2016 OFC U-20 Championship

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).

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) Dwayne Tiputoa
Myer Bevan
(5 goals each)
Best player(s) Myer Bevan
Best goalkeeper Michael Woud
Fair play award Solomon Islands

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
Main article: 2016 OFC U-20 Championship squads

Venues
Port Vila Luganville
Port Vila Municipal Stadium Luganville Soccer City Stadium
17.7308985°S 168.315498°E / -17.7308985; 168.315498 (Port Vila Municipal Stadium) 15.5081004°S 167.1912408°E / -15.5081004; 167.1912408 (Luganville Soccer City Stadium)
Capacity:10,000 Capacity:7,000
Port Vila
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 final tournament.

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

Referees

  • Salesh Chand
  • Joel Hoppken
  • Nelson Sogo
  • Campbell-Kirk Waugh

Assistant referees

  • Ujwaal Mudliar
  • Phul Singh
  • Jeffery Solodia
  • 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) Host.
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 final tournament 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) Host.
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
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 Myer Bevan
Golden Glove Michael Woud
Golden Boot Myer Bevan
Fair Play Award 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.

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