OFC U-17 Womens Championship 2016

Cook Islands · Fiji · New Caledonia · New Zealand Papua New Guinea · Samoa · Tonga · Vanuatu

Welcome from OFC President David Chung Women’s football has flourished in recent years and the interest in football played by women is currently at an alltime high thanks to the hugely successful FIFA Women’s World Cup held in Canada last year.

The growth being witnessed on the global stage underlines the increasingly important role that this competition now occupies in the Oceania Football Confederation’s competition calendar. I hope this tournament can be the springboard for women from around our region to showcase their talents and potential.

We know that for many women in the Oceania region, playing football is a cultural challenge as well as an athletic one and football plays an important role in not only raising the bar for technical aspects of the game but also in the holistic development of women as a whole.

With that in mind I hope that the activities which have been planned around this event will contribute to the further growth and promotion of the women’s game, and the personal growth of all those who are present.

A social responsibility campaign being launched with OFC partners UNICEF will focus on putting an end to violence against women and children. It’s an important social issue which affects a staggeringly large percentage of women in our region and raising awareness is an important step towards triggering change.

In addition, the FIFA Women’s Football Development Seminar will bring together key stakeholders in the women’s game from around the region. Women’s Football Development Officers, CEOs, General Secretaries and Technical Directors will be reminded that football is a transformational tool that opens new opportunities for women and girls.

It’s an important seminar that will highlight some of the barriers which hinder women’s football development throughout the region, with participants able to provide insight on their specific situations with the goal of finding some collective solutions.

Following this event we can only expect to see more young girls from all over the Pacific choosing a pathway in football.

I want to take this opportunity to wish all the participating teams the very best for their endeavours on the field of play, and to thank the Local Organising Committee for their efforts in ensuring this tournament is a success.

Yours in football,

David Chung OFC President

Welcome from CIFA President Lee Harmon Kia Orana, It gives me great pleasure to welcome everyone to the Cook Islands for the 2016 OFC U-17 Women’s Championship.

Women’s football in the Cook Islands is a growing sport. This was evident when our women’s team achieved a bronze medal at the XV Pacific Games in 2015.

The Cook Islands Football Association is excited that the region’s best up-andcoming female talents are converging on our shores. I am certain we are set for an entertaining seven days of action in which only one team can triumph.

As well as being a hub of football activity, the CIFA Academy will set the scene for our local girls to ignite their passion for the game, to find inspiration, and to enjoy themselves as these talented young footballers take centre stage.

I would like to thank the Oceania Football Confederation for giving CIFA the opportunity to host this important event. I wish each of the participating teams all the best for the tournament, I hope you will enjoy your surroundings and the hospitality of the Cook Island people during your stay.

Kia Manuia,

Lee Harmon CIFA President

About the 2016 OFC U-17 Women’s Championship The 2016 OFC U-17 Women’s Championship sees eight of the Oceania Football Confederation’s Member Associations come together in search of regional glory and qualification to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016.

The only two previous editions of the OFC U-17 Women’s Championship have been won by New Zealand, while they have attended a total of four FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup tournaments since 2008.

At the other end of the experience scale 2016 will see Fiji, Samoa and Vanuatu all competing at the tournament for the very first time.

In the case of Samoa and Vanuatu their participation follows strong performances at the 2015 OFC U-20 Women’s Championship in Tonga, where they achieved second and third place finishes respectively.

Directly following the OFC U-17 Women’s the Cook Islands will host the 2016 OFC Champions League Preliminary tournament from 26-30 January.

Utulei Youth FC from American Samoa, Tonga’s Veitongo FC, Kiwi FC of Samoa and Cook Islands champions Tupapa Maraerenga will contest the competition, with the winner securing the final spot in the 2016 OFC Champions League.

