2003 OFC Women's Championship - Wikipedia
- ️Sat Apr 05 2003
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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Australia |
| Dates | 5–13 April 2003 |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Australia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place |  Papua New Guinea |
| Fourth place |  Samoa |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 88 (8.8 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,900 (590 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Maia Jackman (10 goals) |
← 1998 2007 → |
The 2003 OFC Women's Championship was held in Canberra, Australia from 5 to 13 April 2003. It was the seventh staging of the OFC Women's Championship.
Originally scheduled for 19–29 November 2002, the tournament was postponed after withdrawal by American Samoa, Tahiti and Tonga. A rescheduled tournament with seven teams in two groups was arranged, however Fiji and Vanuatu withdrew, resulting in a five nation championship of one group.[1]
The tournament served as the OFC's qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2003. OFC's one berth was given to the winner – Australia.
Participating nations
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Of the twelve nations affiliated to the Oceania Football Confederation, five entered the tournament.[2] Also, this was Australia's last appearance in the tournament before moving to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
| Team | Tournament appearance |
Last appearance |
Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
7th | 1998 | Winners (1994, 1998) |
 Cook Islands |
1st | — | — |
| New Zealand |
7th | 1998 | Winners (1983, 1991) |
| Papua New Guinea |
5th | 1998 | 3rd (1991, 1994, 1998) |
| Samoa |
2nd | 1998 | Group Stage (1998) |
4 referees were named for the tournament:[3]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | +45 | 12 | Champions and qualified for 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| New Zealand
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 2 | +27 | 9 | |
| Papua New Guinea
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 6 | |
| Samoa
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 39 | −36 | 3 | |
| Cook Islands
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0 |
| 2003 OFC Women's Championship winners |
|---|
 Australia Third title |
- 10 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- ^ "Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Oceania's Women's Championship 2003 (Australia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 September 2017.