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2023 OFC U-17 Championship

The 2023 OFC U-17 Championship was the 19th 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.

2023 OFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates11–28 January[1]
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (9th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Third place Tahiti
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored71 (4.18 per match)
Attendance3,985 (234 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Luke Supyk
French Polynesia Titouan Guillemant
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)New Caledonia Nolhann Alabete
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Matt Foord
2024 →

The OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that the 2021 OFC U-17 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-16 Championship), which would have been hosted by Fiji, had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Fiji would be retained to host the next edition in 2022.[2]

New Zealand, the seven-time defending champions, successfully defend their title, by won 1–0 the final over New Caledonia and both teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the OFC representatives.

Teams edit

10 of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC were eligible to enter the tournament. Solomon Islands were excluded from taking part by the OFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee in regards to the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[1]

Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament.[3]

Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  American Samoa 9th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015)
  Cook Islands 10th Group stage (1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
  Fiji (hosts) 18th Runners-up (1999)
  New Caledonia 12th Runners-up (2003, 2013, 2017)
  New Zealand 17th Champions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)
  Papua New Guinea 10th Semi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986)
  Samoa 9th Group stage (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2017, 2018)
  Tahiti 14th Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
  Tonga 10th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)
  Vanuatu 15th Runners-up (2005)

Venues edit

Matches are played at HFC Bank Stadium in Suva and Ba Academy in Ba.[4]

Match officials edit

The following officials were appointed for the tournament:[5]

Group stage draw edit

The draw for the group stage was conducted at the OFC Home of Football on the 28 October 2022. Teams were seeded into three pots based on their 2018 OFC U-16 Championship ranking.[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  New Zealand
  Tahiti
  Fiji		   Papua New Guinea
  New Caledonia
  Samoa
  Vanuatu		   American Samoa
  Tonga
  Cook Islands

Squads edit

Main article: 2023 OFC U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage edit

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).

Group A edit

Papua New Guinea were originally drawn into position A3 of this group but were removed before the start of the tournament due to not submitting their registration on time.[6]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Fiji (H) 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 6 Knockout stage
2   Samoa 2 1 0 1 6 3 +3 3
3   Tonga 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Fiji  3–0  Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 320
Samoa  6–0  Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Tonga  0–3  Fiji
Report
Attendance: 275

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 2 2 0 0 14 2 +12 6 Knockout stage
2   New Caledonia 2 1 0 1 9 3 +6 3
3   American Samoa 2 0 0 2 0 18 −18 0
Source: OFC
New Zealand  3–2  New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 80
American Samoa  0–11  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 50
New Caledonia  7–0  American Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 20
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tahiti 2 2 0 0 8 1 +7 6 Knockout stage
2   Vanuatu 2 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
3   Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0
Source: OFC
Tahiti  2–1  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 100
Cook Islands  0–6  Tahiti
Report
Attendance: 50
Vanuatu  2–1  Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 120

Ranking of third-placed teams edit

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 C   Cook Islands 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 0 Knockout stage
2 A   Tonga 2 0 0 2 0 9 −9 0
3 B   American Samoa 2 0 0 2 0 18 −18 0
Source: OFC

Knockout stage edit

Draw edit

The draw for the knockout stage was conducted at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva on the 18 January 2023. Teams were seeded into two pots based on the final group stage overall ranking.[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2
  New Zealand
  Tahiti
  Fiji
  New Caledonia		   Samoa
  Vanuatu
  Cook Islands
  Tonga

Bracket edit

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
21 January – Suva
 
 
  New Caledonia4
 
25 January – Suva
 
  Samoa0
 
  New Caledonia (p)1 (3)
 
21 January – Suva
 
  Tahiti1 (2)
 
  Tahiti5
 
28 January – Suva
 
  Tonga0
 
  New Caledonia0
 
22 January – Suva
 
  New Zealand1
 
  Fiji3
 
25 January – Suva
 
  Cook Islands0
 
  Fiji1
 
22 January – Suva
 
  New Zealand4 Third place match
 
  New Zealand1
 
28 January – Suva
 
  Vanuatu0
 
  Tahiti3
 
 
  Fiji0
 

Quarter-finals edit

New Caledonia  4–0  Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 70
Tahiti  5–0  Tonga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Fiji  3–0  Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 350
New Zealand  1–0  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Semi-finals edit

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

New Caledonia  1–1  Tahiti
 Report
Penalties
 3–2
Attendance: 250
Fiji  1–4  New Zealand
 Report
Attendance: 1,000

Third place match edit

Tahiti  3–0  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

Final edit

New Caledonia  0–1  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]

Award Player
Golden Ball   Nolhann Alabete
Golden Boot   Luke Supyk
  Titouan Guillemant
Golden Gloves   Matt Foord

Goalscorers edit

There were 71 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 4.18 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup edit

The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
  New Caledonia 25 January 2023 1 (2017)
  New Zealand 25 January 2023 9 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Draw for OFC U-17 Championship to be set today". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 October 2022.
  2. ^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Teams discover OFC U-17 Championship 2023 opponents". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Match officials confirmed for OFC U-17 Championship 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 December 2022.
  6. ^ "'Best' shot for juniors". Fiji Times. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. ^ "New Zealanders among award winners at end of OFC U-17 Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

External links edit

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