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2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament

2012 OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates9 – 13 April
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored39 (6.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Hannah Carlsen
New Zealand Jasmine Pereira
(6 goals each)
2010
2016

The 2012 OFC Under 17 tournament was the second edition of the OFC Women's Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, which acted as the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup qualifier in the Oceania Football Confederation region. It took place from 9 to 14 April in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] New Zealand were the defending champions after winning the 2010 edition.[2]

New Zealand won the tournament undefeated with a goal difference of 29–1 and qualified to the World Cup.[3]

The tournament was held alongside the 2012 OFC Women's Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, using the same venue and alternating matchdays.

Participating teams

Matches

The four teams played a single round robin.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 29 1 +28 9
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 4 11 −7 6
 Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 5 10 −5 3
 New Caledonia 3 0 0 3 1 17 −16 0
New Caledonia 0–1 Papua New Guinea
Report Kaikas 18'
Centre Park, Mangere
New Zealand 7–0 Cook Islands
Puketapu 18'
Bott 22'
Rolston 29'
Carlsen 33', 75'
Palmer 67', 71'
Report
Centre Park, Mangere

New Caledonia 1–13 New Zealand
Valefakaaga 19' Report Pereira 2', 31', 47', 86'
Rolston 28', 60'
Puketapu 36', 84', 90+3'
Cleverley 69'
Carlsen 77'
Innes 82'
Palmer 90+4'
Centre Park, Mangere
Cook Islands 2–3 Papua New Guinea
Toka 33', 69' Report Lorenz 21', 27'
Kaikas 53'
Centre Park, Mangere

Cook Islands 3–0 New Caledonia
Taio 8'
Maoate-Cox 71'
Toka 77'
Report
Centre Park, Mangere
Papua New Guinea 0–9 New Zealand
Report Lee 1'
Cleverley 22', 39'
Carlsen 36', 40', 78'
Pereira 46', 90+3'
Rolston 78'
Centre Park, Mangere

Top goalscorers

players with at least two goals:

6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals

Awards

New Zealand's Carlsen and Pereira were handed the golden boot for scoring six goals each. New Zealand also won the Fair Play awards as well as the Best Player award with Briar Palmer. Moeroa Nootai from Cook Islands received the Golden Gloves award for best goal-keeping.[3]

References

  1. ^ "OFC confirms dates for Olympic qualifying matches". spasifikmag.com. Retrieved 28 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "Kiwis stroll to Oceania crown". OFC. 19 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2011.[dead link]
  3. ^ a b "Young Football Ferns book Azerbaijan spot". oceaniafootball.com. 13 April 2012. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2012.