The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

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(OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in

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between 4 and 18 August 2017. For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-17 to under-16. The winners of the tournament qualified for the

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as the OFC representative.

Teams

All eleven OFC member national teams entered the tournament. It would be the first time in the history of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship that all eleven members of the OFC take part in the tournament. However, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu later withdrew from the tournament, so only eight teams would take part. ;Withdrew * * *

Venue

The matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Football Complex in

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Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could name a maximum of 20 players.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 June 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in

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. The eleven teams were drawn into one group of six teams (Group A) and one group of five teams (Group B). Based on results of the previous three editions, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea were seeded into one pot and drawn into either Group A or B, while the remaining nine teams were placed in another pot and drawn into any of the remaining five spots in Group A or the remaining four spots in Group B. After the withdrawal of

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in Group A, and

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and

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in Group B, Group A was left with five teams and Group B was left with three teams. A draw was held on 29 July 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in

, which saw

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moved from Group A to Group B so that both teams would have four teams. The tournament schedule was also revised and would end one week earlier, with the semi-finals and final now played on 15 and 18 August instead of 22 and 25 August. Each group was played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals. All times were local, WST (

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Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Winner qualified for

Winners

The following team from OFC qualified for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

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

Goalscorers

;14 goals *

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;7 goals *

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;6 goals * Grace Wisnewski ;4 goals * Katinka Takamatsu ;3 goals * Eseta Sinukula *

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* Jayda Stewart ;2 goals * Piri Murare * Ngametua Taringa *

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* Edsy Matao *

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* Aniela Jensen * Heipua Kohueinui * Seini Lutu * Ana Polovili ;1 goal *

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* Oloataua Tofaeono *

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* Vani Bainivalu * Viniana Buke * Dilaisana Drodrolagi * Lusiana Lagilevu * Emily Rokociri *

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* Marie-Laure Palene * Britney Cunningham-Lee * Macey Fraser * Margot Ramsay * Madeleen Ah Ki *

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* Sina Sataraka * Nagem Uiagalelei * Lositika Feke * Siunipa Talasinga * Litea Taukapo ;1 own goal * Melissa Iekawe (against New Zealand) * Tiare Tuimavave (against New Caledonia)

References

External links

2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship
, oceaniafootball.com
Results
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