The 2017 OFC U-16 Women's Championship was the 4th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Women's Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the women's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Samoa between 4 and 18 August 2017.
For this tournament the age limit was lowered from under-17 to under-16. The winners of the tournament qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Uruguay as the OFC representative.
Teams
All eleven OFC member national teams entered the tournament. It would be the first time in the history of the OFC U-17 Women's Championship that all eleven members of the OFC take part in the tournament. However, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu later withdrew from the tournament, so only eight teams would take part.
Withdrew
Venue
The matches were played at the J.S. Blatter Football Complex in Apia.
Squads
Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team could name a maximum of 20 players.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 June 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The eleven teams were drawn into one group of six teams (Group A) and one group of five teams (Group B). Based on results of the previous three editions, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea were seeded into one pot and drawn into either Group A or B, while the remaining nine teams were placed in another pot and drawn into any of the remaining five spots in Group A or the remaining four spots in Group B.
After the withdrawal of Vanuatu in Group A, and Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea in Group B, Group A was left with five teams and Group B was left with three teams. A draw was held on 29 July 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, which saw Tonga moved from Group A to Group B so that both teams would have four teams. The tournament schedule was also revised and would end one week earlier, with the semi-finals and final now played on 15 and 18 August instead of 22 and 25 August.
Each group was played in round-robin format. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All times were local, WST (UTC+13).
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
Final
Winner qualified for 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
Winners
The following team from OFC qualified for the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Goalscorers
14 goals
Kelli Brown
9 goals
Maggie Jenkins
7 goals
Arabella Maynard
6 goals
Grace Wisnewski
4 goals
Katinka Takamatsu
3 goals
Eseta Sinukula
Jackie Pahoa
Jayda Stewart
2 goals
Piri Murare
Ngametua Taringa
Nathalia Viking
Edsy Matao
Maya Hahn
Aniela Jensen
Heipua Kohueinui
Seini Lutu
Ana Polovili
1 goal
Elcy Naolavoa
Oloataua Tofaeono
Tehinnah Tatuava
Vani Bainivalu
Viniana Buke
Dilaisana Drodrolagi
Lusiana Lagilevu
Emily Rokociri
Fiona Ihage
Marie-Laure Palene
Britney Cunningham-Lee
Macey Fraser
Margot Ramsay
Madeleen Ah Ki
Zoe Ruby
Sina Sataraka
Nagem Uiagalelei
Lositika Feke
Siunipa Talasinga
Litea Taukapo
1 own goal
Melissa Iekawe (against New Zealand) Tiare Tuimavave (against New Caledonia)