2017 OFC U-17 Championship

The 2017 OFC U-17 Championship was the 17th edition of the OFC U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament was held in Tahiti between 11–24 February 2017.

2017 OFC U–17 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Samoa (preliminary stage)
 Tahiti (final stage)
Dates4–8 July 2016 (preliminary stage)
11–24 February 2017 (final stage)
Teams8 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (7th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored91 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Charles Spragg (7 goals)
Best player(s) Charles Spragg
Best goalkeeper Zac Jones
Fair play award New Zealand

In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.[1] So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:[1]

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification. It is only the third time all 11 OFC member associations have entered an Oceania competition since 2006.

Seeding Teams No. of teams
First round entrants
4
Second round entrants
7

Squads
Main article: 2017 OFC U-17 Championship squads

Venues

The final round of the tournament were played in two venues in Tahiti.[2]

Pirae Mahina
Stade Pater Stade Mahina
17.7308985°S 168.315498°E / -17.7308985; 168.315498 (Port Vila Municipal Stadium)
Capacity:11,700 Capacity:2,500
Pirae
Mahina
2017 OFC U-17 Championship (Tahiti)

Match officials
Referees
  • Salesh Chand
  • Médéric Lacour
  • Matt Conger
  • Nelson Sogo
  • Hamilton Siau
  • George Time
  • Norbert Hauata
  • Kader Zitouni
  • Roger Adams
  • Arnold Tari
Assistant Referees
  • John Pareanga
  • Noah Kusunan
  • Tevita Makasini
  • Folio Moeaki
  • Sione Teu
  • Marc Sinyeue
  • Gareth Sheehan
  • Wase Bafinu
  • Malaetala Sofe
  • Denson Sale[3]

First round

The preliminary tournament was hosted by Samoa between 2 and 8 July 2016. Due to unforeseen circumstances, matchday one was postponed from 2 to 4 July, and matchday 2 was postponed from 5 to 6 July.[4] The winner qualified for the final tournament.

All times are local, WST (UTC+13).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Samoa (H) 3 2 1 0 6 1 +5 7 Second round
2  Cook Islands 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3  Tonga 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Tonga 2–3 Cook Islands
Faivailo  45'
Tokotaha  90+1' (pen.)		 Report Tomasi  19' (o.g.)
Tiputoa  20'
Ngametua  89'
Attendance: 200[5]
Samoa 3–0 American Samoa
Sauiluma  4'
Tumua  68', 73'		 Report
Attendance: 500[6]
Referee: Amos Anio (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa 1–3 Cook Islands
Pouli  29' Report Tiputoa  21', 25'
Ngametua  90+3'
Attendance: 300[7]
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)
Tonga 1–1 Samoa
Kau  71' Report Mano  3'
Attendance: 350[8]
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
American Samoa 0–2 Tonga
Report Kau  11'
Kite  32'
Attendance: 200[9]
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)
Cook Islands 0–2 Samoa
Report Savelio  90+1'
Sauiluma  90+4'
Attendance: 300[10]

Second round

The final tournament was scheduled for 11–24 February 2017 (originally 15–29 January 2017).[11] Tahiti were announced as the host in December 2015.[12]

The draw was held on 18 July 2016.[13] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Tahiti were assigned to position A1 in the draw. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7 Knockout stage
2  Papua New Guinea 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
3  Tahiti (H) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Vanuatu 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
New Caledonia 3–2 Papua New Guinea
Gope-Fenepej  5', 31'
Iwa  90+3' (pen.)		 Report Kapai  35'
Kerobin  64'
Stade Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 900
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti 1–0 Vanuatu
Vivi  11' Report
Stade Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 1,600
Papua New Guinea 3–3 Vanuatu
Pukue  16'
Kerobin  45+4' (pen.), 81'		 Report Ngwele  25', 55'
Maguekon  83'
Stade Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 600
Referee: Hamilton Siau (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti 1–1 New Caledonia
Beaumert  45+3' Report Caihe  90+1'
Stade Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)

