2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship

2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Samoa
Dates	31 March–8 April 2006
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Tonga
Third place	Papua New Guinea
Fourth place	Samoa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	74 (4.63 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Suitupe Tafafa Kirsty Yallop (6 goals)
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The 2006 OFC Women's U-20 Championship was the 3rd edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship, a biennial international football competition for women's under-20 national teams organised by Oceania Football Confederation. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Samoa from 31 March–8 April 2006.

Players born on or after 1 January 1986 were eligible to participate in the competition. Holders Australia were not eligible to defend their title after moving into the Asian Football Confederation.

In the final, New Zealand defeated Tonga 6–0. In doing so, the New Zealand team won their first title in this competition, having previously lost the 2002 final to Australia.

By winning the title, New Zealand also qualified for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship in Russia.

All members of the Oceania Football Confederation qualified automatically, however, Cook Islands and Tahiti withdrew before the tournament began.^[1]

The following teams participated in the 2006 OFC U-20 Women's Championship tournament:

Country	Previous appearances1
Fiji	1 (2002)
New Caledonia	0 (debut)
New Zealand	1 (2002)
Papua New Guinea	1 (2004)
Samoa	1 (2002)
Solomon Islands	1 (2004)
Tonga	1 (2002)
Vanuatu	0 (debut)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

All matches were played at one venue: the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex in Apia.^[1]

Apia
Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex
13°50′12″S 171°45′7″W / 13.83667°S 171.75194°W / -13.83667; -171.75194
Capacity: 12,000
Apia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	22	0	+22	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tonga	3	2	0	1	6	9	−3	6
3	Solomon Islands	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1
4	Vanuatu	3	0	1	2	2	16	−14	1

31 March 2006

New Zealand	4–0	Solomon Islands
Rishworth 51' Percival 62', 79' Riley 53'	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

31 March 2006

Tonga	4–1	Vanuatu
Tuipulotu Malua Vaenuku	Report	Serveux

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

2 April 2006

New Zealand	11–0	Vanuatu
Erceg 30' Gregorius 39' Percival 41' Bromley 42' Leota 43' Yallop 50', 57', 83' Collins 46', 59' Riley 60'	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

2 April 2006

Solomon Islands	1–2	Tonga
Inifiri 61'	Report	Feke 39', 65'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

4 April 2006

New Zealand	7–0	Tonga
Campbell 1' Rennie 13' Yallop 41', 63' Harrison 43' Riley 53' Humphries 71'	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

4 April 2006

Solomon Islands	1–1	Vanuatu
Samani 18'	Report	Masauvakalo 45'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Group stage result
1	Samoa (H)	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Papua New Guinea	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6
3	Fiji	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	New Caledonia	3	0	0	3	0	9	−9	0

31 March 2006

Papua New Guinea	3–0	New Caledonia
Turakaura 46' Limbai 58' Chalau 87'	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

31 March 2006

Samoa	3–0	Fiji
Tafafa J. Ane	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

2 April 2006

Papua New Guinea	6–1	Fiji
Limbai 11', 18', 63', 66' Nakas 12' Winas 32'	Report	Ratu 83'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

2 April 2006

Samoa	3–0	New Caledonia
Tafafa	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

4 April 2006

Papua New Guinea	0–1	Samoa
	Report	Lam Sam 50'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

4 April 2006

Fiji	3–0	New Caledonia
Marama 52' Begum 77' Ratu 82' (pen.)	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 April
	New Zealand	5
					8 April
	Papua New Guinea	1
					New Zealand	6
	6 April
					Tonga	0
	Samoa	2
	Tonga	3
					Third place
					8 April
					Samoa	1
					Papua New Guinea	4

6 April 2006

New Zealand	5–1	Papua New Guinea
Campbell 6', 9', 18' Yallop 40' Riley 90'	Report	Leo 7'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

Attendance: 1,000

6 April 2006

Samoa	2–3	Tonga
Taumua 11' Tafafa 56'	Report	Utaatu 5' (pen.), 67' (pen.) Feke 73'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

Attendance: 2,500

8 April 2006

Samoa	1–4	Papua New Guinea
F. Ane 60'	Report	Chalau 6' Leo 45', 83' Winas 50'

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

Attendance: 4,500

8 April 2006

New Zealand	6–0	Tonga
Campbell 8' Riley 30' Humphries 40' Longo 44' Collins 81' Harrison 90'	Report

Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Complex, Apia

Attendance: 3,500

6 goals

5 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

• FairPlay Award:  New Zealand^[2]

• Oceania Football Confederation official website