The 2017 OFC U-17 Championship was the 17th edition of the OFC U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament was held in Tahiti between 11 and 24 February 2017.

In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup. So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification. It is only the third time all 11 OFC member associations have entered an Oceania competition since 2006.

SeedingTeamsNo. of teams
First round entrantsAmerican Samoa Cook Islands Samoa Tonga4
Second round entrantsFiji New Caledonia New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tahiti Vanuatu7

Squads

Venues

The final round of the tournament were played in two venues in Tahiti.

PiraeMahina
Stade PaterStade Mahina
17°43′51″S 168°18′56″E/17.7308985°S 168.315498°E/ -17.7308985; 168.315498(Port Vila Municipal Stadium)
Capacity:11,700Capacity:2,500
PiraeMahina2017 OFC U-17 Championship (Tahiti)

Match officials

Referees

Assistant Referees

First round

The preliminary tournament was hosted by Samoa between 2 and 8 July 2016. Due to unforeseen circumstances, matchday one was postponed from 2 to 4 July, and matchday 2 was postponed from 5 to 6 July. The winner qualified for the final tournament.

All times are local, WST (UTC+13).

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Samoa (H)321061+57Second round
2Cook Islands320165+16
3Tonga311154+14
4American Samoa300318−70
Tonga2–3Cook Islands
Faivailo 45' Tokotaha 90+1' (pen.)Tomasi 19' (o.g.) Tiputoa 20' Ngametua 89'
Samoa3–0American Samoa
Sauiluma 4' Tumua 68', 73'
American Samoa1–3Cook Islands
Pouli 29'Tiputoa 21', 25' Ngametua 90+3'
Tonga1–1Samoa
Kau 71'Mano 3'
American Samoa0–2Tonga
Kau 11' Kite 32'
Cook Islands0–2Samoa
Savelio 90+1' Sauiluma 90+4'

Second round

The final tournament was scheduled for 11–24 February 2017 (originally 15–29 January 2017). Tahiti were announced as the host in December 2015.

The draw was held on 18 July 2016. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Tahiti were assigned to position A1 in the draw. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.

All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1New Caledonia321075+27Knockout stage
2Papua New Guinea31117704
3Tahiti (H)31113304
4Vanuatu301257−21
New Caledonia3–2Papua New Guinea
Gope-Fenepej 5', 31' Iwa 90+3' (pen.)Kapai 35' Kerobin 64'
Tahiti1–0Vanuatu
Vivi 11'
Papua New Guinea3–3Vanuatu
Pukue 16' Kerobin 45+4' (pen.), 81'Ngwele 25', 55' Maguekon 83'
Tahiti1–1New Caledonia
Beaumert 45+3'Caihe 90+1'

Group A matches of matchday 3 were moved from Stade Mahina, Mahina to Stade Pater, Pirae due to adverse weather conditions.

Vanuatu2–3New Caledonia
Tari 84' Napau 88' (pen.)Thahnaena 37' Gope-Fenepej 72' Iwa 75' (pen.)
Papua New Guinea2–1Tahiti
J. Allen 71' Simongi 87'Kaspard 10'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1New Zealand3300181+179Knockout stage
2Solomon Islands3111143+114
3Fiji311146−24
4Samoa3003026−260
Samoa0–11New Zealand
Spragg 5', 20', 40', 90+4' Ebbinge 10' Sinclair 21' Palmer 67', 70', 90+3' Whyte 86' Mata 89'
Fiji1–1Solomon Islands
Dau 4'Mana 52'
New Zealand2–1Solomon Islands
Williams 3' Spragg 84'Kaoni 48'
Fiji3–0Samoa
Matalau 9' Dau 17', 62'
Solomon Islands12–0Samoa
Mekawir 9', 19', 30' Toata 29' Kaoni 45+4', 67', 80', 88' Keana 53', 65' Allen 57', 79'
New Zealand5–0Fiji
M. Jones 12', 90+1' Just 41' Mata 76' Spragg 90+4' (pen.)

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finalsFinal
21 February – Mahina
New Caledonia3
24 February – Pirae
Solomon Islands2
New Caledonia0
21 February – Mahina
New Zealand7
New Zealand2
Papua New Guinea1

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

New Caledonia3–2Solomon Islands
Bako 23' Jeno 68' Longue 80'Toata 62' Allen 90+4'
New Zealand2–1Papua New Guinea
Pukue 3' (o.g.) Whyte 90+3'Kerobin 34'

Final

New Caledonia0–7New Zealand
Just 33' Cacace 36' Mata 62', 68' Conroy 70' Spragg 72' Palmer 90+1'

Goalscorers

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Papua New Guinea Aben Pukue (playing against New Zealand)
  • Tonga Pesamino Tomasi (playing against Cook Islands)

Awards

The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.

AwardRecipient
Golden BallNew Zealand Charles Spragg
Golden GloveNew Zealand Zac Jones
Golden BootNew Zealand Charles Spragg (7 goals)
Fair Play AwardNew Zealand

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in tournament1
New Zealand21 February 20177 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)
New Caledonia21 February 20170 (Debut)

1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

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