2018 Oceania Women's Soccer Championship

2018 Oceania Women's Soccer Championship
OFC Women's Nations Cup 2018
Number of nations	8  (of 11 applicants)
Oceania Champion	New Zealand (6th title)
venue	New Caledonia
Opening game	18th November 2018
Tournament end	1st December 2018
Games	16
Gates	108  (⌀: 6.75 per game)
spectator	5,247  (⌀: 328 per game)
Top scorer	Sarah Gregorius Meagen Gunemba (8 goals each)
Best player	Betsy Hassett
Best goalkeeper	Adi Tuwei
yellow cards	27  (⌀: 1.69 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.06 per game)
Red cards	0

The OFC Women's Nations Cup 2018 ( Engl. : OFC Women's Nations Cup ) was the eleventh playout of an oceanic continental championship in women's football and found in the period from November 18th to December 1st, 2018 in New Caledonia and for the second time take place where the first edition took place in 1983. For the first time, all eleven OFC members had registered to participate and for the second time since 2010 the final round was held with eight participants. In addition to hosts New Caledonia , defending champions New Zealand and Papua New Guinea (runner-up in 2014), the Cook Islands , Samoa , Tahiti and Tonga automatically qualified for the finals. The four other OFC members American Samoa , Fiji , the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu determined the eighth participant in a qualifying tournament in Fiji in August 2018 in a group in the free-for-all mode.

The championship winner qualified as a representative of Oceania for the 2019 Women's World Cup in France and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo .

qualification

All games take place in Churchill Park in Lautoka , Fiji .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fiji	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	Vanuatu	3	2	0	1	003: 500	−2	06th
3.	Solomon Islands	3	1	1	1	002: 100	+1	04th
4th	American Samoa	3	0	0	3	000: 500	−5	00

08/24/2018	American Samoa	-	Solomon Islands	0: 2 (0: 1)
	Vanuatu	-	Fiji	1: 5 (0: 2)
08/27/2018	Vanuatu	-	American Samoa	1: 0 (0: 0)
	Fiji	-	Solomon Islands	0-0
08/30/2018	Solomon Islands	-	Vanuatu	0: 1 (0: 1)
	Fiji	-	American Samoa	2: 0 (2: 0)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Trina Davis	4th
2	Cema Nasau	3
	Laydah Samani	2
4th	Annie Gere	1
	Leisale Solomon	1
	Melissa Wakeret	1

The tournament

The group draw took place on March 22, 2018 in Auckland , New Zealand .

Group A

All games take place at the Stade Yoshida in Koné .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Papua New Guinea	3	3	0	0	014: 300	+11	09
2.	New Caledonia	3	2	0	1	008: 800	± 0	06th
3.	Tahiti	3	0	1	2	008:120	−4	01
4th	Samoa	3	0	1	2	005:120	−7	01

18th November 2018
Samoa	-	Papua New Guinea	0: 5 (0: 3)
Tahiti	-	New Caledonia	2: 4 (2: 3)
November 21, 2018
Tahiti	-	Samoa	5: 5 (4: 3)
New Caledonia	-	Papua New Guinea	2: 6 (0: 3)
November 24, 2018
Papua New Guinea	-	Tahiti	3: 1 (1: 1)
New Caledonia	-	Samoa	2: 0 (0: 0)

Group B

All games take place at the Stade Numa-Daly Magenta in Nouméa .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	027: 000	+27	09
2.	Fiji	3	2	0	1	015:100	+5	06th
3.	Tonga	3	1	0	2	001:230	−22	03
4th	Cook Islands	3	0	0	3	000:100	−10	00

19th November 2018
New Zealand	-	Tonga	11: 0 (8: 0)
Cook Islands	-	Fiji	0: 3 (0: 2)
22nd November 2018
Tonga	-	Fiji	0:12 (0: 9)
New Zealand	-	Cook Islands	6: 0 (3: 0)
November 25, 2018
Tonga	-	Cook Islands	1: 0 (1: 0)
Fiji	-	New Zealand	0:10 (0: 4)

Final round

Semifinals

November 28, 2018 in Lifou ( Stade Hnasse )
Papua New Guinea	-	Fiji	1: 5 (1: 2)
November 28, 2018 in Maré ( Stade de la Roche )
New Zealand	-	New Caledonia	8: 0 (7: 0)

3rd place match

December 1, 2018 in Nouméa (Stade Numa-Daly Magenta)
Papua New Guinea	-	New Caledonia	7: 1 (3: 0)

final

Fiji		New Zealand
	December 1st at 5:00 p.m. in Nouméa ( Stade Numa-Daly ) Result: 0: 8 (0: 4) Spectators: 450 Referee: Tapaita Lelenga ( Tonga )   Match report
	Adi Tuwai (77th Anaseini Maucuna ) • Naomi Waqanidrola , Jotivini Tabua , Veniana Ranadi • Cema Nasau , Koleta Likuculacula , Sonali Rao , Sofi Diyalowai , Viniana Riwai • Trina Davis , Luisa Tamanitoakula Trainer: Marika Rodu	Erin Nayler • Ria Percival (46th Sarah Morton ), Meikayla Moore (74th Anna Green ), Rebekah Stott , Ali Riley • Annalie Longo , Betsy Hassett , Katie Bowen • Katie Rood (69th Paige Satchell ), Sarah Gregorius , Rosie White Coach: Tom Sermanni ( Scotland )
		0: 1 Rosie White (2nd) 0: 2 Sarah Gregorius (6th, Penalty) 0: 3 Betsy Hassett (38th) 0: 4 Meikayla Moore (45th) 0: 5 Katie Rood (48th) 0: 6 Betsy Hassett (55.) 0: 7 Sarah Gregorius (75.) 0: 8 Rosie White (90.)
	Cema Nasau (16., 40.), Sonali Rao (41.)

Best goalscorers

rank	Player	Gates
1	Sarah Gregorius	8th
	Meagen Gunemba	8th
3	Luisa Tamanitoakula	6th
	Emma Rolston	6th
	Rosie White	6th
6th	Trina Davis	5
	Cema Nasau	5
	Betsy Hassett	5
	Annalie Longo	5
	Marie Kaipu	5
11	Sofi Diyalowai	4th
	Katie Rood	4th
13	Jackie Pahoa	3
	Ramona Padio	3
	Sina Sataraka	3
	Carole Teotahi	3

There are also 7 players with two and 13 players with one goal each and two own goals.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ oceaniafootball.com: OFC Women's Nations Cup confirmed
2. ↑ oceaniafootball.com: Draw reveals journey to regional title

Web links

• OFC Women's Nations Cup , oceaniafootball.com
• News> 2018 OFC Women's Nations Cup , oceaniafootball.com