The Young Football Ferns were the host team for the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

The Young Football Ferns compete in the OFC U-17 Women's Championship, the bi-annual confederation championship to decide who represents Oceania Football Confederation at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Win Draw Lose Squad for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Since 2017 it has been renamed as the OFC U-16 Women's Championship and held in the year preceding the U-17 World Cup.

[3] The following table shows New Zealand's head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.