2008 OFC U-20 Championship

2008 OFC U-20 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 20 ans 2008
Tournament details
Host country Tahiti
Dates 13 December – 17 December
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 3 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Tahiti (1st title)
Runners-up  New Caledonia
Third place  New Zealand
Fourth place  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 15 (2.5 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Zealand Greg Draper
New Zealand Costa Barbarouses
New Caledonia Jean Wahnyamalla
New Caledonia Alan Hnautra
(2 goals)

The 2008 OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The tournament was won by hosts Tahiti after their final win against Fiji and a 2-2 draw between New Caledonia and New Zealand which prevented either team from qualification and was the first tournament since 1974 to be won by a nation that was not Australia or New Zealand.[1] As champions, Tahiti qualified for the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Participating teams

Squads

Group stage

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 7321041+3
 New Caledonia 5312052+3
 New Zealand 4311164+2
 Fiji 0300308-8

Round 1

13 December 2008
16:00 UTC-10
New Zealand  3 - 0  Fiji
Barbarouses  58'
McGeorge  64'
Draper  87' 		Report
Stade Paea, Papeete

13 December 2008
18:30 UTC-10
Tahiti  0 - 0  New Caledonia
Stade Paea

Round 2

15 December 2008
16:00 UTC-10
New Caledonia  3 - 0  Fiji
Hnautra  3'
Wahnyamalla  22'  34' 		Report
Stade Mahina, Papeete
Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

15 December 2008
18:30 UTC-10
New Zealand  1 - 2  Tahiti
Barbarouses  23'
McGeorge Red card 44' 		Report Rochette  66'
Teriitau  89'
Stade Mahina, Papeete
Referee: Varman Rakesh (Fiji)

Round 3

17 December 2008
16:00 UTC-10
New Caledonia  2 - 2  New Zealand
Hnautra  15'
Kayara  32' 		Report Draper  28'
Raj  73'
Stade Puurai, Papeete
Referee: Jacques Averii (Tahiti)

17 December 2008
18:30 UTC-10
Tahiti  2 - 0  Fiji
Tehau  10'
Kamoise  54'
Stade Puurai, Papeete

Winner

 2008 OFC Youth Championship Winner 

Tahiti
Second title

Goal scorers

2 goals

  • New Caledonia Alan Hnautra (NCL)
  • New Caledonia Jean Wahnyamalla (NCL)

  • New Zealand Costa Barbarouses (NZL)

1 goal

  • New Caledonia Roy Kayara (NCL)
  • New Zealand Adam McGeorge (NZL)
  • New Zealand Jonathan Raj (NZL)
  • French Polynesia Garry Rochette (TAH)
  • French Polynesia Ariihau Teriitau (TAH)
  • French Polynesia Alvin Tehau (TAH)
  • French Polynesia Hiva Kamoise (TAH)

See also

2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup

References

  1. ↑ "Junior All Whites miss U-20 World Cup". Retrieved 18 December 2008.