2001 OFC U-17 Championship

2001 OFC Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Australia New Zealand Samoa Vanuatu
Dates	3 December 2000 – 8 April 2001
Teams	10
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (8th title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	131 (6.24 per match)
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The 2001 OFC U-17 Championship was the 9th edition of the OFC U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by OFC for the men's under-17 national teams of Oceania. Vanuatu and Samoa each hosted one group in the group stage, while the final was played over two legs in the qualifying countries: Australia and New Zealand.

A total of ten teams played in the tournament, following the withdrawals of Cook Islands and New Caledonia. Defending champions Australia retained their title after defeating New Zealand 9–0 on aggregate in the final.

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	0	43	0	+43	12	Final
2	Papua New Guinea	4	3	0	1	11	9	+2	9
3	Solomon Islands	4	2	0	2	20	3	+17	6
4	Western Samoa (H)	4	1	0	3	5	17	−12	3
5	American Samoa	4	0	0	4	3	53	−50	0
6	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

3 December 2000 (2000-12-03)

Western Samoa	4–3	American Samoa

Apia

3 December 2000 (2000-12-03)

Papua New Guinea	2–1	Solomon Islands

Apia

5 December 2000 (2000-12-05)

Australia	30–0	American Samoa

Apia

5 December 2000 (2000-12-05)

Western Samoa	1–2	Papua New Guinea

Apia

7 December 2000 (2000-12-07)

Australia	7–0	Papua New Guinea

Apia

7 December 2000 (2000-12-07)

Western Samoa	0–7	Solomon Islands

Apia

9 December 2000 (2000-12-09)

Australia	1–0	Solomon Islands

Apia

9 December 2000 (2000-12-09)

Papua New Guinea	7–0	American Samoa

Apia

11 December 2000 (2000-12-11)

Western Samoa	0–5	Australia

Apia

11 December 2000 (2000-12-11)

Solomon Islands	12–0	American Samoa

Apia

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	14	1	+13	12	Final
2	Vanuatu (H)	4	2	1	1	16	3	+13	7
3	Tahiti	4	1	2	1	1	2	−1	5
4	Fiji	4	1	0	3	9	5	+4	3
5	Tonga	4	0	1	3	0	29	−29	1
6	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

22 March 2001 (2001-03-22)

Tahiti	0–0	Vanuatu

Port Vila

22 March 2001 (2001-03-22)

Fiji	0–1	New Zealand

Port Vila

24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)

Vanuatu	3–0	Fiji

Port Vila

24 March 2001 (2001-03-24)

New Zealand	8–0	Tonga

Port Vila

26 March 2001 (2001-03-26)

Tonga	0–12	Vanuatu

Port Vila

26 March 2001 (2001-03-26)

Tahiti	1–0	Fiji

Port Vila

28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

New Zealand	2–0	Tahiti

Port Vila

28 March 2001 (2001-03-28)

Tonga	0–9	Fiji

Port Vila

30 March 2001 (2001-03-30)

Tahiti	Not played (awarded 0–0)	Tonga

Port Vila

30 March 2001 (2001-03-30)

Vanuatu	1–3	New Zealand

Port Vila

Final

First leg

4 April 2001 (2001-04-04)

Australia	3–0	New Zealand
Holman 47' Agius 66', 90+2'	Report

West Belconnen Sports Ground, Canberra

Attendance: 1,400

Referee: Harry Attison (Vanuatu)

Second leg

8 April 2001 (2001-04-08)

New Zealand	0–6	Australia
	Report	Howe 14' (o.g.) Danze 39' Engele 56', 78' Hunter 70' Smith 74'

Bill McKinlay Park, Auckland

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)

References

• Andre Zlotkowski (1 February 2006). "Oceania Preliminary Competition for the U-17 World Cup 2001". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2018.

External links

• Oceania Football Confederation website

This page was last edited on 18 September 2023, at 06:36