2005 OFC U-17 Championship

The 2005 OFC Under-17 Tournament was an association football competition in Oceania. It was the 11th edition of the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, Nine teams participated in the tournament.[1]

2005 OFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNew Caledonia
Dates2-15 April 2005
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Australia (10th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu
Third place Solomon Islands
Fourth place New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played20

The winning side qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru.

Australia won their tenth (and fourth consecutive) title after beating Vanuatu 1–0 in the final. This also marked Australia's final participation (and championship) in an OFC U-17 men's event as they would become members of the AFC starting the next year (2006).

Qualification

All member teams qualified automatically. New Zealand withdrew before the tournament began on March 3, citing financial reasons.

Samoa and American Samoa also withdrew.

The following teams participated in the tournament:

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (A) 3 3 0 0 35 0 +35 9 Advance to semi-finals
2  Vanuatu (A) 3 2 0 1 22 5 +17 6
3  Tahiti 3 1 0 2 16 7 +9 3
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 0 61 −61 0
Source:
(A) Advance to a further round
Australia 4–0 Vanuatu
Tahiti 15–0 Tonga
Vanuatu 20–0 Tonga
Tahiti 0–5 Australia
Vanuatu 2–1 Tahiti
Tonga 0–26 Australia

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia (A) 4 3 0 1 11 6 +5 9 Advance to semi-finals
2  Solomon Islands (A) 4 2 2 0 17 5 +12 8
3  Fiji 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7
4  Papua New Guinea 4 1 1 2 10 11 −1 4
5  Cook Islands 4 0 0 4 0 19 −19 0
Source:
(A) Advance to a further round
Fiji 5–2 Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands 5–0 New Caledonia
Fiji 2–2 Solomon Islands
New Caledonia 6–0 Cook Islands
New Caledonia 3–1 Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands 0–7 Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands 3–3 Papua New Guinea
Fiji 2–0 Cook Islands
Cook Islands 0–4 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 2–0 Fiji

Knockout stage

Semi-finals
Australia 2–0 Solomon Islands
New Caledonia 1–4 Vanuatu

Third place playoff
Solomon Islands 3–1 New Caledonia

Final
Australia 1–0 Vanuatu

Australia qualified for the U-17 World Cup.

References
  1. FIFA.com
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