OFC U-19 Women's Championship 2017 - Programme

11-24 JULY 2017 NGAHUE RESERVE / AUCKLAND NEW ZEALAND

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Welcome to Auckland, New Zealand for the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship. I am delighted to see that we have six teams set to compete for the title of this year’s edition.

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omen’s football has been growing steadily in Oceania and no doubt each of these teams will be buoyed on by the impressive displays seen on the world stage by our recent age-group participants.

Attendance at OFC Just Play Festivals and engagement in development programmes by young girls across the region is a testament to the work being put in by coaches to encourage one and all to play football.

Over the next five Match Days not only will we be seeing some new talent emerging, we will also be able to check in on the development of some of the region’s best.

New Zealand’s side will feature girls who have competed at both FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women’s World Cups, while the Papua New Guinea side will be bringning members of their historic FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup team.

For those girls who have yet to taste football of the highest level this is a wonderful opportunity to meet and play against the leaders in our region.

I hope this tournament can be a further catalyst for young women across Oceania to be inspired to achieve success both on and off the football field.

In additon to the young women competing in this tournament, some of the region’s developing match officials will be in action too.

The OFC U-19 Women’s Championship offers another stepping stone in the women’s refereeing pathway and it is great to see so many new faces set to make their OFC debuts.

To everyone taking part in this event, I would like to wish you the best of luck. May the best team win, and the matches be played in the full spirit of Fairplay.

Yours in football,

David Chung OFC President

AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND Located in the North Island between Waitemata Harbour and Manukau Harbour, Auckland is New Zealand’s largest city with a population of over one and a half million, 31.9% of the country’s population.

Frequently ranked among the world’s most liveable cities, Auckland attracts thousands of tourists every year with its museums, parks, restaurants, and theatres as well as famous landmarks such as the Sky Tower, Harbour Bridge, and Auckland Art Gallery.

Ngahue Reserve is Oceania Football Confederation’s Home of Football. The venue has two full-size artificial pitches complimented by high-grade floodlights, changing facilities and ample parking.

The OFC-hosted competition will be the first regional tournament held at the Home of Football, but already many nations have had a

chance to use the facilities.

Between games and trainings for Aucklandbased clubs, Ngahue Reserve has been utilised by teams from across Oceania.

The Vanuatu U-20 national team used it during their preparation for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic, the New Caledonia U-17 national team were able to play and train on the fields as they prepare for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup India, and the student-athletes attending the OFC Education Centre have also benefited from the site.

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HISTORY OF THE OFC U-20 WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP

The OFC U-19 Women’s Championship was first held in Tonga in 2002 to coincide with the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship in Canada the same year.

Since then, the FIFA tournament has evolved into an U-20 event starting in 2006 when OFC followed suit with the launch of the OFC U-20 Women’s Championship in Samoa.

The following OFC U-20 Women’s Championship used a round-robin format – only previously used once before in 2004 – for the four teams involved.

Australia won the first two U-19 Championships before moving to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.

The competition was scheduled to take place in 2009 but OFC postponed the event after the earthquake and tsunami disaster that struck American Samoa, Samoa and Tonga.

That year New Zealand were crowned U-20 women’s champions in Samoa for the first time.

In 2008, late withdrawals from the OFC qualifiers meant that the Junior Football Ferns were nominated to represent Oceania at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Chile on the back of their strong performance at Russia 2006.

New Zealand went on to defend their title in the rescheduled event held in January 2010.

Since then, the round-robin format has been used - and New Zealand has successfully defended their title - in every edition of the tournament.

The competition was held in Auckland in 2012 and 2014, with Papua New Guinea earning silver in both editions, trailing behind the undefeated hosts.

The most recent OFC U-20 Championship held in Tonga saw Samoa earn their best result of the competition, edging ahead of Vanuatu on goal difference to place second .

NEW ZEALAND SCORED 69 UNANSWERED GOALS IN THEIR QUEST TO RETAIN THE U-20 TITLE IN TONGA IN 2015.

Outstanding performances from Katarina Ah Sui – which earned her the Golden Glove award – helped Samoa keep New Zealand somewhat in check during their final match.

After an impressive undefeated campaign New Zealand qualified for their fifth consecutive FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.

