2010 OFC Women's Championship

The 2010 OFC Women's Championship of women's association football (also known as the OFC Women's Nations Cup) took place in Auckland, New Zealand[1] between 29 September and 8 October. It was the ninth edition of the tournament. For the first time, eight teams participated in the tournament, and a total of sixteen matches were played.

2010 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates29 September – 8 October 2010
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up Papua New Guinea
Third place Cook Islands
Fourth place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored78 (4.88 per match)
Attendance4,940 (309 per match)
Top scorer(s) Amber Hearn (12 goals)

The tournament also served as the OFC Women's World Cup qualification tournament, with the winner qualifying for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Participating nations
Team Tournament
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance
 Cook Islands2nd20035th (2003)
 Fiji3rd19984th (1983, 1998)
 New Zealand9th2007Winners (1983, 1991, 2007)
 Papua New Guinea7th2007Runners-up (2007)
 Solomon Islands2nd20074th (2007)
 Tahiti1st——
 Tonga2nd20073rd (2007)
 Vanuatu1st——

Officials

The following referees were named for the tournament:

Results

Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 New Zealand 3300310+319Advance to knockout stage
 Cook Islands 3201310−76
 Tahiti 310259−43
 Vanuatu 3003121−200
New Zealand 14–0 Vanuatu
Hearn 10', 11', 18', 29', 90+1'
Moorwood 25', 81'
Wilkinson 42', 59', 73', 89'
Erceg 45+2'
White 54'
Milne 68'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)
Cook Islands 1–0 Tahiti
Mustonen 15' Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)
Tahiti 5–1 Vanuatu
Alvarez 14', 21', 83'
White 81'
Tokoragi 82'		 Report Tougen 19'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)
Cook Islands 0–10 New Zealand
Report Hearn 9', 40', 64'
Gregorius 16', 27', 56'
Hoyle 21'
Percival 45'
Erceg 57'
Jackman 80'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Tahiti 0–7 New Zealand
Report Armstrong 36'
Hearn 59', 75'
Green 76'
Yallop 80'
Gregorius 90'
Percival 90+2'
Attendance: 500
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu 0–2 Cook Islands
Report Napa 83'
Henry 89'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Papua New Guinea 330081+79Advance to knockout stage
 Solomon Islands 311152+34
 Tonga 310228−63
 Fiji 301215−41
Papua New Guinea 3–0 Fiji
Peninsa 8'
Limbai 58'
Morris 62'		 Report
Attendance: 60
Solomon Islands 4–0 Tonga
Pegi 12', 90+1'
Misibini 37'
Maenu'u 74' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 80
Tonga 2–1 Fiji
Siale 75'
Feke 90'		 Report Ratubalavu 13'
Attendance: 200
Solomon Islands 1–2 Papua New Guinea
Saepio 84' Report Limbai 29'
Siniu 48'
Attendance: 250
Tonga 0–3 Papua New Guinea
Report Limbai 28', 61'
Likiliki 74' (o.g.)
Attendance: 100
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Fiji 0–0 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 100

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 October – Auckland
 
 
 New Zealand8
 
8 October – Auckland
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
 New Zealand11
 
6 October – Auckland
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 
 
 Cook Islands0
 
Third place
 
 
8 October – Auckland
 
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
 
 Cook Islands2

Semifinals
New Zealand 8–0 Solomon Islands
White 7', 86'
Percival 17'
Moorwood 30'
Hearn 36'
Gregorius 52', 68'
Wilkinson 60'		 Report
Attendance: 600
Papua New Guinea 1–0 Cook Islands
Limbai 62' Report
Attendance: 600

Third-place match
Solomon Islands 0–2 Cook Islands
Report Henry 70' (pen.)
Mustonen 79'
Attendance: 400

Final
New Zealand 11–0 Papua New Guinea
Riley 7'
White 15', 38', 50', 56'
Percival 18'
Wilkinson 32', 36'
Gregorius 73'
Hearn 79'
Green 84'		 Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: John Saohu (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand won the tournament and qualified for the 2011 Women's World Cup.

Awards
 2010 OFC Women's Championship winners 

New Zealand
Fourth title

Statistics

Goalscorers
12 goals
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
  • Zeen Limbai
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal
  • Lupe Likiliki (playing against Papua New Guinea)

Final ranking
Pos. Team Pld W D L Pts GF GA GD
1  New Zealand 5 5 0 0 15 50 0 +50
2  Papua New Guinea 5 4 0 1 12 9 12 −3
3  Cook Islands 5 3 0 2 9 5 11 −6
4  Solomon Islands 5 1 1 3 4 5 12 −7
Eliminated in the Group stage
5  Tahiti 3 1 0 2 3 5 9 −4
6  Tonga 3 1 0 2 3 2 8 −6
7  Fiji 3 0 1 2 1 1 5 −4
8  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 0 1 21 −20
Total 16(1) 15 1(2) 15 47 78 78 0

Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
(1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)

References
  1. Countries confirmed for Women's Nations Cup Archived 7 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Oceania Football Confederation, retrieved 9 July 2010

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