2007 OFC U-17 Championship

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.

2007 OFC U-17 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 17 ans 2007
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates21 March – 25 March
Teams4 (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 played6
Goals scored13 (2.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses (5 goals)

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
Fiji 13 New Zealand
Getia 68' Report Chettleburgh 44'
Barbarouses 58'
Mathews 68'


Tahiti 12 New Zealand
Faatiarau 18' Report Hofmann 5'
Barbarouses 61'

Fiji 11 New Caledonia
Taware 19' Report Kayara 44' (pen.)

New Caledonia 04 New Zealand
Report Barbarouses 42', 73', 84'
Mathews 90'

Tahiti 00 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
  • New Zealand Jacob Mathews
1 goal

References

General
  • "OFC U-17 Championship Stade Pater, Tahiti 20 March - 24 March 2007 Event Report" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
Specific
  1. "SIFF withdraws from OFC U17 in Tahiti". sportingpulse.com. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
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