samoa (3-0) and a heavy 6–1 against

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they won by 3 goals to nil against New Caledonia. Savaia Ratu was the top scorer of the tournament with two goals. After reaching the goal of winning their first game there was more to celebrate nine years later, in 2017. Fiji became second after three wins, a draw and only one loss against football giants New Zealand. Fiji managed to get the victory's against

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(4-0), Papua New Guinea (3-2) and again New Caledonia (2-1). Fiji managed to score a lot of goals with Luisa Tamanitoakula scoring seven goals and

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who scored four goals. Although Fiji scored a total of 12 goals, they still had a negative goal scoring tally with conceding 14 goals. Most of those goals were against New Zealand, after that ended in 9–1 loss. In 2023, they finished second again after losing 0–7 to New Zealand. Eventually, after the announcement of the expansion of the

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to 24 teams, Fiji took the new second spot as OFC representative, which will mark their first time in a World Cup.

Competitive Record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''

OFC Championship Record

Current technical staff

Current squad

The following players were called up for the

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from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the

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. Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against

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2017 squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 OFC U-19 Women's Championship ''Caps and goals correct after match against New Caledonia on July 24, 2017.''

References

External links

Fiji Football Federation pageOceania Football Federation page
Oceanian women's national under-20 association football teams women's 2002 establishments in Fiji Association football clubs established in 2002 {{National-women-youth-footy-team-stub