2018 OFC U-19 Championship

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2018 OFC U-19 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 19 ans 2018
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Cook Islands
Final tournament:
Tahiti
DatesQualifying stage:
26 May – 1 June 2018
Final tournament:
5–18 August 2018
TeamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (7th title)
Runners-upFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Third placeNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Fourth placeFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored82 (3.73 per match)
Attendance12,000 (545 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Max Mata (5 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Joe Bell
Best goalkeeper Flag of French Polynesia.svg Moana Pito
2016
2021

The 2018 OFC U-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in the Cook Islands between 26 May – 1 June 2018, and the final tournament was held in Tahiti between 5–18 August 2018. [1]

Contents

Before the tournament in 2016, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. However, the last tournament remained the name U-20 Championship. For this tournament, the name has changed to U-19 Championship. So, players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1999. 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 19 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 20 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-20 World Cup in Poland as the OFC representatives. New Zealand, the defending champions, won the title for the seventh time, and qualified together with runners-up Tahiti.

Format

The tournament structure was 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 (Cook Islands and Tahiti) 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 2016).

TeamStageAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji Final tournament
(Group stage)
21stChampions (2014)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 12thRunners-up (2008)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21stChampions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 14thFourth place (1978, 1982)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 9thRunners-up (2005, 2011)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti (hosts)11thChampions (1974, 2008)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 15thRunners-up (2014, 2016)
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa Qualifying stage 5thGroup stage (1998, 2011, 2014)
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (hosts)3rdGroup stage (2001, 2016)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 9thGroup stage (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 6thGroup stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005)

Venues

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

After two Group B matches were played at Stade Fautaua on 6 August, it was announced on 8 August that the remaining Group B matches would be moved to Stade Pater due to the floodlights being deemed less than optimal. [6] However, it was announced on 10 August 2018 that after heavy rain caused the pitch of Stade Pater to deteriorate, the last two Group A and Group B matches on 11 and 12 August would be moved to Stade Fautaua with earlier kick-off times (12:00 and 15:00 instead of 15:00 and 18:00). [7]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 1999 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, CKT (UTC−10). [8]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 321061+57Final tournament (Group stage)
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 321051+47
3Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands (H)31022533
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 30031760
Source: OFC
(H) Host
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0−3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
  • Smith Soccerball shade.svg77', 81', 90+3'
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 100
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg3−0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 250
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)

Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg2–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 25
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 250
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg1–1Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
  • Falepapalangi Soccerball shade.svg66'
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 125
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg2–1Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
CIFA Academy Field, Rarotonga
Attendance: 250
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Group stage

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

All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10). [9]

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300201+199 Knockout stage
2Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti (H)320192+76
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 310241063
4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3003020200
Source: OFC
(H) Host
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 500
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg14–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 300
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg6–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)

Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg0–4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Stade Fautaua, Pirae
Attendance: 200
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg2–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
Stade Fautaua, Pirae
Attendance: 500
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 330052+39 Knockout stage
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 3111115+64
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 311143+14
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 3003212100
Source: OFC
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg2–3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Stade Fautaua, Pirae
Attendance: 200
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade Fautaua, Pirae
Attendance: 300
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg8–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 300
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Stade Fautaua, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–1New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
  • Drawilo Soccerball shade.svg63'
Stade Fautaua, Pirae
Attendance: 250
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 August – Pirae
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2
 
18 August – Pirae
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 1
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1
 
15 August – Pirae
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 0
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1
 
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3
 
Third place
 
 
17 August – Pirae
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 4
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 1

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–1New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Third place match

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg4–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–0Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Winners

 2018 OFC U-19 Championship 
Flag of New Zealand.svg
New Zealand
Seventh title

Goalscorers

In the qualifying stage there were 14 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 2.33 goals per match. In the final tournament there were 68 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 4.25 goals per match. In total, there were 82 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 3.73 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Awards

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

AwardRecipient
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Joe Bell [11]
Golden Glove Flag of French Polynesia.svg Moana Pito [11]
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Max Mata [11]
Fair Play Award

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15 August 2018 [12] 5 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015 , 2017)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 15 August 2018 [12] 1 (2009)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

  1. The third place match was originally scheduled to be played on 18 August, 15:00, but was rescheduled to 17 August, 18:00, in order to accommodate travel arrangements. [10]

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