2018 OFC U-16 Championship

2018 OFC U-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Qualifying stage:
Tonga
Final tournament:
Solomon Islands
Dates Qualifying stage:
14–20 July 2018
Final tournament:
9–22 September 2018
Teams Final tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (8th title)
Runners-up  Solomon Islands
Third place  Tahiti
Fourth place  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 100 (4.55 per match)
Attendance 48,200 (2,191 per match)
Top scorer(s) Solomon Islands Raphael Le'ai
(8 goals)
Best player Solomon Islands Raphael Le'ai
Best goalkeeper New Zealand Alex Paulsen
Fair play award  Solomon Islands

The 2018 OFC U-16 Championship was the 18th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in Tonga between 14–20 July 2018, and the final tournament was held in the Solomon Islands between 9–22 September 2018.[1]

Before the last tournament the age limit was reduced by a year to 16 years of age. However the last tournament remained the name U-17 Championship. For this tournament, the name has changed to U-16 Championship. So players who want to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 2002. At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified. The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 16 years of age. The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for upcoming World Cups at Under 17 level.[2]

In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.[3] So the top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru as the OFC representatives.

New Zealand, the defending champions, won the title for the eighth time.

Format

The tournament structure is as follows:[3]

The draw for the tournament was held on 2 February 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4] In both the qualifying stage and the final tournament, the hosts (Tonga and Solomon Islands) were assigned to position A1 in the draw, while the remaining teams were drawn into the other positions without any seeding.[5]

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament.

Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (since 2017).

Team Stage Appearance Previous best performance
 FijiFinal tournament
(Group stage)		17thRunners-up (1999)
 New Caledonia11thRunners-up (2003, 2013, 2017)
 New Zealand16thChampions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
 Papua New Guinea9thSemi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986)
 Solomon Islands (hosts)9thRunners-up (1993)
 Tahiti13thRunners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 Vanuatu14thRunners-up (2005)
 American SamoaQualifying stage8thGroup stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015)
 Cook Islands9thGroup stage (1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Samoa8thGroup stage (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2017)
 Tonga (hosts)9thGroup stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)

Venues

The hosts of the qualifying stage and final tournament were announced by OFC on 31 October 2017.[1]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can name a maximum of 20 players.

Qualifying stage

The winner advance to the final tournament (group stage).

All times are local, TOT (UTC+13).[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa 3 3 0 0 22 3 +19 9 Final tournament (Group stage)
2  American Samoa 3 1 1 1 8 13 −5 4
3  Tonga (H) 3 0 2 1 2 11 −9 2
4  Cook Islands 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Samoa  3–0  Cook Islands
  • Filimalae  37', 75'
  • Belcher  45'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
American Samoa  2–2  Tonga
  • Tiatia  51'
  • Taumua  53'
 Report
  • Tuiono  58'
  • Muavesi  79' (pen.)
Attendance: 300
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
American Samoa  3–10  Samoa
  • Taumua  41' (pen.), 45'
  • Lauvao  70' (pen.)
 Report
  • Saofaiga  3', 8'
  • Tumua Leo  14', 74'
  • Nanumea  22', 44'
  • Mano  77' (pen.)
  • Belcher  90'
  • Filimalae  90', 90+6'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  0–0  Cook Islands
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Cook Islands  1–3  American Samoa
  • Mateariki  50' (pen.)
 Report
  • Taumua  31' (pen.)
  • Lauvao  67' (pen.)
  • Leatualevao  86'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  0–9  Samoa
Report
  • Nanumea  8' (pen.), 30', 37', 45+1', 75'
  • Belcher  22'
  • Saofaiga  23'
  • Filimalae  39'
  • Mano  52'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, SBT (UTC+11).[7]

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Solomon Islands (H) 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9 Knockout stage
2  New Zealand 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3
4  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Vanuatu  0–8  New Zealand
Report
  • Verney  9', 24'
  • Wilson  25'
  • Hamilton  37', 45+1'
  • Van Hattum  55' (pen.), 76'
  • Lee  90+3'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Papua New Guinea  0–5  Solomon Islands
Report
  • Le'ai  12', 30' (pen.), 41', 90+2'
  • Satu  70'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea  5–0  Vanuatu
  • Beschel  7', 79'
  • Ila  19'
  • Devi  56'
  • Wadunah  70'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)
Solomon Islands  5–0  New Zealand
  • Wae  18'
  • Le'ai  41', 85'
  • Kofana  55'
  • Keana  87'
 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
New Zealand  4–3  Papua New Guinea
  • Hamilton  47', 55'
  • Wilson  48'
  • Old  83'
 Report
  • Beschel  37', 75', 90'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Solomon Islands  5–0  Vanuatu
  • Wae  4'
  • H. Pao  20'
  • Le'ai  47'
  • Mani  53', 64'
 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3  New Caledonia 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
4  Samoa 3 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
Source: OFC
Samoa  2–3  Fiji
  • Mano  7', 18'
 Report
  • Kumar  45+2'
  • Sela  63', 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 200
Referee: Hamilton Siau (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia  1–2  Tahiti
  • Matha  76'
 Report
  • Sangue  10'
  • Kaiha  52'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
Fiji  0–3  Tahiti
Report
  • Kaiha  36', 56'
  • Gitton  47'
Attendance: 200
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Samoa  1–1  New Caledonia
  • Filimalae  44'
 Report
  • Kutran  23'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Fiji  1–0  New Caledonia
  • Kumar  45'
 Report
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tahiti  5–1  Samoa
  • Hanere  11'
  • Labaste  45+4' (pen.), 50'
  • Gitton  45+6', 55'
 Report
  • Filimalae  2'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 September – Honiara
 
