The 2016 OFC U-20 Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 19 and below (despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship). This year, the tournament was held in Vanuatu for the first time by itself (second time overall).
Despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. So players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1997. At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified. The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 19 years of age. The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for upcoming World Cups at Under 20 level.[1]
In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.[2] So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.
Tournament (2016 OFC U-20 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 Vanuatu. 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 2016 OFC U-20 Championship and the two teams that qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Teamsedit
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification.
The tournament final was scheduled for 3–17 September 2016 (originally 19–26 September 2016).[9] Vanuatu were announced as the host in December 2015.[10]
The draw was held on 22 June 2016.[11] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Vanuatu were assigned to position A1 in the draw. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
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.
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The 2016 OFC U 20 Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U 20 Championship the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation OFC for players aged 19 and below despite the name remaining as U 20 Championship This year the tournament was held in Vanuatu for the first time by itself second time overall 2016 OFC U 20 ChampionshipTournament detailsHost country Tonga preliminary stage Vanuatu final stage Dates21 27 June 2016 preliminary stage 3 17 September 2016 final stage Teams8 final stage 11 total from 1 confederation Venue s 2 in 2 host cities Final positionsChampions New Zealand 6th title Runners up VanuatuTournament statisticsMatches played21Goals scored67 3 19 per match Top scorer s Dwayne Tiputoa Myer Bevan 5 goals each Best player s Myer BevanBest goalkeeperMichael WoudFair play award Solomon Islands 20142018 Despite the name remaining as U 20 Championship the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age So players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1997 At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 19 years of age The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for upcoming World Cups at Under 20 level 1 In March 2015 FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U 20 and U 17 World Cup 2 So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U 20 World Cup in South Korea Contents 1 Format 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Venues 5 First round 6 Second round 6 1 Group A 6 2 Group B 7 Knockout stage 7 1 Bracket 7 2 Semi finals 7 3 Final 8 Goalscorers 9 Awards 10 Qualified teams for FIFA U 20 World Cup 11 ReferencesFormat editThe qualification structure is as follows 2 First round American Samoa Cook Islands Samoa and Tonga played a round robin tournament in Tonga The winner qualified for the tournament Tournament 2016 OFC U 20 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 Vanuatu 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 2016 OFC U 20 Championship and the two teams that qualified for the 2017 FIFA U 20 World Cup Teams editAll 11 FIFA affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification Seeding Teams No of teamsFirst round entrants nbsp American Samoa nbsp Cook Islands nbsp Samoa nbsp Tonga 4Second round entrants nbsp Fiji nbsp New Caledonia nbsp New Zealand nbsp Papua New Guinea nbsp Solomon Islands nbsp Tahiti nbsp Vanuatu 7Squads editMain article 2016 OFC U 20 Championship squadsVenues editMap all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Port Vila LuganvillePort Vila Municipal Stadium Luganville Soccer City Stadium17 43 51 S 168 18 56 E 17 7308985 S 168 315498 E 17 7308985 168 315498 Port Vila Municipal Stadium 15 30 29 S 167 11 28 E 15 5081004 S 167 1912408 E 15 5081004 167 1912408 Luganville Soccer City Stadium Capacity 10 000 Capacity 7 000 nbsp nbsp Port Vila nbsp Luganville2016 OFC U 20 Championship Vanuatu First round editThe preliminary tournament was hosted by Tonga between 21 and 27 June 2016 The winner qualified for the tournament final Four referees and four assistant referees were named for the preliminary round of the tournament Referees nbsp Salesh Chand nbsp Joel Hoppken nbsp Nelson Sogo nbsp Campbell Kirk WaughAssistant referees nbsp Ujwaal Mudliar nbsp Phul Singh nbsp Jeffery Solodia nbsp Isaac TrevisAll times are local TOT UTC 13 Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Cook Islands 3 2 1 0 7 1 6 7 Second round2 nbsp Samoa 3 1 1 1 8 4 4 43 nbsp Tonga H 3 0 3 0 5 5 0 34 nbsp American Samoa 3 0 1 2 1 