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2003 OFC Under-17 Football Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	American Samoa Australia
Dates	13 February – 1 March
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	138 (5.11 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Richard Cardozo (13 goals)
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The 2003 OFC U-17 Championship was the 10th edition of the OFC's under-17 Championship. It was held in American Samoa, Australia and New Caledonia.

The winning side qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.

Australia won their ninth (and third consecutive) title after beating New Caledonia 7–1 over two legs in the final.

Host selection

Solomon Islands were originally selected as the host nation for Group B, but agreed to move the Group to Australia due to safety concerns.

Australia and New Caledonia agreed to stage both legs of the final in New Caledonia.

Qualification

All member teams qualified automatically. Papua New Guinea withdrew before the tournament began.

The following teams participated in the tournament:

•  American Samoa
•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

Venues

Matches were played in three cities: Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna, Maroochydore Soccer Centre in Maroochydore and Stade Pentecost in Noumea.

Squads

Nations named squads of up to 20 players for the tournament.

Group stage

Group A

Times are listed in Samoa Standard Time

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Caledonia	4	4	0	0	11	0	+11	12
Fiji	4	3	0	1	18	3	+15	9
Cook Islands	4	1	1	2	2	8	-6	4
Samoa	4	1	0	3	3	10	-7	3
American Samoa	4	0	1	3	1	14	-13	1

American Samoa	0–0	Cook Islands
	Report

New Caledonia	2–0	Fiji
Vendegou 45' (pen.) Wamowe 79'	Report

American Samoa	0–3	New Caledonia
	Report	Boanemoa 32', 88' Hnangeje 90'

Cook Islands	1–0	Samoa
Jim 42'	Report

Samoa	0–6	Fiji
	Report	Seru 46' Vakatalesau 50', 86' Prakashi 51' Dunadamu 70' Rao 73'

New Caledonia	4–0	Cook Islands
Hnangeje 14' Wamowe 47', 50', 65'	Report

Cook Islands	1–4	Fiji
Strickland 77' (pen.)	Report	Vakatalesau 2' Dunadamu 25', 45', 50'

American Samoa	1–3	Samoa
Ott 50'	Report	Manila 10' Slater 37' Faalavaau 62'

American Samoa	0–8	Fiji
	Report	Vakatalesau 7', 70', 74' Wilson 10' Rao 41' Dunadamu 44' Singh 75' Nauer 76' (o.g.)

New Caledonia	2–0	Samoa
Hnangeje 54', 65'	Report

Group B

Times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	5	5	0	0	33	2	+31	15
Vanuatu	5	3	1	1	17	7	+10	10
New Zealand	5	2	2	1	19	4	+15	8
Solomon Islands	5	2	1	2	18	6	+12	7
Tahiti	5	1	0	4	7	22	-15	3
Tonga	5	0	0	5	1	54	-53	0

Australia	3–1	Solomon Islands
Cardozo 2' Casey 15' (pen.) Hilton 42' (pen.)	Report	Anisua 90'

Tonga	0–11	Vanuatu
	Report	Maleb 2', 12', 26' M. Peter 5' Joe 17' Harry 23', 44' R. Peter 36' Tabe 77' Varaismaite 85' Simeon 89'

New Zealand	4–0	Tahiti
Scott 9' White 15' Bright 58' Henderson 75'	Report

New Zealand	1–1	Vanuatu
Old 24'	Report	Maleb 49'

Australia	9–0	Tahiti
Paartalu 15', 17' Casey 28', 35', 89' Smits 49' Cardozo 69', 81', 82'	Report

Tonga	0–12	Solomon Islands
	Report	Totori 2', 70' Anisua 9' Fifi 28', 30', 89' Joe 34' Horoinima 43' Haikai 57' Anisi 58' Ramoaea 68' (pen.) Honitalo 90+1'

Australia	4–0	Vanuatu
Hilton 41', 44', 79' (pen.) Smits 65'	Report

Tahiti	1–5	Solomon Islands
Poroiae 59'	Report	Totori 16', 45' Fifi 52' Honitalo 62' Joe 63'

Tonga	0–13	New Zealand
	Report	Hayne 2', 31', 51' Broderson 8', 39', 54' Wheeler 28' Scott 44' Bright 56', 73', 85' Henderson 82' White 89'

Tahiti	4–1	Tonga
Poroiae 16', 68' Horoi 56' Teriitaumihau 89' (pen.)	Report	Pau 25' (pen.)

Solomon Islands	0–2	Vanuatu
	Report	Kanegai 2' Joe 76'

Australia	3–1	New Zealand
Smits 13' Hilton 59' Cardozo 90+2'	Report	Old 37'

Solomon Islands	0–0	New Zealand
	Report

Australia	14–0	Tonga
Cardozo 1', 6', 28', 36', 41', 43' Richardson 11', 37' Sarkies 39' Karavitis 52' Totani 65' Casey 72' Hilton 75' Martino 89'	Report

Vanuatu	3–2	Tahiti
Ligo 2' Harry 34' Kanegai 74'	Report	Tahi 15' Sinjoux 67'

Knockout stage

Final

First leg

New Caledonia	1–3	Australia
Wamowe 67'	Report	Sarkies 24' Cardozo 42', 47'

Second leg

New Caledonia	0–4	Australia
	Report	Leijer 52' Paartalu 61' Deegan 74' Sarkies 82' (pen.)

• Australia qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Goalscorers

13 goals

• Richard Cardozo

6 goals

• Matt Hilton
• Osea Vakatalesau

5 goals

• Adam Casey
• Maciu Dunadamu
• Mone Wamowe

4 goals

• Albert Hnageje
• Kris Bright
• Michael Fifi
• Benjamin Totori
• Victor Maleb

3 goals

• Eric Paartalu
• Kristian Sarkies
• Tim Smits
• Ricky Broderson
• Jason Hayne
• Hiro Poroiae
• John Alick Harry

2 goals

• Dane Richardson
• Johnny Rao
• Raphael Boanemoa
• Craig Henderson
• Steven Old
• Jesse Scott
• Michael White
• Richard Anisua
• Earl Honitalo
• Timothy Joe
• Roger Joe
• Sylverstone Kanegai

1 goal

• Ramin Ott
• Matthew Deegan
• Evangelos Karavitis
• Adrian Leijer
• Angelo Martino
• Oliver Totani
• Frank Jim
• Geoffrey Strickland
• Sheikar Prakashi
• Noa Seru
• Aeron Singh
• Joshua Wilson
• Kenjy Vendegou
• Croyden Wheeler
• Kennedy Faalavaau
• Pio Manila
• James Slater
• Augustine Anisi
• Leslie Haikai
• Jeffrey Horoinima
• David Ramoaea
• Jeff Horoi
• Tinomana Sinjoux
• Jason Tahi
• Matahi Teriitaumihau
• Peni Pau
• Charles Ligo
• Manuel Peter
• Raul Peter
• John Mark Simeon
• Georges Tabe
• John Varaismaite

Own goals

• Albert Nauer (playing against Fiji)

References

• RSSSF Tournament Overview
• OFC 2003 U-17 Championship official media releases

External links

• Official OFC website

• OFC U-17 Championship
• 2003 in youth association football