2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup

2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host country  Papua New Guinea
Dates 25–29 October
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up  Papua New Guinea
Third place  Cook Islands
Fourth place  Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 40 (6.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Zealand Amber Hearn
(7 goals)
Best player New Zealand Rosie White
Best goalkeeper Papua New Guinea Fidelma Watpore
Fair play award  Tonga

The 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the 2014 OFC Women's Championship) took place in Papua New Guinea from 25–29 October 2014.[1][2][3] The football tournament was organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the tenth edition of the tournament.

New Zealand won the tournament without conceding a goal, thus winning their third straight edition and qualifying to the 2015 Women's World Cup.[4]

Hosts

Papua New Guinea and New Zealand had submitted a bid for the tournament. Papua New Guinea was chosen at the OFC Executive Committee on 29 March 2014.[1] Papua New Guinea had hosted the 2007 edition previously.

Teams

All eleven OFC members were eligible to participate but only four entered teams.[2]

Venue

Matches were originally to be played at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae.[2] However, the venue was later changed to the Kalabond Oval in Kokopo.[5]

Format

Teams played each other once in a round-robin tournament. The best placed team qualified to the 2015 FIFA World Cup.[2]

Squads

Matches

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30 9 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
2  Papua New Guinea (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 2 16 14 1
4  Tonga 3 0 1 2 1 20 19 1
Source: OFC
(H) Host.

25 October 2014
11:00
New Zealand  16–0  Tonga
Cleverley  1', 18'
Gregorius  8' (pen.), 50', 70'
Hassett  17'
Collins  20', 69', 76'
White  26', 29'
Longo  67', 77'
Hearn  86', 90+7'
Percival  90+2'
Report
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Tupou Patia (Cook Islands)

25 October 2014
14:00
Papua New Guinea  4–1  Cook Islands
Birum  16'
M. Gunemba  26', 36', 84'
Report Maoate-Cox  90'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)

27 October 2014
11:00
Tonga  1–1  Cook Islands
Loto'aniu  90+5' Report Toka  83'

27 October 2014
14:00
Papua New Guinea  0–3  New Zealand
Report Stott  59'
Hearn  70'
Longo  90+2'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

29 October 2014
11:00
Cook Islands  0–11  New Zealand
Report Collins  12', 20'
Erceg  14'
Hearn  19', 47', 56', 86'
Percival  43'
White  45+4'
Stott  54'
Hassett  75'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Finau Vulivuli (Fiji)

29 October 2014
14:00
Tonga  0–3  Papua New Guinea
Report M. Gunemba  25'
Kaipu  32', 62'
Kalabond Oval, Kokopo
Referee: Topou Patia (Cook Islands)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[6]

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Rosie White
Golden Boot New Zealand Amber Hearn
Golden Gloves Papua New Guinea Fidelma Watpore
Fair Play Award  Tonga

Goalscorers

New Zealand's Amber Hearn won the top scorer award for the second tournament in a row.

7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
  • Cook Islands Lee Maoate-Cox
  • Cook Islands Tepaeru Toka
  • New Zealand Abby Erceg
  • Papua New Guinea Sandra Birum
  • Tonga Heilala Loto'aniu

References

  1. 1 2 "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "PNG to host OFC Women's Nations Cup". Papua New Guinea Football Association. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  3. "Sweden seal spot in Canada". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  4. "New Zealand collect Canada 2015 ticket". FIFA. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  5. "Women's Nations Cup venue change confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 October 2014.
  6. "New Zealand book tickets to Canada 2015". October 29, 2014.

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