2003 OFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | American Samoa Australia New Caledonia |
Dates | 13 February – 1 March |
Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 27 |
Goals scored | 137 (5.07 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (13 goals) |
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.
The winning side qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland.
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 stage
Group A
Times are listed in Samoa Standard Time
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 12 |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 3 | +15 | 9 |
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | -7 | 3 |
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4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 14 | -13 | 1 |
New Caledonia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Vendegou ![]() Wamowe ![]() |
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American Samoa ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Report | Boanemoa ![]() Hnangeje ![]() |
Cook Islands ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Jim ![]() |
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Samoa ![]() | 0–6 | ![]() |
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Report | Seru ![]() Vakatalesau ![]() Prakashi ![]() Dunadamu ![]() Rao ![]() |
New Caledonia ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Hnangeje ![]() Wamowe ![]() |
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Cook Islands ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() |
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Strickland ![]() |
Report | Vakatalesau ![]() Dunadamu ![]() |
American Samoa ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Ott ![]() |
Report | Manila ![]() Slater ![]() Faalavaau ![]() |
American Samoa ![]() | 0–8 | ![]() |
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Report | Vakatalesau ![]() Wilson ![]() Rao ![]() Dunadamu ![]() Singh ![]() Nauer ![]() |
New Caledonia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Hnangeje ![]() |
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Group B
Times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | +31 | 15 |
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 10 |
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5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 8 |
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5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 7 |
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5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | -15 | 3 |
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 54 | -53 | 0 |
Tonga ![]() | 0–11 | ![]() |
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Report | Maleb ![]() M. Peter ![]() Joe ![]() Harry ![]() R. Peter ![]() Tabe ![]() Varaismaite ![]() Simeon ![]() |
New Zealand ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Old ![]() |
Report | Maleb ![]() |
Tonga ![]() | 0–12 | ![]() |
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Report | Totori ![]() Anisua ![]() Fifi ![]() Joe ![]() Horoinima ![]() Haikai ![]() Anisi ![]() Ramoaea ![]() Honitalo ![]() |
Tahiti ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Poroiae ![]() |
Report | Totori ![]() Fifi ![]() Honitalo ![]() Joe ![]() |
Tonga ![]() | 0–13 | ![]() |
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Report | Hayne ![]() Broderson ![]() Wheeler ![]() Scott ![]() Bright ![]() Henderson ![]() White ![]() |
Solomon Islands ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Kanegai ![]() Joe ![]() |
Australia ![]() | 14–0 | ![]() |
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Cardozo ![]() Richardson ![]() Sarkies ![]() Karavitis ![]() Totani ![]() Casey ![]() Hilton ![]() Martino ![]() |
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Knockout stage
Final
First leg
New Caledonia ![]() | 1–3 | Australia ![]() |
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Wamowe ![]() |
Report | Sarkies ![]() Cardozo ![]() |
Second leg
New Caledonia ![]() | 0–4 | Australia ![]() |
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Report | Leijer ![]() Paartalu ![]() Deegan ![]() Sarkies ![]() |
Goalscorers
- 13 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goals
Albert Nauer (playing against Fiji)