CHAMPIONS BOARD OFC U-19/U-20 WOMEN 2015

Champion: New Zealand / Runner-up: Samoa / Third: Vanuatu

2014 2012

Champion: New Zealand / Runner-up: Papua New Guinea / Third: New Caledonia

2010 2008

Champion: New Zealand / Runner-up: Cook Islands / Third: Tonga

Champion: New Zealand *Nominated to represent OFC

2006 2004

Champion: New Zealand / Runner-up: Papua New Guinea / Third: Tonga

Champion: New Zealand / Runner-up: Tonga / Third: Papua New Guinea

Champion: Australia / Runner-up: Papua New Guinea / Third: Solomon Islands

2002

Champion: Australia / Runner-up: New Zealand / Third: Tonga

TONGA

With the extended squad in training since February, Tonga has been making the most of the short time they’ve had together to prepare a team combining new faces with experienced players.

The side is in good hands with coach Christian Koaneti bringing his knowledge from the OFC B Licence – which he will be completing later this year – and his experience coaching Tonga in the 2016 OFC U-17 Women’s Championship last year to develop a team model for the young

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Mele AKOLO

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Heilala MOALA

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Michelle TUITUPOU

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Meleseini TUFUI

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Manusiu LATAVAO

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Siunipa TALASINGA

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Seini LUTU

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Halaunga TAHOLO

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Carnel UHILA

10 Teisa FUSI 11 Mele KAFA

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Koaneti has also called-up three New Zealand-based players to join the team for the tournament, who will bring leadership to the newer players that have only experienced football in Tonga’s domestic league.

Tonga-based player Seini Lutu brings plenty of regional experience to the squad, having already represented Tonga at the twice before at U-20 level and at last year’s OFC U-17 Women’s Championship.

13 Peta FENIKITAU 14 Patricia LIKILIKI 15 Luseane VIVILI 16 Katalina TALIAULI 17 Kalolaine TALIAULI 18 Sosefina HAVEA 19 Alexandra FIFITA 20 Adrienne TAHITUA

12 Ofa ATAONGO

Coach: Christian KOANETI (TGA)

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NEW ZEALAND Defending their title on home soil after fiveconsecutive championships, New Zealand are the hot favourites for this year’s OFC-hosted FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying competition.

Malia Steinmetz, Grace Jale, and goalkeeper Anna Leat will offer senior international football experience to Gareth Turnball’s squad having already been in the mix for the New Zealand national women’s team.

Steinmetz and Jale were part of New Zealand’s squad at the previous FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup last year in Papua New Guinea, along with Hannah Blake, Jacqui Hand, Elizabeth Anton, Sarah Morton and goalkeeper Nadia Olla.

Hand, Blake and Jale –along with 11 other players in the team – also represented New Zealand at the 2016 FIFA U-16 World Cup Jordan.

1 Anna LEAT (GK) 2 Saskia VOSPER

13 Nadia OLLA

3 Rebecca LAKE 4 Elizabeth ANTON

15 Michaela FOSTER

5 Sarah MORTON 6 Grace JALE

7 Emma MAIN

17 Dayna STEVENS

8 Malia STEINMETZ 9 Samantha TAWHARU

20 Lily BRAY

10 Hannah BLAKE 11 Jacqui HAND 12 Emma CLARKE

(GK)

14 Claudia BUNGE 16 Nicole METTAM 18 Alosi BLOOMFIELD 19 Deven JACKSON

Coach: Gareth TURNBULL (NZL)

PAPUA NEW GUINEAe After their historic campaign at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on home soil, Papua New Guinea will be eager to take the world stage again. Although the squad will be without last year’s captain Yvonne Gabong, it still holds many familiar faces, including their world cup goal scorer Nicollete Ageva and assistant coach Rachel Wadunah – qualified with the OFC B Licence and stepping into the head coach role.

They’ve proven their ability against the biggest teams in the world, finding the net in their encounter with eventual World Cup winners Korea DPR, and have gained the confidence to perform at a high level in front of a crowd.

Faith KASIRAY 1 Natasha SAGEM 2

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13 Ramona PADIO 14 Leah KARO

Margret JOSEPH 3 15 Robertlynn KIG Isabella NATERA 4 16 Serah TAMGOL Bridget PAIME 5

17 Melisa JOFARI Francisca MANI 6 18 Jacklyn MAIYOSI Marity SEP 7 Alison PAULIAS 8

19 Gorethy PAOFA 20 Amatha MISTERA (GK)

Selina UNAMBA 9 Nicollete AGEVA 10 Mercedes HAPOTO 11 Belinda GIADA 12

Coach: Rachel WADUNAH (PNG)

SAMOA Samoa will be looking to match the success of the the previous national team crop – if not better them – in the 2017 edition of the competition.

The nation’s last appearance saw them place second - the highest in their history – only falling short to four-time consecutive champions New Zealand who defended their title for the fifth edition in-a-row.