Group A matches of matchday 3 were moved from Stade Mahina, Mahina to Stade Pater, Pirae due to adverse weather conditions.[14]

Vanuatu 2–3 New Caledonia
Tari  84'
Napau  88' (pen.)		 Report Thahnaena  37'
Gope-Fenepej  72'
Iwa  75' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Papua New Guinea 2–1 Tahiti
J. Allen  71'
Simongi  87'		 Report Kaspard  10'
Attendance: 1,500

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 9 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 3 1 1 1 14 3 +11 4
3  Fiji 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 0 26 −26 0
Source: OFC
Samoa 0–11 New Zealand
Report Spragg  5', 20', 40', 90+4'
Ebbinge  10'
Sinclair  21'
Palmer  67', 70', 90+3'
Whyte  86'
Mata  89'
Attendance: 527
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Fiji 1–1 Solomon Islands
Dau  4' Report Mana  52'
Attendance: 550
New Zealand 2–1 Solomon Islands
Williams  3'
Spragg  84'		 Report Kaoni  48'
Attendance: 500
Fiji 3–0 Samoa
Matalau  9'
Dau  17', 62'		 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)
Solomon Islands 12–0 Samoa
Mekawir  9', 19', 30'
Toata  29'
Kaoni  45+4', 67', 80', 88'
Keana  53', 65'
Allen  57', 79'		 Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
New Zealand 5–0 Fiji
M. Jones  12', 90+1'
Just  41'
Mata  76'
Spragg  90+4' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
21 February – Mahina
 
 
 New Caledonia3
 
24 February – Pirae
 
 Solomon Islands2
 
 New Caledonia0
 
21 February – Mahina
 
 New Zealand7
 
 New Zealand2
 
 
 Papua New Guinea1
 

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

New Caledonia 3–2 Solomon Islands
Bako  23'
Jeno  68'
Longue  80'		 Report Toata  62'
Allen  90+4'
Stade Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 400
New Zealand 2–1 Papua New Guinea
Pukue  3' (o.g.)
Whyte  90+3'		 Report Kerobin  34'
Stade Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 1,000

Final
New Caledonia 0–7 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 2,000

Goalscorers
7 goals
  • Charles Spragg
5 goals
  • Junior Kaoni
4 goals
3 goals
  • Conroy Tiputoa
  • Ratu Dau
  • Paul Gope-Fenepej
  • Junior Allen
  • Ali Mekawir
2 goals
  • Kimiora Ngametua
  • Bernard Iwa
  • Matthew Jones
  • Elijah Just
  • Oliver Whyte
  • Willie Sauiluma
  • Dilo Tumua
  • Don Keana
  • Steward Toata
  • Tevita Kau
  • Dilland Ngwele
1 goal
  • Takai Pouli
  • Semi Matalau
  • Pierre Bako
  • Robert Caihe
  • Abiezer Jeno
  • Vita Longue
  • Lionel Thahnaena
  • Liberato Cacace
  • Matthew Conroy
  • Willem Ebbinge
  • Kingsley Sinclair
  • Jake Williams
  • Jonathan Allen
  • Kimson Kapai
  • Aben Pukue
  • Emmanuel Simongi
  • Lotial Mano
  • Osa Savelio
  • Elis Mana
  • Kalahani Beaumert
  • Eddy Kaspard
  • Yann Vivi
  • Kalakaua Faivailo
  • Ofa Kite
  • Petueli Tokotaha
  • Zidane Maguekon
  • Rhydley Napau
  • Jayson Tari
1 own goal
  • Aben Pukue (playing against New Zealand)
  • Pesamino Tomasi (playing against Cook Islands)

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.[15]

Award Recipient
Golden Ball Charles Spragg
Golden Glove Zac Jones
Golden Boot Charles Spragg (7 goals)
Fair Play Award  New Zealand

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[16]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 New Zealand21 February 20177 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 New Caledonia21 February 20170 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References
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  10. "2016 OFC U-17 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Cook Islands – Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
  11. "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016.
  12. "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2016-06-15.
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