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Posted September 28, 2023 05:16 · last edited September 28, 2023 05:17

coochiee
Games like 27-0 are yes just pointless. As I put in the U17 OFC tourney thread, OFC should restructure it to two Divisions A & B. Far from perfect but an improvement.

We 'only' beat Fiji 4-1. Tahiti look like they maybe not far off Fiji level. PNG ain't at this tourney (why?) but their senior Womens team won the last OFC Nations Cup (sans Ferns) and played in that WWC qualifying tourney earlier this year. PNG is the biggest nation in OFC with 7M people, they should have some potential for improvement in the women's game.

So Division A - NZ, Fiji, Tahiti & PNG.
The others in Division B. Less chance of 20 goal plus blowouts.

Vanuatu, Solomons & New Caledonia all look pretty useless in the women's space. No better than minnows Samoa, Tonga & Cooks. Put them on notice to raise their standards, or withdraw some OFC/FIFA funding or similar penalty. Their boys/mens ain't as bad, so why so terrible in the female space. Get their shark together. Today's U16 Vanuatu girls really had no clue. But they did a nicely choreographed post game dance.
I'm not a fan of a Division A, Division B as it means teams in Division B have no chance at the beginning of the cycle, unless it is a case of playing Division B first  and the top 2 then also get to play in Division A.

For Oceania  my preferred format would be
Polynesia/East Group: Tahiti, Cook Is, American Samoa, Samoa, Tonga
Melanesia/West Group: Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Is, Papua New Guinea.
Both groups (5 teams) play round-robin (5 rounds, 4 games)

Top 2 from each group + NZ + (host or 3rd in group containing host if host qualified or best 3rd from a group)) (6 teams) play round-robin, (5 rounds, 5 games).

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Unknown editor edited September 28, 2023 05:17
coochiee
Games like 27-0 are yes just pointless. As I put in the U17 OFC tourney thread, OFC should restructure it to two Divisions A & B. Far from perfect but an improvement.

We 'only' beat Fiji 4-1. Tahiti look like they maybe not far off Fiji level. PNG ain't at this tourney (why?) but their senior Womens team won the last OFC Nations Cup (sans Ferns) and played in that WWC qualifying tourney earlier this year. PNG is the biggest nation in OFC with 7M people, they should have some potential for improvement in the women's game.

So Division A - NZ, Fiji, Tahiti & PNG.
The others in Division B. Less chance of 20 goal plus blowouts.

Vanuatu, Solomons & New Caledonia all look pretty useless in the women's space. No better than minnows Samoa, Tonga & Cooks. Put them on notice to raise their standards, or withdraw some OFC/FIFA funding or similar penalty. Their boys/mens ain't as bad, so why so terrible in the female space. Get their shark together. Today's U16 Vanuatu girls really had no clue. But they did a nicely choreographed post game dance.
I'm not a fan of a Division A, Division B as it means teams in Division B have no chance at the beginning of the cycle, unless it is a case of playing Division B first  and the top 2 then also get to play in Division A.

For Oceania  my preferred format would be
Polynesia/East Group: Tahiti, Cook Is, American Samoa, Samoa, Tonga
Melanesia/West Group: Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuata, Solomon Is, Papua New Guinea.
Both groups (5 teams) play round-robin (5 rounds, 4 games)

Top 2 from each group + NZ + (host or 3rd in group containing host if host qualified or best 3rd from a group)) (6 teams) play round-robin, (5 rounds, 5 games).

Unknown editor edited September 28, 2023 05:16
coochiee
Games like 27-0 are yes just pointless. As I put in the U17 OFC tourney thread, OFC should restructure it to two Divisions A & B. Far from perfect but an improvement.

We 'only' beat Fiji 4-1. Tahiti look like they maybe not far off Fiji level. PNG ain't at this tourney (why?) but their senior Womens team won the last OFC Nations Cup (sans Ferns) and played in that WWC qualifying tourney earlier this year. PNG is the biggest nation in OFC with 7M people, they should have some potential for improvement in the women's game.

So Division A - NZ, Fiji, Tahiti & PNG.
The others in Division B. Less chance of 20 goal plus blowouts.

Vanuatu, Solomons & New Caledonia all look pretty useless in the women's space. No better than minnows Samoa, Tonga & Cooks. Put them on notice to raise their standards, or withdraw some OFC/FIFA funding or similar penalty. Their boys/mens ain't as bad, so why so terrible in the female space. Get their shark together. Today's U16 Vanuatu girls really had no clue. But they did a nicely choreographed post game dance.
I'm not a fan of a Division A, Division B as it means teams in Division B have no chance at the beginning of the cycle, unless it is a case of playing Division B first chance and the top 2 also get to play in Division A.

For Oceania  my preferred format would be
Polynesia/East Group: Tahiti, Cook Is, American Samoa, Samoa, Tonga
Melanesia/West Group: Fiji, New Caledonia, Vanuata, Solomon Is, Papua New Guinea.
Both groups (5 teams) play round-robin (5 rounds, 4 games)

Top 2 from each group + NZ + (host or 3rd in group containing host if host qualified or best 3rd from a group)) (6 teams) play round-robin, (5 rounds, 5 games).