2022 National Youth Championships for Girls Day Five Wrap: Queensland, NSW Metro crowned champions on final day

Queensland Maroon and NSW Metro have been crowned champions after a thrilling final day at the 2022 National Youth Championships for Girls in Coffs Harbour on Friday.

Another gloomy day greeted the players at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium for day five. But while day four of the tournament was abandoned due to severe wet weather on Thursday, the play was able to go ahead on Friday after finals matches were moved to the synthetic pitches.

In the under-14s final, NSW Metro took on Queensland having dominated after topping group A with a 100 per cent winning record.

NSW Metro was also looking for a repeat of their 3-1 victory over Queensland in the group stage on Tuesday.

And NSW Metro was able to complete their perfect tournament, downing Queensland 1-0 in the final thanks to Talia Younis’ winner.

Victoria defeated Capital Football in a dramatic penalty shootout in the third v fourth play-off, after Tina Huang and Lucy Cameron had scored in normal time.

In the under-16s decider, group A winners Queensland Maroon took on Victoria Blue looking to reverse the result of their opening game of the tournament on Monday when they went down 2-1.

And Kelly Crew’s side did just that, with Grace Kuilamu’s classy second-half winner securing a 1-0 victory for Queensland Maroon.

NSW Metro defeated NSW Country in the third v fourth play-off, with Tea Mucenski scoring the only goal.

There were also a number of awards presented at the tournament’s conclusion.

����Ӱ�� Community Refereeing Manager Jacqui Hurford presented the awards for the Referee of the Tournament to Molly Godsell from Football NSW and Courtney Van Diesen from Football Victoria for the under-14s and under-16s tournaments respectively.

����Ӱ�� Head of Goalkeeping and Matildas' Goalkeeper Coach Tony Franken presented the Goalkeeper of the Tournament award to Capital Football’s Georgia Ritchie in the under-14s and Jasmine Black from NSW Metro in the under-16s.

Younis’ day got even better after ����Ӱ�� National Teams High-Performance Manager Michael Nielsen announced her as the under-14s player of the tournament, with Ischia Brooking from Western Australia the under-16s player of the tournament.

The tournament kicked off in Coffs Harbour on Monday with more than 350 of the best female under-14s and 16s players from across Australia taking part.

The tournament returned this year after two years away due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2022 National Youth Championships for Boys will be played next week.

2022 National Youth Championships for Girls Finals Results

Under-14s Final – NSW Metro 1 (Talia Younis) defeated Queensland 0
Under-14s Third v Fourth Play-Off – Victoria 1 (Tina Huang) drew Capital Football 1 (Lucy Cameron) Victoria won on penalties
Under-16s Final – Queensland Maroon 1 (Grace Kuilamu) defeated Victoria Blue 0
Under-16s Third v Fourth Play-Off – NSW Metro 1 (Tea Mucenski) defeated NSW Country 0

Award Winners

Under-16s Player of the Tournament – Ischia Brooking (Western Australia)
Under-14s Player of the Tournament – Talia Younis (NSW Metro)
Under-16s Goalkeeper of the Tournament – Jasmine Black (NSW Metro)
Under-14s Goalkeeper of the Tournament – Georgia Ritchie (Capital Football)
Under-16s Referee of the Tournament – Courtney Van Diesen (Football Victoria)
Under-14s Referee of the Tournament – Molly Godsell (Football NSW)

Full results and tables are available  (filter by organisation – Northern NSW Football, competition – National Youth Championships)

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