The new wave of Samoa players will have big shoes to fill if they expect to compete against the five other competing champions, especially after a tough U-17 campaign last year, in which they exited in the group stage.

Many of the previous U-17 players have moved up into the U-19 team, including goalkeeper Jecky Toma and U-17 captain Shalom Fiso and that added experience is sure to lend some weight to the campaign.

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Katarina AH SUI (GK)

13 Mole SAOFAIGA

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Renee ATONIO

14 Emele PALETASALA

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Hunter MALAKI

15 Natiflo PEREIRA

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Epi TAFILI

16 Conzuella VATU

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Mariecamilla AH KI

17 Vineta FALEAANA

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Sonya TANUVASA 18 Jecky TOMA

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Rachael TAGATAULI

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Lianna SOIFUA

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Tianna SEKONA

10 Shalom FISO 11 Matalena FAASAVALU 12 Talaisea MULITALO

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Coach: Martin TAMASESE (SAM)

FIFA U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

The eighth edition of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will take place in France in 2018, ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup also being hosted by the European nation, a year later.

The first edition of this competition was held in 2012 under the moniker of the FIFA U-19 Women’s World Championship.

Held in Canada, the final between the hosts and USA drew a crowd of 47,000 and set up a long-running rivalry between the neighbouring nations as the USA won 1-0 thanks to a golden goal from Linsday Tarpley.

Across the seven editions of this competition held so far, only three countries have lifted the trophy - USA, Germany and Korea DPR each have two titles apeice.

Last year Korea DPR took out both the U-17

and U-20 titles proving they are a nation to be reckoned with in the women’s game.

From Oceania, only New Zealand and former OFC Member Assocaition Australia have qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, although Papua New Guinea took part in 2016 as hosts of the event.

One slot is allocated to Oceania with the winner of the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship set to be the first nation to qualify for France 2018.

FIJI Although the Melanesian nation will be making their first ever appearance in a FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifier, this young but experienced side should not be underestimated.

Coached by Saroj Kumar – who is in the process of completing the OFC B Licence – the U-19 side will be eager to follow the success of Fiji’s OFC U-17 Women’s Championship campaign last year and place in the top three.

After edging New Caledonia 3-2 and placing third in regional competition held in the Cook Islands, many of the U-17 players have moved up to the next age-group, including goal-scorers Aliza Husseiin, Koleta Likuculacula, and Cema Nasau. The latter found the net five times in the U-17 competition, scoring twice in their third place play-off against the Francophones.

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Adi TUWAI (GK)

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Cecelia NAINIMA

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Louisa SIMMONS

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Miriama BAKANICEVA Maca KOROLEVU

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Mereoni TORA

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Sekola WAQANIDROLA

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Aliza HUSSEIN

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Veniana RANADI

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Miliana BUREITAU

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Ledua SENISEA

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Cynthia DUTT

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Koleta LIKUCULACULA

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Laca TIKOSAYA

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Timaima VUNIYAYAWA

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Maria PARR (GK)

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Asenaca DIRANUVE

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Luisa TAMANITOAKULA

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Cema NASAU

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Silina QARAWAQA

Coach: Saroj KUMAR (FIJ)

NEW CALÉDONIA After a very tough campaign in the 2015 edition of the competition, New Caledonia will be eager to showcase their development in football over the past two years. Although the side managed a win against hosts Tonga to finish the competition in fourth place, heavy losses to New Zealand, Vanuatu and Samoa crushed their World Cup dreams early in the competition.

They were a much more dominant force in last year’s U-17 competition making them an unpredictable force for their opponents. New Caledonia finished second in the group stage of the OFC U-17 Women’s competition, only losing points to eventual competition winners New Zealand and falling to Papua New Guinea in the semi-final.

Nine players have moved up to join the next age group including Darnelle Hace, Ami-Nata Ajapuhnya, Isabelle Ilengo and goalkeepers Karine Xozame and Kathleen Waunie.

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Karine XOZAME

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Darnelle HACE

14 Cassidy CAWA

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Joséphine SAKILIA

15 Valérie HELLOA

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Ami-Nata AJAPUHNYA

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Sonia HNANGANYAN

17 Moisette BROUSTET

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Isabelle ILENGO

18 Isabelle HNAWEONGO

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Océane FOREST

19 Marie WANEUX

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Shaya IHMELING

20 Kathleen WAUNIE (GK)

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Alice WENESSIA

10 Marie-Laure PALENE 11 Jeanine HUMUNIE 12 Johana TAKAMATSU

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13 Ivonne XOWI

16 Donatienne BALY

Coach: Kamali FITIALEATA (NCL)

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