Tournament details | |
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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) | Raphael Lea'i (8 goals) |
Best player(s) | Raphael Lea'i |
Best goalkeeper | Alex Paulsen |
Fair play award | Solomon Islands |
← 2017 |
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 and 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 Brazil as the OFC representatives. New Zealand, the defending champions, won the title for the eighth time, and qualified together with runners-up Solomon Islands.
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]
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 |
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Fiji | Final tournament (Group stage) | 17th | Runners-up (1999) |
New Caledonia | 11th | Runners-up (2003, 2013, 2017) | |
New Zealand | 16th | Champions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) | |
Papua New Guinea | 9th | Semi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986) | |
Solomon Islands (hosts) | 9th | Runners-up (1993) | |
Tahiti | 13th | Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) | |
Vanuatu | 14th | Runners-up (2005) | |
American Samoa | Qualifying stage | 8th | Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015) |
Cook Islands | 9th | Group stage (1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015) | |
Samoa | 8th | Group stage (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2017) | |
Tonga (hosts) | 9th | Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015) |
The hosts of the qualifying stage and final tournament were announced by OFC on 31 October 2017. [1]
Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can name a maximum of 20 players.
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 |
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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 |
Samoa | 3–0 | Cook Islands |
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American Samoa | 2–2 | Tonga |
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American Samoa | 3–10 | Samoa |
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Tonga | 0–0 | Cook Islands |
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Cook Islands | 1–3 | American Samoa |
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The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.
All times are local, SBT (UTC+11). [7]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Vanuatu | 0–8 | New Zealand |
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New Zealand | 4–3 | Papua New Guinea |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
New Caledonia | 1–2 | Tahiti |
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Samoa | 1–1 | New Caledonia |
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Fiji | 1–0 | New Caledonia |
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Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 September – Honiara | ||||||
Solomon Islands | 3 | |||||
22 September – Honiara | ||||||
Fiji | 1 | |||||
Solomon Islands | 0 (4) | |||||
19 September – Honiara | ||||||
New Zealand (p) | 0 (5) | |||||
Tahiti | 1 | |||||
New Zealand | 4 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
22 September – Honiara | ||||||
Fiji | 1 | |||||
Tahiti | 2 |
Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Solomon Islands | 3–1 | Fiji |
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Tahiti | 1–4 | New Zealand |
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Solomon Islands | 0–0 | New Zealand |
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Penalties | ||
4–5 |
2018 OFC U-16 Championship |
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New Zealand Eighth title |
In the qualifying stage, there were 33 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match. In the final tournament, there were 67 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.19 goals per match. In total, there were 100 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 4.55 goals per match.
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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 |
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Golden Ball | Raphael Le'ai |
Golden Glove | Alex Paulsen |
Golden Boot | Raphael Le'ai (8 goals) |
Fair Play Award | Solomon Islands |
The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1 |
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Solomon Islands | 19 September 2018 [9] | 0 (debut) |
New Zealand | 19 September 2018 [9] | 8 (1997, 1999 , 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) |
The Solomon Islands, which originally finished second, were found by the OFC to have deliberately fielded overage player Chris Satu during the tournament and would forfeit all results and their place in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup. [10] The decision was reviewed under appeal from the Solomon Islands Football Federation. [11] The OFC Executive Committee announced on 3 May 2019 that Solomon Islands would keep their spot for the FIFA U-17 World Cup on the grounds that the federation had not knowingly broken the rules as Satu had a government issued passport showing his eligibility. [12] [13]
On 11 December 2019, it was found that Solomon Islands' player Maxwell Keana played in five games with a "false birth certificate and passport to improperly seek eligibility" for the competition. As a result, the Solomon Islands Football Federation was sanctioned and the Oceania Football Confederation banned the Solomon Islands from entering a team in the 2023 OFC U-17 Championship. [14]
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