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2003 OFC U 17 Championship

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Dates
  
13 February – 1 March

Champions
  
Australia (9th title)

Venue(s)
  
3 (in 3 host cities)

Runners-up
  
New Caledonia

Host countries
  
American Samoa Australia New Caledonia

Teams
  
11 (from 1 confederation)

The 2003 OFC U-17 Championship was the 10th edition of the OFC's under-17 Championship. It was held in American Samoa, Australia and New Caledonia.

Contents

The winning side qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship

Australia won their ninth (and third consecutive) title after beating New Caledonia 7–1 over two legs in the final.

Host selection

Solomon Islands were originally selected as the host nation for Group B, but agreed to move the Group to Australia due to safety concerns.

Australia and New Caledonia agreed to stage both legs of the final in New Caledonia.

Qualification

All member teams qualified automatically. Papua New Guinea withdrew before the tournament began.

The following teams participated in the tournament:

  •  American Samoa
  •  Australia
  •  Cook Islands
  •  Fiji
  •  New Caledonia
  •  New Zealand
  •  Samoa
  •  Solomon Islands
  •  Tahiti
  •  Tonga
  •  Vanuatu
  • Venues

    Matches were played in three cities: Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna, Maroochydore Soccer Centre in Maroochydore and Stade Pentecost in Noumea.

    Squads

    Nations named squads of up to 20 players for the tournament.

    Group A

    Times are listed in Samoa Standard Time

    Group B

    Times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

    Goalscorers

    13 goals
  • Richard Cardozo
  • 6 goals
  • Matt Hilton
  • Osea Vakatalesau
  • 5 goals
    4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goals
  • Albert Nauer (playing against Fiji)
  • References

    2003 OFC U-17 Championship Wikipedia