Cook Islands national under-17 football team
| Nickname(s) | The Cooks | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association |
Cook Islands Football Association | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach |
 Delaney Yagona | ||
| Asst coach |
Donald Munro | ||
| Captain | Sunai Joseph | ||
| Most caps | Sunai Joseph (11) | ||
| Top scorer | Tamaiva Smith, Tyrell Barringer-Tahiri, Twin Tiro, Maro Bonsu-Maro, Morgan Wichman (2) | ||
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| First international | |||
 American Samoa 0 - 0 Cook Islands (Pago Pago, American Samoa; February 13, 2003) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Tonga 1 - 7 Cook Islands (Apia, Samoa; January 22, 2013) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 New Caledonia 8 - 1 Cook Islands (Auckland, New Zealand; January 11, 2011) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| OFC U17 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 | ||
| Best result | Winning the Preliminary Round (2013) | ||
The Cook Islands national under-17 football team is the national U-17 team of the Cook Islands and is controlled by the Cook Islands Football Association. With a population of around 24,000 people it remains one of the smallest FIFA teams.
Competition Record
OFC
The OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the only qualification spot for Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.
| OFC U-17 Championship | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
 1993 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
 1995 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
| 1997 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
 1999 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
| 2001 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
 2003 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
 2005 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
 2007 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
| 2009 | Did not Qualify | ||||||||
| 2011 | Group Stage | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -7 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5th place | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 28 | -18 | 6 |
 2015 | Group Stage | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 27 | -25 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 22 | 78 | -56 | 13 | |
Qualification
5 teams 'pre-qualified' for the competition (before the Soloman 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 the dates of 22 and 26 January 2013.[1]
| 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)
22 January 2013 17:00 |
| Tonga |
1 – 7 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
H. Polovili  41' |
M. Bonsu-Maro 6', 37' P. Edwards 9' S. Joseph 19' M. Pahulu 43' (o.g.) W. Temata 45' M. Wichman 55' |
National Stadium, Apia Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu) |
24 January 2013 17:00 |
| Cook Islands |
0 – 3 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| S. Tua 19', 92+2' K. Siligi 39' (pen.) |
National Stadium, Apia Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand) |
26 January 2013 15:00 |
| Samoa |
1 – 2 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Sue Pelesa 23' |
Takuina Tararo 59' Dwayne Tiputoa 86' |
National Stadium, Apia Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji) |
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[2]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 3 |
| New Caledonia |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vanuatu |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fiji |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Cook Islands |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 0 |
All times are local time (UTC+11:00)
17 April 2013 10:00 |
| New Zealand |
9 – 0 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Monty Patterson 6', 10', 22' (pen.), 31' Stuart Holthusen 23', 34'Alex Rufer 44'Meysum Shafahi 84', 90+2' |
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Current Technical Staff
| Position | |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Delaney Yaqona |
| Assistant coach | Donald Munro |
| Teammanager | Junior Areai |
| Physio | Pare Tangata |
Squad for the 2015 OFC U-17 Championship
- Caps and goals as of 23 January 2015.
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Current squad
Squad for 2013 OFC Under 17 Tournament
- Caps and goals as of 26 April 2013.
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References
- ↑ "OFC U-17 Preliminary Schedule & Results". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
- ↑ "Path to World Cup laid out for U-17s". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 February 2013.
External links
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