Cook Islands 1

Matangaro EMMANUELA (GK)

11 Christina AREAI

2 Nicole MARURAI

12 Josephine KURAIA

3 Isabelle MANA

13 Kayleena KERMODE

4 Amber MATEARIKI

14 Ngapare NOOVAO

5 Lyric DAVISON

16 Dora IRIPA

6 Moeroa HARMON

17 Susan WILLIAMS

7 Geneva MILES

18 Daimzel RONGOKEA

8 Piri MURARE

20 Lotacia TARINGA (GK)

9 Ngametua TARINGA

Coach: Tuka TISAM (COK)

10 Tehinnah-Lael TATUAVA

Fiji 1 Francine LOCKINGTON (GK)

11 Louisa SIMMONS

2 Cecelia NAINIMA

12 Ledua SENISEA

3 Miliana NARUKU

13 Titilia WAQABACA

4 Margaret TABUANITOGA

14 Mere CIRIA

5 Sereima NAVUGA

15 Koleta LIKUCULACULA

6 Christina NAUGAVULE

16 Cema NASAU

7 Laca TIKOSAYA

17 Miriama BAKANICEVA

8 Maca RALAGI

18 Harina ERASIT

9 Silina QARAWAQA

20 Laite SALAMEI (GK)

10 Aliza HUSSEIN

Coach: Yogendra DUTT (FIJ)

Match venue

Nestled under the Rarotonga mountain range, the CIFA football complex in Matavera is one of the many picturesque field locations scattered throughout the Oceania region.

CIFA celebrated the inauguration of its ‘Home of Football’ in 2009 to mark the completion of all three phases of the FIFA Goal Programme.

Seven years in the making, the CIFA headquarters now includes an allpurpose complex for players, officials, media and spectators as well as international-standard playing facilities and administration offices.

On Match Day 5 due to the need for simultaneous kick-off for both groups Takutimu School will come into the mix as host of two games. One Group A encounter will be held at the site in the morning, and one from Group B in the afternoon.

Match schedule Group A Date

Kick-Off

Home

Away

Result

13/01/2016

14h30

New Caledonia

Tonga

13/01/2016

17h

New Zealand

Samoa

15/01/2016

14h30

New Caledonia

New Zealand

15/01/2016

17h

Samoa

Tonga

18/01/2016

14h

Tonga

New Zealand

18/01/2016

14h

Samoa

New Caledonia

Date

Kick-Off

Home

Away

14/01/2016

14h30

Papua New Guinea

Vanuatu

14/01/2016

17h

Cook Islands

Fiji

16/01/2016

14h30

Fiji

Vanuatu

16/01/2016

17h

Papua New Guinea

Cook Islands

18/01/2016

17h

Vanuatu

Cook Islands

18/01/2016

17h

Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Date

Kick-Off

Team 1

Team 2

Result

21/01/2016

14h

21/01/2016

17h

Team 1

Team 2

Result

Team 1

Team 2

Result

Group B Result

Semi-Finals

Third Place Play-Off Date

Kick-Off

23/01/2016

14h

Final Date

Kick-Off

23/01/2016

17h

New Caledonia 1 Karine XOZAME (GK)

12 Lucinda KOINDREDI

2 Darnelle HACE

13 Océane ZASINA

3 Flaureen AUSU

14 Yvonne XOWI

4 Mune BAKO

15 Justine MALAXAN

5 Ami-Nata AJAPUHNYA

16 Jessica ALI SAÏD

6 Isabelle ILENGO

17 Nancy NYADOUN

7 Elise LALIE

18 Katinka TAKAMATSU

8 Jackie PAHOA

19 Joelle LEME

9

2 0 Kathleen WAUNIE (GK)

Shaya IHMELING

10 Marie-Laure PALENE

Coach: Matthieu DELCROIX (FRA)

11 Cassidy CAWA

New Zealand 1 Anna LEAT (GK)

11 Jacqueline HAND

2 Claudia BUNGE

12 Nadia OLLA (GK)

3 Amber PHILLIPS

13 Kate WILLIAMS

4 Ally TOAILOA

14 Rebecca LAKE

5 Michaela FOSTER

15 Francesca GRANGE

6 Nicole METTAM

16 Alosi BLOOMFIELD

7 Hannah BLAKE

17 Emma MAIN

8 Malia STEINMETZ

18 Gabrielle JILLINGS

9 Samantha TAWHARU

19 Margaret JENKINS

10 Sarah KRYSTMAN

Coach: Gareth TURNBULL (NZL)

Papua New Guinea 1 Faith KASIRAY (GK)

