2016 OFC U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Tonga (preliminary stage)
 Vanuatu (final stage)
Dates21–27 June 2016 (preliminary stage)
3–17 September 2016 (final stage)
Teams8 (final stage)
11 (total) (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (6th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played21
Goals scored67 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)Cook Islands Dwayne Tiputoa
New Zealand Myer Bevan
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)New Zealand Myer Bevan
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Michael Woud
Fair play award Solomon Islands

The 2016 OFC U-20 Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 19 and below (despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship). This year, the tournament was held in Vanuatu for the first time by itself (second time overall).

Despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. So players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1997. 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.[1]

In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.[2] So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:[2]

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification.

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

Squads

Venues

Port Vila Luganville
Port Vila Municipal Stadium Luganville Soccer City Stadium
17°43′51″S 168°18′56″E / 17.7308985°S 168.315498°E / -17.7308985; 168.315498 (Port Vila Municipal Stadium) 15°30′29″S 167°11′28″E / 15.5081004°S 167.1912408°E / -15.5081004; 167.1912408 (Luganville Soccer City Stadium)
Capacity:10,000 Capacity:7,000
2016 OFC U-20 Championship is located in Vanuatu
Port Vila
Port Vila
Luganville
Luganville
2016 OFC U-20 Championship (Vanuatu)

First round

The preliminary tournament was hosted by Tonga between 21 and 27 June 2016. The winner qualified for the tournament final.

Four referees and four assistant referees were named for the preliminary round of the tournament.

Referees

  • Fiji Salesh Chand
  • Vanuatu Joel Hoppken
  • Solomon Islands Nelson Sogo
  • New Zealand Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Assistant referees

  • Fiji Ujwaal Mudliar
  • Fiji Phul Singh
  • Solomon Islands Jeffery Solodia
  • New Zealand Isaac Trevis

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Cook Islands 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Second round
2  Samoa 3 1 1 1 8 4 +4 4
3  Tonga (H) 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 3
4  American Samoa 3 0 1 2 1 11 −10 1
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tonga 1–1 Cook Islands
Po'oi 51' Report C. Tiputoa 77'
Attendance: 250[3]
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
American Samoa 0–5 Samoa
Report Mariner 12'
Malo 30'
Hunt 48'
Tunupopo 64', 75'
Attendance: 250[4]
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 1–1 American Samoa
Likiliki 10' Report Fiso 6'
Attendance: 200[5]
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Samoa 0–1 Cook Islands
Report D. Tiputoa 85'
Attendance: 200[6]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Cook Islands 5–0 American Samoa
Wood 31'
Samuela 38'
D. Tiputoa 54', 59', 72'		 Report
Attendance: 200[7]
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Samoa 3–3 Tonga
Tunupopo 66', 70'
Malo 80'		 Report Polovili 10', 40', 73'
Attendance: 300[8]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Second round

The tournament final was scheduled for 3–17 September 2016 (originally 19–26 September 2016).[9] Vanuatu were announced as the host in December 2015.[10]

The draw was held on 22 June 2016.[11] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Vanuatu were assigned to position A1 in the draw. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, VUT (UTC+11).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vanuatu (H) 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3  Fiji 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Papua New Guinea 3 0 1 2 3 8 −5 1
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Papua New Guinea 1–4 New Caledonia
Awi 34' Report Watrone 56'
Gope-Fenepej 68' (pen.)
Poma 82'
Houala 90+4'
Vanuatu 1–0 Fiji
Tenene 61' Report
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
New Caledonia 1–1 Fiji
Gope-Fenepej 68' Report Jennings 25'
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu 3–1 Papua New Guinea
Wilkins 50' (pen.)
Kalo 56'
Thomas 81'		 Report Yanum 77'
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Fiji 1–1 Papua New Guinea
Catarogo 71' Report Dabinyaba 35'
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 0–1 Vanuatu
Report Wilkins 90+1' (pen.)
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 3 1 2 0 5 2 +3 5
3  Tahiti 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4  Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: OFC
New Zealand 3–0 Cook Islands
Bevan 30', 76', 90' Report
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Tahiti 2–2 Solomon Islands
Siejidr 13'
Salem 34'		 Report Witney 50'
Raramo 65'
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Cook Islands 0–3 Solomon Islands
Report Waita 54'
Witney 56', 83'
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)
Tahiti 1–4 New Zealand
Petitgas 27' Report Dyer 39' (pen.)
Lewis 61'
Imrie 65'
Bevan 87'
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
Solomon Islands 0–0 New Zealand
Report
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
Cook Islands 1–3 Tahiti
D. Tiputoa 83' (pen.) Report Salem 45+2', 55'
Tau 87'
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September – Luganville
 
 
 New Zealand3
 
17 September – Port Vila
 
 New Caledonia1
 
 New Zealand5
 
13 September – Port Vila
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 Vanuatu2
 
 
 Solomon Islands1
 

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

New Zealand 3–1 New Caledonia
Dyer 23', 30'
Cox 71'		 Report Nypie 19'
Vanuatu 2–1 Solomon Islands
Tenene 36'
Massing 90+4'		 Report Gise 21'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final

New Zealand 5–0 Vanuatu
Ashworth 13'
Dyer 34'
Bevan 76'
Imrie 88', 90'		 Report
Report (NZ Football)

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
  • New Zealand Lucas Imrie
  • Solomon Islands Albert Witney
  • French Polynesia Heirauarii Salem
  • Tonga Hemaloto Polovili
2 goals
1 goal

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.

Award Recipient
Golden Ball New Zealand Myer Bevan
Golden Glove New Zealand Michael Woud
Golden Boot New Zealand Myer Bevan
Fair Play Award Solomon Islands Solomon Islands

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[12]

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1
 New Zealand13 September 20164 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015)
 Vanuatu13 September 20160 (Debut)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05.
  4. ↑ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: American Samoa - Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-05.
  5. ↑ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Tonga - American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06.
  6. ↑ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa - Cook Islands" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-06.
  7. ↑ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Cook Islands - American Samoa" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-07.
  8. ↑ "2016 OFC U-20 Championship Preliminary Match Summary: Samoa - Tonga" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-07.
  9. ↑ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
  11. ↑ "U-20 journey outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-12. Retrieved 2016-06-22.
  12. ↑ "History-making Vanuatu join New Zealand on world stage". FIFA.com. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016.
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