Host country Cook Islands Dates 13–23 January 2016 Runners-up Papua New Guinea Third place Fiji Goals scored 107 | City Matavera Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Teams 9 Attendance 5,300 Matches played 16 | |
Champions New Zealand (3rd title) Champion New Zealand women's national under-17 football team | ||
The 2016 OFC U-17 Women's Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in the Cook Islands between 13–23 January 2016. The tournament, which returned after the previous edition in 2014 was cancelled, was originally scheduled to be held between 13–28 September 2015.
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Same as previous editions, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Jordan as the OFC representative.
New Zealand were crowned as champions for the third consecutive time on 24 January 2016, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.
Teams
A total of nine OFC member national teams entered the tournament.
Venue
The matches were played at the CIFA Academy Field and Takitumu School in Matavera.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1999 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 19 October 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The nine teams were divided into one group of five teams and one group of four teams, with each group played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
After the withdrawal of the Solomon Islands from the tournament, the Group A fixtures were re-drawn on 3 November 2015 at the OFC Headquarters. As a result, the tournament also starts four days later from its original start date of 9 January 2016.
All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).
Final
Winner qualified for 2016 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Winners
New Zealand qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup for the fifth consecutive time.
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.