12 Anna SOS

2 Bellinda GIADA

13 Serah TAMGOL

3 Margaret JOSEPH

14 Melissa JOFARI

4 Alison PAULIAS

15 Anna MALARA

5 Robertlynn KIG

16 Anila ROBERT

6 Francisca MANI

17 Bridgit PAIME

7 Natasha SAGEM

18 Dorothy WAMILAT

8 Loretta YAGUM

19 Ewin NANO

9 Selina UNAMBA

20 Veronica VANUA (GK)

10 Isabella NATERA

Coach: Margaret AKA (PNG)

11 Mercedes HAPOTO

Samoa 1 Adriann BOXIER ESENE (GK)

12 Melesete AIA

2 Siutuvai IONATANA

13 Kalia KAPISI

3 Mariecamilla AH KI

14 Angela VON HEIDERBRANDT

4 Veteronnica TAFITO

15 Vineta FALEAANA

5 Sophia AVEAU

16 Conzuella VATU

6 Rosie SCHUSTER

17 Mata TALIU

7 Austiner TAUALAPINI

18 Alisha NAOLAVOA

8 Shalom FISO

19 Mole SAOFAIGA

9 Atonina TANUVASA

20 Talaiesea MULITALO

10 Sivanila PEREIRA

21 Jecky TOMA

11 Madeleen AH KI

Coach: Nadia MALIFA (SAM)

Tonga 1 Mele AKOLO (GK)

12 Monika LEFAI

2 Sosefina HAVEA

13 Virginia TUIPULOTU

3 Manu LATU

14 Ofa FISI

4 Heilala MOALA

15 Mlia TONGIA

5 Kalolaine TALIAULI

16 Taipaleti VAI

6 Ana POLOVILI

17 Losa TUAPAUU

7 Carmel UHILA

18 Patricia LIKILIKI

8 Seini LUTU

19 Siunipa TALASINGA

9 Meleseini TUFUI

20 Adrienne TAHITUA (GK)

10 Mele KAFA

21 Luseane VIVILI (GK)

11 Alexandra FIFITA

Coach: Tiane KOANETI (TGA)

Vanuatu 1 Ruth TATE (GK)

11 Vanessa KILETIA

2 Lilian SAWON

12 Vaina BONG

3 Lily NIHAMBAT

13 Hanna TAIWIA

4 Shania SIRI

14 Tisha RONNY

5 Dorolyn SAMSON

15 Keren COULON

6 Leiwia TANGARASE

16 Delphine KALMET

7 Emilia TARAVAKI

17 Leimata SIMON

8 Cynthia NGWELE

18 Melinda FRED

9 Melissa BANI

Coach: Joel RARUA (VAN)

10 Annie GERE

About the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016

The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016 will be the biggest sporting event in the country’s history, as Jordan becomes the first nation from West Asia to host an international women’s football tournament.

A country of 6.7 million people, Jordan is spread out over 89,213 square kilometres and boasts a number of artefacts from several ancient civilisations, having been the site of some of the very first human settlements.

The country’s climate is Mediterranean in the north and west, and arid in the south and east, with an average temperature between 12C and 15C. Women’s football is relatively young in Jordan, having only been launched in 2004.

The U-17 team will become the first women’s team, and just the second Jordan team ever, to play at a FIFA World Cup tournament, following on from the U-20 men’s team appearing at the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Canada.

The tournament is expected to raise participation in women’s football and to promote the rights of girls and women through sport across the region.

“This World Cup will raise the profile of women’s football and women’s sports in

general. It will send a message that will hopefully ripple across the region – one of girls’ and women’s empowerment and of using football as a platform for social change,” says Samar Nassar, the CEO of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Local Organising Committee.

Across the 19 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, most of them predominantly Muslim, there are currently 13,890 registered female players – a number that has been mounting thanks to the constant investment in development activiies.

Her Royal Highness Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan is an important voice in favour of women’s rights and gender equality.

“If a Jordanian woman wants to play football, I say ‘go for it’. Because you are a role model for society, for changing traditional roles and challenging the negative perception regarding women. And football is the healthiest and most inspiring way to do all this.”

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