2007 OFC U-17 Championship

2007 OFC U-17 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 17 ans 2007
Tournament details
Host country Tahiti
Dates 21 March – 25 March
Teams 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up  Tahiti
Third place  Fiji
Fourth place  New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 13 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s) New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses (5 goals)

The 2007 OFC Under-17 Tournament was association football competition in Oceania. It was the 12th edition of the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament which was held in Tahiti from March 21 to March 25, 2007 at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui. Only four team participated in the tournament; Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Zealand. It served as a qualifying tournament to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Solomon Islands were supposed to compete in this tournament but withdrew because of the escalating costs for travel between the Solomon Islands and Tahiti.[1]

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 330092+79
 Tahiti 302112-12
 Fiji 302124-22
 New Caledonia 302115-42

20 March 2007
Fiji  1–3  New Zealand
Getia  68' Report Chettleburgh  44'
Barbarouses  58'
Mathews  68'

22 March 2007
Tahiti  1–2  New Zealand
Faatiarau  18' Report Hofmann  5'
Barbarouses  61'

22 March 2007
Fiji  1–1  New Caledonia
Taware  19' Report Kayara  44' (pen.)

24 March 2007
New Caledonia  0–4  New Zealand
Report Barbarouses  42', 73', 84'
Mathews  90'

24 March 2007
Tahiti  0–0  Fiji
Report

By winning, New Zealand qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Winner

 2007 OFC U-17 Championship Winner 

New Zealand
Second title

Goal scorers

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "SIFF withdraws from OFC U17 in Tahiti". sportingpulse.com. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
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