OFC U-17 Championship

OFC U-17 Championship

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Founded	1983
Region	Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams	6
Current champions	New Zealand (5th title)
Most successful team(s)	Australia (10 titles)
2015 OFC U-17 Championship

The OFC Under-17 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 17. The tournament decides the only qualification spot of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup.

Eligible teams

All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were:

• American Samoa
• Australia (member of AFC since 2007)
• Cook Islands
• Fiji
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Tahiti
• Tonga
• Vanuatu

Results

The list of winners:

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1983 Details	Auckland, New Zealand		Australia		New Zealand		Chinese Taipei		New Caledonia
1986	Kaohsiung, Taiwan		Australia		New Zealand		Chinese Taipei		Papua New Guinea
1989	Australia		Australia		New Zealand		Chinese Taipei		Fiji
1991 Detalis	Napier, New Zealand		Australia		New Zealand		Fiji
1993	New Zealand		Australia	3–0	Solomon Islands
1995	Vanuatu		Australia	1–0	New Zealand		Vanuatu	3–0	Solomon Islands
1997	New Zealand		New Zealand	1–0	Australia		Solomon Islands	3–0	Fiji
1999	Fiji		Australia	5–0	Fiji		Solomon Islands		New Caledonia
2001	Apia, Samoa & Port Vila, Vanuatu		Australia	3–0 6–0 (9–0) two-legged match	New Zealand
2003 Detalis	Pago Pago, American Samoa & Sunshine Coast, Australia		Australia	3–1 4–0 (7–1) two-legged match	New Caledonia
2005	New Caledonia		Australia	1–0	Vanuatu		Solomon Islands	3–1	New Caledonia
2007 Details	Tahiti		New Zealand		Tahiti		Fiji		New Caledonia
2009 Details	New Zealand		New Zealand		Tahiti		New Caledonia		Vanuatu
2011 Details	New Zealand		New Zealand	2–0	Tahiti		Solomon Islands	2–0	Vanuatu
2013 Details	Vanuatu		New Zealand		New Caledonia		Vanuatu		Fiji
2015 Details	Samoa, American Samoa		New Zealand	1–1 (5–4 pen.)	Tahiti		Vanuatu	6–0	New Caledonia
2017 Details	Tonga

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semifinals
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2
• R1 – Round 1

Team	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Australia	QF	QF	R1	QF	QF	QF		2nd	QF	R1	R1	AFC member					10
New Zealand							R1	R1				R1	R2	R2	R1	R2	7

External links

• OFC Official Website