The winner of the tournament would have qualified for the 2021 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Costa Rica as the OFC representatives.[3] However, FIFA announced on 17 November 2020 that this edition of the World Cup would be cancelled.[4]
New Zealand were the defending champions, and they went on to win the 2019 Championship.
Teams
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.
Players born on or after 1 January 2000 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Draw
The draw of the tournament was held on 17 April 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.[5] The 11 teams were drawn into three groups, with Groups A and B having four teams and Group C having three teams. The hosts Cook Islands were assigned to group position A1, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other group positions without any seeding, with the only restriction that the defending champions New Zealand must be drawn into Group A or B.[6]
Group stage
The winners of each group and the runners-up of Group B advanced to the semi-finals.