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Venue(s)
  
2 (in 2 host cities)

Runners-up
  
New Caledonia

2017 OFC U-17 Championship

Host country
  
Samoa (preliminary stage) Tahiti (final stage)

Dates
  
4–8 July 2016 (preliminary stage)11–24 February 2017 (final stage)

Teams
  
8 (final stage)11 (total) (from 1 confederation)

Champions
  
New Zealand (7th title)

The 2017 OFC U-17 Championship was the 16th edition of 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 11–24 February 2017.

Contents

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:

  • First round: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga played a round-robin tournament in Samoa. The winner qualified for the tournament.
  • Tournament (2017 OFC U-17 Championship): A total of eight teams (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu, and the first round winner) played the tournament in Tahiti. For the group stage, they were divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the winner of the 2017 OFC U-17 Championship and the two teams that qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

    • 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.

    Venues

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

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

    Semi-finals

    Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

    Goalscorers

    7 goals
    5 goals
    4 goals
    3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    1 own goal

    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.

    Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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

    References

    2017 OFC U-17 Championship Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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