2005 OFC U-17 Championship

2005 OFC U-17 Championship

Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 17 ans 2005
Tournament details
Host country	New Caledonia
Dates	2-15 April 2005
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (10th title)
Runners-up	Vanuatu
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
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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]

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:

•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

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

3 April 2005 (2005-04-03)

Australia	4–0	Vanuatu

3 April 2005 (2005-04-03)

Tahiti	15–0	Tonga

5 April 2005 (2005-04-05)

Vanuatu	20–0	Tonga

7 April 2005 (2005-04-07)

Tahiti	0–5	Australia

9 April 2005 (2005-04-09)

Vanuatu	2–1	Tahiti

11 April 2005 (2005-04-11)

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

2 April 2005 (2005-04-02)

Fiji	5–2	Papua New Guinea

2 April 2005 (2005-04-02)

Solomon Islands	5–0	New Caledonia

5 April 2005 (2005-04-05)

Fiji	2–2	Solomon Islands

5 April 2005 (2005-04-05)

New Caledonia	6–0	Cook Islands

7 April 2005 (2005-04-07)

New Caledonia	3–1	Papua New Guinea

7 April 2005 (2005-04-07)

Cook Islands	0–7	Solomon Islands

9 April 2005 (2005-04-09)

Solomon Islands	3–3	Papua New Guinea

9 April 2005 (2005-04-09)

Fiji	2–0	Cook Islands

11 April 2005 (2005-04-11)

Cook Islands	0–4	Papua New Guinea

11 April 2005 (2005-04-11)

New Caledonia	2–0	Fiji

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

13 April 2005 (2005-04-13)

Australia	2–0	Solomon Islands

13 April 2005 (2005-04-13)

New Caledonia	1–4	Vanuatu

Third place playoff

15 April 2005 (2005-04-15)

Solomon Islands	3–1	New Caledonia

Final

15 April 2005 (2005-04-15)

Australia	1–0	Vanuatu

Australia qualified for the U-17 World Cup.

References

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