PNG U16 women’s team set for OFC Championship
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- Papua New Guinea’s under-16 women’s team will compete in the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship in Honiara, Solomon Islands.
- Eight Oceania teams will contest the tournament, which offers a pathway to the 2027 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco.
- The championship begins on Sept. 6 and includes Papua New Guinea, the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and the Solomon Islands.
Papua New Guinea’s next generation of women footballers will compete in the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship in Honiara this week.
The tournament begins on Sunday, Sept. 6, in the Solomon Islands. Papua New Guinea will face seven other Oceania teams: the Cook Islands, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and the host nation.
The competition also offers a pathway to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco in 2027.
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