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championship organised by the

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(OFC) for the women's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the

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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

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) in

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as the OFC representatives. However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.

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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.

Venue

The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field,

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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

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, 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

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Group B

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Group C

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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

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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.

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. :

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

References

External links

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