2011 OFC U-17 Championship

2011 OFC U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Albany, North Shore City
Dates	8 to 19 January 2011
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	118 (5.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Renaldo Nonmeu (8 goals)

The 2011 OFC U-17 Championship, was the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania (OFC). It was the 13th edition of the tournament and was held in Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand from 8 to 19 January 2011. New Zealand qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, in Mexico.

10 teams, divided over two groups, competed for the top position, which gave rights for a spot in the final.

Qualified teams

• New Zealand (host nation)
• Fiji
• Vanuatu
• Cook Islands
• American Samoa

• New Caledonia
• Tahiti
• Solomon Islands
• Papua New Guinea
• Tonga

Venues

The tournament is being played at one venue Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand. North Harbour Stadium has a capacity of 25,000.

	North Harbour Stadium Location: Albany, North Shore City Capacity: 25,000

The tournament was scheduled to be held at Trusts Stadium’s Douglas Field in Henderson but has been moved to Albany’s North Harbour Stadium, the venue of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2010 and several other recent OFC tournaments.

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12	12
Vanuatu	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9
Papua New Guinea	4	2	0	2	4	7	−3	6
Fiji	4	1	0	3	10	6	+4	3
American Samoa	4	0	0	4	1	22	−21	0

American Samoa v Fiji

8 January 2011	American Samoa	0 – 9	Fiji	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST		Report Summary	Rao  41', 78' Verevou  45+2' Sahib  68' Naidu  73' Kumar  87' Hussain  89', 90+1' Vaeao  90+3' (o.g.)

Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea

8 January 2011	Vanuatu	2 – 0	Papua New Guinea	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Mermer  41' (pen.) M. Coulon  59'	Report Summary

Papua New Guinea v Fiji

10 January 2011	Papua New Guinea	2 – 1	Fiji	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Komolong  35' Sabua  52'	Report Summary	Sahib  21'

New Zealand v Vanuatu

10 January 2011	New Zealand	5 – 1	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Yamamoto  2' Tuiloma  14' Payne  23' Vale  37' Howieson  87'	Report Summary	Mermer  48'

New Zealand v Fiji

12 January 2011	New Zealand	1 – 0	Fiji	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Vale  49'	Report Summary

Papua New Guinea v American Samoa

12 January 2011	Papua New Guinea	2 – 1	American Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Browne  13' Komolong  67'	Report Summary	Petaia  22'

New Zealand v American Samoa

14 January 2011	New Zealand	4 – 0	American Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Wypych  23' Turner  65' Payne  77' Yamamoto  78'	Report Summary

Fiji v Vanuatu

14 January 2011	Fiji	0 – 3	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST		Report Summary	J. Kaltak  53', 76' Mahit  85'

New Zealand v Papua New Guinea

16 January 2011	New Zealand	3 – 0	Papua New Guinea	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST	Howlett  1' Buswell  16' Payne  54'	Report Summary

American Samoa v Vanuatu

16 January 2011	American Samoa	0 – 7	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST		Report Summary	J. Kaltak  24', 44', 61' Ieremia  46' T. Kaltak  77', 90+1' Tenene  84'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tahiti	4	4	0	0	14	2	+12	12
Solomon Islands	4	3	0	1	22	4	+18	9
New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	27	6	+21	6
Cook Islands	4	1	0	3	8	15	−7	3
Tonga	4	0	0	4	2	46	−44	0

New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

Tonga v Tahiti

9 January 2011	Tonga	0 – 8	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST		Report Summary	Tehuritaua  6', 14', 77', 84' Tahi  19' Keck  27' Yohann  68' Teikiteepupuni  82'

Solomon Islands v Tahiti

11 January 2011	Solomon Islands	1 – 2	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Waimora  88'	Report Summary	Yohann  55' Misimake  85' (o.g.)

New Caledonia v Cook Islands

11 January 2011	New Caledonia	8 – 1	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Tein-Padom  36', 57', 90+3' Buscaglia  39', 88' Nonmeu  69', 77', 79'	Report Summary	Barringer-Tahiri  49'

Tahiti v Cook Islands

13 January 2011	Tahiti	1 – 0	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Tahi  59'	Report Summary

Solomon Islands v Tonga

13 January 2011	Solomon Islands	15 – 0	Tonga	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Waimora  19', 41', 43', 47' Raramane  24' Bitiai  28', 45' Kuki  31', 54', 82' Bosi  45', 64' Pahulu  84' (o.g.) Mala  88' M. Fa'arodo  89'	Report Summary

Cook Islands v Tonga

15 January 2011	Cook Islands	6 – 2	Tonga	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Barringer-Tahiri  12' Tiro  26', 37' Smith  33' Samuela  43' (pen.) Pennycook  90+4' (pen.)	Report Summary	Maile  67' Falatau  88'

Tahiti v New Caledonia

15 January 2011	Tahiti	3 – 1	New Caledonia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Aroita  9' Manca  19' Yohann  50'	Report Summary	Tein-Padom  10'

Tonga v New Caledonia

17 January 2011	Tonga	0 – 17	New Caledonia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST		Report Summary	Nonmeu  10', 49' (pen.), 66', 70', 73' Ausu  14', 38', 55', 64' Malakai  46', 60' Sakilia  47' Passil  59' Decoire  68' Buscaglia  80' Tein-Padom  82' Djamali  89'

Cook Islands v Solomon Islands

17 January 2011	Cook Islands	1 – 4	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST	Smith  45'	Report Summary	Kuki  24' Albert  54' Waimora  63' Bua  75'

3rd place

Vanuatu v Solomon Islands

19 January 2011 NZST	Vanuatu	0 – 2	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
		Report Summary	Mala  13', 26'

Final

New Zealand v Tahiti

19 January 2011 NZST	New Zealand	2 – 0	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Howieson  7' Payne  36'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

Goal Scorers

8 goals

• Renaldo Nonmeu

6 goals

• Alex Waimora

5 goals

• Stephane Tein-Padom
• Jean Kaltak

4 goals

• Neyl Ausu
• Thomas Buscaglia
• Tim Payne
• Solo Kuki
• Tevairoa Tehuritaua

3 goals

• John Bitiai
• Harrison Mala
• Tihoni Yohann

2 goals

• Tyrell Barringer-Tahiri
• Tamaiva Smith
• Twin Tiro
• Akram Hussain
• Narendra Rao

• Al-taaf Sahib
• Ben Malakai
• Cameron Howieson
• Jordan Vale
• Ken Yamamoto

• Alwin Komolong
• Gabriel Bosi
• Ahonui Tahi
• Tony Kaltak
• Santino Mermer

1 goal

• Ryan Petaia
• Temana Pennycook
• Ant Samuela
• Shane Kumar
• Vineel Naidu
• Losefo Verevou
• Cedric Decoire
• Erwan Djamali
• Ricardo Passil
• Leon Sakilia
• Nathan Buswell

• Ryan Howlett
• Bill Tuiloma
• Rory Turner
• James Wypych
• David Browne
• Jacob Sabua
• Junior Albert
• Dickson Bua
• Atana Fa'arodo
• Maeron Fa'arodo
• Jimmy Raramane

• Rainui Aroita
• Tauhiti Keck
• Gianni Manca
• Heremana Teikiteepupuni
• Kinitoni Falatau
• Silakivai Maile
• Michel Coulon
• Mark Ieremia
• George Mahit
• Daniel Tenene

own goals

• Lalotoa Vaeao (for Fiji)
• Jerry Misimake (for Tahiti)
• Saimone Pahulu (for Solomon Islands)

External links

• Official website