2023 OFC U-17 Championship

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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
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (9th title)
Runners-upNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Third placeFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Fourth placeFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played17
Goals scored71 (4.18 per match)
Attendance3,985 (234 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Luke Supyk
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Titouan Guillemant
(6 goals each)
Best player(s) New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Nolhann Alabete
Best goalkeeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Matt Foord
← 2018
2021
2024 →

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.

Contents

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

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).

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 9thGroup stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015)
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 10thGroup stage (1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (hosts)18thRunners-up (1999)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 12thRunners-up (2003, 2013, 2017)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 17thChampions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 10thSemi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 9thGroup stage (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2017, 2018)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 14thRunners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 10thGroup stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 15thRunners-up (2005)

Venues

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

Match officials

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

Group stage draw

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
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 		Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 		Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands

Squads

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

Group stage

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

Group A

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]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)220060+66 Knockout stage
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 210163+33
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 200209−90
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 320
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg6–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 275
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2200142+126 Knockout stage
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 210193+63
3Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 2002018−180
Source: OFC
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Fiji FA Academy, Ba
Attendance: 80
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Fiji FA Academy, Ba
Attendance: 50
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg7–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
Fiji FA Academy, Ba
Attendance: 20
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 220081+76 Knockout stage
2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 21013303
3Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 200218−70
Source: OFC
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg2–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Lachlan Keevers (Australia)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–6Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 50
Referee: Tim Danaskos (Australia)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg2–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 120
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

Ranking of third-placed teams

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 C Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 200218−70 Knockout stage
2 A Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 200209−90
3 B Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 2002018−180
Source: OFC

Knockout stage

Draw

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
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 		Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
21 January – Suva
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 4
 
25 January – Suva
 
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 0
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia (p)1 (3)
 
21 January – Suva
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1 (2)
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 5
 
28 January – Suva
 
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 0
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
22 January – Suva
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 3
 
25 January – Suva
 
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 0
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1
 
22 January – Suva
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4 Third place match
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1
 
28 January – Suva
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 3
 
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0
 

Quarter-finals

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg4–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 70
Referee: Lachlan Keevers (Australia)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg5–0Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 100
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–0Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 350
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 400
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg1–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Penalties
3–2
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 250
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg3–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 500
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

Final

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg0–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
HFC Bank Stadium, Suva
Attendance: 200
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Awards

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

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Nolhann Alabete
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Luke Supyk
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Titouan Guillemant
Golden Gloves Flag of New Zealand.svg Matt Foord

Goalscorers

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

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

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup 1
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 25 January 20231 (2017)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25 January 20239 (1997, 1999 , 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

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