 
 Solomon Islands3
 
22 September – Honiara
 
 Fiji1
 
 Solomon Islands0 (4)
 
19 September – Honiara
 
 New Zealand (p)0 (5)
 
 Tahiti1
 
 
 New Zealand4
 
Third place
 
 
22 September – Honiara
 
 
 Fiji1
 
 
 Tahiti2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Solomon Islands  3–1  Fiji
  • Mani  1', 29'
  • Le'ai  90+1'
 Report
  • Pillay  45+3'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Tahiti  1–4  New Zealand
  • Sangue  79'
 Report
  • Van Hattum  2'
  • Hamilton  13', 24'
  • Garbett  82' (pen.)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

Fiji  1–2  Tahiti
  • Naresh  89'
 Report
  • Gitton  28'
  • Holozet  78'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

Final

Solomon Islands  0–0  New Zealand
Report
Penalties
  • Satu
  • Keana
  • Taebo
  • Mani
  • Le'ai
4–5
  • Van Hattum
  • Stamenic
  • Garbett
  • Lee
  • Bright
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Goalscorers

  • Qualifying stage: There were 33 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.
  • Final tournament: There were 67 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.19 goals per match.
8 goals
  • Solomon Islands Raphael Le'ai
7 goals
  • Samoa Jarvis Filimalae (5 in qualifying)
  • Samoa Falaniko Nanumea (in qualifying)
6 goals
  • New Zealand Henry Hamilton
5 goals
  • Papua New Guinea Siegfried Beschel
4 goals
  • American Samoa Gabriel Taumua (in qualifying)
  • Samoa Lotial Mano (2 in qualifying)
  • Solomon Islands Charles Mani
  • French Polynesia Tehotu Gitton
3 goals
  • New Zealand Oskar Van Hattum
  • Samoa Fetuao Belcher (in qualifying)
  • Samoa Kawasaki Saofaiga (in qualifying)
  • French Polynesia Denji Kaiha
2 goals
  • American Samoa Peter Lauvao (in qualifying)
  • Fiji Josaia Sela
  • New Zealand Ryan Verney
  • New Zealand Bradley Wilson
  • Samoa John Tumua Leo (in qualifying)
  • Solomon Islands Javin Wae
  • French Polynesia Ariiura Labaste
  • French Polynesia Tekaki Sangue
1 goal
  • American Samoa Xavior Leatualevao (in qualifying)
  • American Samoa Milo Tiatia (in qualifying)
  • Cook Islands Toru Mateariki (in qualifying)
  • Fiji Eshan Kumar
  • Fiji Nikhi Pillay
  • Fiji Rahul Naresh
  • New Caledonia Ruben Kutran
  • New Caledonia Andre Matha
  • New Zealand Matt Garbett
  • New Zealand Joseph Lee
  • New Zealand Benjamin Old
  • Papua New Guinea Morris Devi
  • Papua New Guinea Renagi Ila
  • Papua New Guinea Akaya Wadunah
  • Solomon Islands Maxwell Keana
  • Solomon Islands Leon Kofana
  • Solomon Islands Hamilton Pao
  • Solomon Islands Chris Satu
  • French Polynesia Heihau Hanere
  • French Polynesia Tehauarii Holozet
  • Tonga Joseph Muavesi (in qualifying)
  • Tonga Henry Tuiono (in qualifying)

Awards

The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.

Award Recipient
Golden Ball Solomon Islands Raphael Le'ai
Golden Glove New Zealand Alex Paulsen
Golden Boot Solomon Islands Raphael Le'ai (8 goals)
Fair Play Award  Solomon Islands

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[9]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
 Solomon Islands19 September 20180 (Debut)
 New Zealand19 September 20188 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

  1. ↑ Kick-off of the match between American Samoa and Tonga was delayed from 14:00 to 14:15 due to "unforeseen circumstances".
  2. ↑ Kick-off of the match between Samoa and Fiji was delayed from 10:00 to 12:00 due to Samoa's disrupted flight schedule.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Paths laid for OFC youth tournaments". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "OFC U-19 & U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 2 February 2018.
  6. ↑ "OFC U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER 2018 TONGA" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
  7. ↑ "OFC U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 SOLOMON ISLANDS" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
  8. ↑ "Change to Group B kick-off time". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 September 2018.
  9. ↑ "History for Solomons, New Zealand continue run". FIFA.com. 19 September 2018.
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