Cook Islands women's U-20
AssociationCook Islands Football Association
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachNetherlands Judith Kuipers
Top scorerRegina Mustonen (5)
Home stadiumAvarua Tereora Stadium
FIFA codeCOK
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Cook Islands 0–15  Australia
(Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 26, 2002)
Biggest win
 American Samoa 0–4  Cook Islands
(Auckland, New Zealand; January 25, 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Cook Islands 0–15  Australia
(Nuku'alofa, Tonga; April 26, 2002)
World Cup
Appearances0
OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Appearances2 (2002, 2010)
Best resultSecond Place (2010) [1]

The Cook Islands women's national under-20 football team is the highest women's youth team of women's football in the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA).

History

The Cook Islands is with approximately 18.000 inhabitants one of the smallest nations in the world. Despite being such a small country they are quite good at the Women's football tournaments. Their under-20 team participated just twice at OFC U-20 Women's Championship so far. At the first ever edition of the tournament, in 2002, they managed to get a draw in their second game of the tournament: 1–1 against Tonga. The first game they ever played, a 15–0 loss against Australia, is still their biggest loss ever.

Eight years later, in 2010, they performed a lot better with grabbing their first victory ever: a 4–0 victory against American Samoa. After again 1–1 draw against Tonga and a 8–0 defeat against New Zealand they reached the second place, out of four teams. Notably was that all their five goals in this tournament were scored by Regina Mustonen which made her automatically the all-time top scorer of the Cook Islands Women's U-20.

In 2019 they will participate again.

OFC Championship Record

OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tonga 2002Group Stage2011116-151
Papua New Guinea 2004Did not Participate 
Samoa 2006Did not Participate 
New Zealand 2010Second Place311159-44
New Zealand 2012Did not Participate 
New Zealand 2014Did not Participate 
Tonga 2015Did not Participate 
New Zealand 2017Did not Participate 
Cook Islands 2019[2]Group Stage310212-13
Total0 Titles8224727-208

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 OFC U-19 Women's Championship from 30 August–12 September in Avarua, the Cook Islands.

Caps and goals updated as of 6 September 2019, after the game against the Solomon Islands.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Daimzel Rongokea (2001-07-29) 29 July 2001 3 0 Cook Islands Puaikura
20 1GK Alma Ngametua (2003-01-19) 19 January 2003 0 0 Cook Islands Avatiu

2 2DF Merran Munro (2002-08-22) 22 August 2002 2 0 Cook Islands Puaikura
3 2DF Teretia Teinaki (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 3 0 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
4 2DF Esther Potoru (2002-05-26) 26 May 2002 3 0 Cook Islands Puaikura
5 2DF Tiamarama Tuivaga (2001-06-26) 26 June 2001 0 0 Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack
13 2DF Tarita Mamanu (2001-08-09) 9 August 2001 1 0 Cook Islands Puaikura
14 2DF Eitiare Tangirere (2001-09-08) 8 September 2001 2 0 Cook Islands Titikaveka
17 2DF Tepaeru Ngaroi (2003-08-09) 9 August 2003 2 0 Cook Islands Avatiu
18 2DF Tineke De Jong (2002-05-26) 26 May 2002 0 0 Cook Islands Titikaveka

6 3MF Tehinnah Tatuava (captain) (2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 3 0 Cook Islands Titikaveka
7 3MF Piri Murare (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 3 0 Cook Islands Avatiu
8 3MF Jessica Warmington (2001-06-08) 8 June 2001 3 0 New Zealand Papatoetoe
10 3MF Ngametua Taringa (2002-02-03) 3 February 2002 3 0 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
15 3MF Lyric Davison (2002-04-11) 11 April 2002 3 0 New Zealand Ellerslie
16 3MF Keana Maaka (2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 0 0 Cook Islands Avatiu

9 4FW Kuramaeva Mose (2004-06-26) 26 June 2004 3 0 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
11 4FW Moeroa Harmon (2000-07-08) 8 July 2000 3 0 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
12 4FW Ngamata Moekaa (2002-05-24) 24 May 2002 3 1 Cook Islands Puaikura

References

  1. "Cook Islands training squad o course". oceaniafootball. 4 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. "Draw for U-16 & U-19 Women's Championships complete". oceaniafootball. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
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