New Zealand will meet the Solomon Islands in Sunday’s quarter-finals at the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship.
The Solomon Islands finished runners-up in Group C at the tournament in Fiji after losing their second pool game 1-0 to the Cook Islands.
The game took more than two hours to complete when a power cut at the Suva stadium forced play to be suspended in a marathon first half lasting more than 75 minutes.
In Wednesday’s earlier game, Fiji beat Papua New Guinea 2-0 to complete Group A.
Main photo: Fiji’s double goalscorer Kasanita Tabua celebrates getting her team through to the quarter-finals in which they’ll play New Caledonia. Photo credit: OFC / Phototek.
If New Zealand beat Solomon Islands on Sunday, they’ll play the winner of New Caledonia/Fiji in a semi-final.
The winner of the tournament gains automatic entry to the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Results
Games played on Wednesday June 28, 2023
Group B
Fiji 2 (Kasanita Tabua 40’ Evivi Buka 90+4′)
Papua New Guinea 0
Final standings
Group C
Solomon Islands 0
Cook Islands 1 (Te Upoko Tuariki 49′)
Final standings
Group A
Final standings
Fixtures
Quarter-finals
Games to be played on Saturday July 1, 2023
Quarter-final 1 (Samoa v Tahiti)
HFC Stadium, Suva, 3pm (NZT)
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Quarter-final 2 (New Caledonia v Fiji)
HFC Stadium, Suva, 7pm (NZT)
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Games to be played on Sunday July 2, 2023
Quarter-final 3 (New Zealand v Solomon Islands)
HFC Stadium, Suva, 3pm (NZT)
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Quarter-final 4 (Cook Islands v Vanuatu)
HFC Stadium, Suva, 7pm (NZT)
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