Tonga wins first game of OFC U-19 Women'sChampionship [1]
Friday, March 7, 2025 - 20:08
By Tupou Vaipulu Jr.
Hosts, Tonga secured the first win (1-0) defeating visitors Solomon Islands, at the Loto Tonga Soka Centre today, 7 March 2025, in the Oceania Football Confederationfoot U-19 Women’s Championship, qualifiers' stage.
Mataliki’s no. 11, Cienna Filimoeatu shot and scored a goal in the 69th minute, securing Tonga’s win.
The Mataliki girls have set their hearts on representing Tonga at the final tournament in Tahiti in September.
Solomon Islands will continue to their next match against American Samoa on Monday, 10 March.
Tonga’s last game is also against American Samoa, set for Thursday, 13 March.
Tonga’s U-19 women’s team plan to redeem themselves after finishing at the bottom of Group A in the 2023 tournament, which led to their placement in the qualifying rounds this year.
The national team began their preparations last year.
The winner of the qualifying stage will secure a spot in the final tournament, to be held in Tahiti in September.
Tonga Football said that the championship draw was conducted on 21 January, where Tonga fought for a spot in Group A alongside Fiji, Samoa and Cook Islands.