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2013 OFC U-17 Championship

Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 17 ans 2013
Tournament details
Host country	Vanuatu
Dates	17–25 April
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (5th title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	55 (3.67 per match)
Attendance	62,250 (4,150 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Stuart Holthusen Monty Patterson (6 goals each)
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The 2013 OFC U-17 Championship was the 15th edition of the OFC's Under 17 championship, the biennial football championship of the Oceanian Confederation. All matches took place at Chapuis stadium, Luganville in Vanuatu from 17 to 27 April. 6 teams contested the final round of the championship after the Solomon Islands Football Federation withdrew, as it could only financially support its beach soccer and futsal sides in national competition.

As winners, New Zealand qualified as Oceania's representative for the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Qualification

5 teams 'pre-qualified' for the competition (before the Solomon Islands withdrawal), with the final team being decided through a preliminary round hosted by Samoa in late January 2013.

•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Vanuatu (Host nation)
•  Cook Islands (preliminary round winner)

Preliminary round

A preliminary competition was required to find the Sixth and final place in the competition. The mini-tournament was hosted by the Samoan Football Federation between 22 and 26 January 2013.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Cook Islands	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
American Samoa	3	1	1	1	7	5	+2	4
Samoa	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
Tonga	3	1	0	2	6	12	−6	3

All Times are local Time (UTC+14:00)

Samoa	2–2	American Samoa
Filisi Keni 15', 69' (pen.)	Report	Kaleopa Siligi 10' Sinisi Tua 35'

Tonga	1–7	Cook Islands
Hemaloto Polovili 41'	Report	Maro Bonsu-Maro 6', 37' Pekay Edwards 9' Sunai Joseph 19' Mateo Pahulu 43' (o.g.) Wiremu Temata 45' Morgan Wichman 55'

Samoa	3–2	Tonga
Paulo Scanlan 16', 51', 53'	report	Hemaloto Polovili 50', 77' (pen.)

Cook Islands	0–3	American Samoa
	report	Sinisi Tua 19', 90+2' Kaleopa Siligi 39' (pen.)

Cook Islands	2–1	Samoa
Takuina Tararo 59' Dwayne Tiputoa 86'	report	Sue Pelesa 23'

American Samoa	2–3	Tonga
Paia Ipiniu 1' Sinisa Tua 48'	report	Uasi Talanoa 71' Hemaloto Polovili 87' Taniela Vaka'uta 90+2'

Goalscorers

4 goals

• Sinisa Tua
• Hemaloto Polovili

3 goals

• Paulo Scanlan

2 goals

• Kaleopa Siligi
• Filisi Keni
• Maro Bonsu-Maro

1 goal

• Pekay Edwards
• Sunai Joseph
• Wiremu Temata
• Morgan Wichman
• Takuina Tararo
• Dwayne Tiputoa
• Sue Pelesa
• Paia Ipiniu
• Uasi Talanoa
• Taniela Vaka'uta

Player of the tournament	Best goalkeeper	Top scorer	Fairplay Award
Kaleopa Siligi	Keegan Inia	Hemaloto Polovili, Sinisa Tua (4 goals)	Tonga

Final round

The draw for the final round of competition was held at the Headquarters of the Oceania Football Confederation on 13 February 2013. The teams will play each other once in a round robin tournament based on a league system, with the winner qualifying for the FIFA U-17 World Cup

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	5	5	0	0	23	3	+20	15
New Caledonia	5	3	0	2	10	7	+3	9
Vanuatu	5	2	2	1	9	6	+3	8
Fiji	5	2	1	2	10	8	+2	7
Papua New Guinea	5	1	1	3	2	8	−6	4
Cook Islands	5	0	0	5	1	23	−22	0

All times are local time (UTC+11:00)

Matchday 1

New Zealand	9–0	Cook Islands
Ford Henry 5' (o.g.) Monty Patterson 9', 21' (31) Stuart Holthusen 23', 33' Alex Rufer 43' Meysum Shafahi 82', 91'	report

Fiji	0–3	New Caledonia
	report	Valentin Nykeine 18', 30' Anthony Kaï 35'

Papua New Guinea	1–1	Vanuatu
Nicky Benjamin 69'	report	Jaison Thomas 77'

Matchday 2

Cook Islands	0–1	Papua New Guinea
	report	Steven Inia 56'

Vanuatu	1–1	Fiji
Remy Kalsrap 82'	report	Iosefo Verevou 49'

New Caledonia	0–4	New Zealand
	report	Elijah Neblett 11' Alex Rufer 46', 70' Monty Patterson 77'

Matchday 3

Fiji	2–0	Papua New Guinea
Jonetani Buksh 21' Iosefo Verevou 49'	report

New Caledonia	5–0	Cook Islands
Ben Wamowe 34' Macinou Wamai 42', 45' Raymond Xanatre 46' Jim Ouka 81' (pen.)	report

Vanuatu	1–2	New Zealand
Alex Saniel 22'	report	Stuart Holthusen 19' Elijah Neblett 79'

Matchday 4

Cook Islands	1–3	Vanuatu
Morgan Wichman 87'	report	Alex Saniel 14' Ruben Frank 34' Etienne Naeiu 58'

Papua New Guinea	0–1	New Caledonia
	report	Valentin Nykeine 32'

New Zealand	4–2	Fiji
Elijah Neblett 17' Andre de Jong 70' Monty Patterson 73' (pen.) Andrew Blake 85'	report	Ravnit Chand 54' Iosefo Verevou 90+3' (pen.)

Matchday 5

New Zealand	4–0	Papua New Guinea
Stuart Holthusen 57', 60', 82' Monty Patterson 73'	Report

Cook Islands	0–5	Fiji
	Report	Jonetani Buksh 29' Iosefo Verevou 52', 82' Suliano Tawananakoro 58' Shalvin Sharma 89'

New Caledonia	1–3	Vanuatu
Jim Ouka 74'	Report	Ruben Frank 22' Justin Koka 50' Jaison Thomas 58'

References

1. "Schedule set for OFC competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
2. "Katukatus, Mamulas miss out in 2013". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
3. "OFC U-17 Preliminary Schedule & Results". Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 8 February 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
4. "Path to World Cup laid out for U-17s". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 February 2013. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013.

External links

• Preliminary Round at OFC Site
• Final Round at OFC Site
• Tournament Summary

• OFC U-17 Championship
• 2012–13 in OFC football
• 2012–13 in Vanuatuan football
• International association football competitions hosted by Vanuatu
• 2013 in youth association football