11 10 1Source OFC H Hosts 21 June 2016 2016 06 21 12 00Tonga nbsp 1 1 nbsp Cook IslandsPo oi nbsp 51 Report C Tiputoa nbsp 77 Loto Tonga Soka Centre NukuʻalofaAttendance 250 3 Referee Joel Hopkken Vanuatu 21 June 2016 2016 06 21 15 00American Samoa nbsp 0 5 nbsp SamoaReport Mariner nbsp 12 Malo nbsp 30 Hunt nbsp 48 Tunupopo nbsp 64 75 Loto Tonga Soka Centre NukuʻalofaAttendance 250 4 Referee Nelson Sogo Solomon Islands 24 June 2016 2016 06 24 12 00Tonga nbsp 1 1 nbsp American SamoaLikiliki nbsp 10 Report Fiso nbsp 6 Loto Tonga Soka Centre NukuʻalofaAttendance 200 5 Referee Salesh Chand Fiji 24 June 2016 2016 06 24 15 00Samoa nbsp 0 1 nbsp Cook IslandsReport D Tiputoa nbsp 85 Loto Tonga Soka Centre NukuʻalofaAttendance 200 6 Referee Campbell Kirk Waugh New Zealand 27 June 2016 2016 06 27 12 00Cook Islands nbsp 5 0 nbsp American SamoaWood nbsp 31 Samuela nbsp 38 D Tiputoa nbsp 54 59 72 ReportLoto Tonga Soka Centre NukuʻalofaAttendance 200 7 Referee Joel Hopkken Vanuatu 27 June 2016 2016 06 27 15 00Samoa nbsp 3 3 nbsp TongaTunupopo nbsp 66 70 Malo nbsp 80 Report Polovili nbsp 10 40 73 Loto Tonga Soka Centre NukuʻalofaAttendance 300 8 Referee Campbell Kirk Waugh New Zealand Second round editThe tournament final was scheduled for 3 17 September 2016 originally 19 26 September 2016 9 Vanuatu were announced as the host in December 2015 10 The draw was held on 22 June 2016 11 The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams There was no seeding except that hosts Vanuatu were assigned to position A1 in the draw The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi finals All times are local VUT UTC 11 Group A edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp Vanuatu H 3 3 0 0 5 1 4 9 Knockout stage2 nbsp New Caledonia 3 1 1 1 5 3 2 43 nbsp Fiji 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 24 nbsp Papua New Guinea 3 0 1 2 3 8 5 1Source OFC H Hosts 3 September 2016 2016 09 03 12 00Papua New Guinea nbsp 1 4 nbsp New CaledoniaAwi nbsp 34 Report Watrone nbsp 56 Gope Fenepej nbsp 68 pen Poma nbsp 82 Houala nbsp 90 4 Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Kader Zitouni Tahiti 3 September 2016 2016 09 03 15 00Vanuatu nbsp 1 0 nbsp FijiTenene nbsp 61 ReportPort Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Nick Waldron New Zealand 6 September 2016 2016 09 06 12 00New Caledonia nbsp 1 1 nbsp FijiGope Fenepej nbsp 68 Report Jennings nbsp 25 Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee George Time Solomon Islands 6 September 2016 2016 09 06 15 00Vanuatu nbsp 3 1 nbsp Papua New GuineaWilkins nbsp 50 pen Kalo nbsp 56 Thomas nbsp 81 Report Yanum nbsp 77 Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Campbell Kirk Waugh New Zealand 10 September 2016 2016 09 10 12 00Fiji nbsp 1 1 nbsp Papua New GuineaCatarogo nbsp 71 Report Dabinyaba nbsp 35 Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Nelson Sogo Solomon Islands 10 September 2016 2016 09 10 15 00New Caledonia nbsp 0 1 nbsp VanuatuReport Wilkins nbsp 90 1 pen Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Nick Waldron New Zealand Group B edit Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 nbsp New Zealand 3 2 1 0 7 1 6 7 Knockout stage2 nbsp Solomon Islands 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 53 nbsp Tahiti 3 1 1 1 6 7 1 44 nbsp Cook Islands 3 0 0 3 1 9 8 0Source OFC 3 September 2016 2016 09 03 12 00New Zealand nbsp 3 0 nbsp Cook IslandsBevan nbsp 30 76 90 ReportLuganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Salesh Chand Fiji 3 September 2016 2016 09 03 15 00Tahiti nbsp 2 2 nbsp Solomon IslandsSiejidr nbsp 13 Salem nbsp 34 Report Witney nbsp 50 Raramo nbsp 65 Luganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Joel Hopkken Vanuatu 6 September 2016 2016 09 06 12 00Cook Islands nbsp 0 3 nbsp Solomon IslandsReport Waita nbsp 54 Witney nbsp 56 83 Luganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Robinson Banga Vanuatu 6 September 2016 2016 09 06 15 00Tahiti nbsp 1 4 nbsp New ZealandPetitgas nbsp 27 Report Dyer nbsp 39 pen Lewis nbsp 61 Imrie nbsp 65 Bevan nbsp 87 Luganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Mederic Lacour New Caledonia 10 September 2016 2016 09 10 12 00Solomon Islands nbsp 0 0 nbsp New ZealandReportLuganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Mederic Lacour New Caledonia 10 September 2016 2016 09 10 15 00Cook Islands nbsp 1 3 nbsp TahitiD Tiputoa nbsp 83 pen Report Salem nbsp 45 2 55 Tau nbsp 87 Luganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Joel Hopkken Vanuatu Knockout stage editBracket edit Semi finalsFinal 13 September Luganville nbsp New Zealand3 17 September Port Vila nbsp New Caledonia1 nbsp New Zealand5 13 September Port Vila nbsp Vanuatu0 nbsp Vanuatu2 nbsp Solomon Islands1 Semi finals edit Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U 20 World Cup 13 September 2016 2016 09 13 11 00New Zealand nbsp 3 1 nbsp New CaledoniaDyer nbsp 23 30 Cox nbsp 71 Report Nypie nbsp 19 Luganville Soccer City Stadium LuganvilleReferee Kader Zitouni Tahiti 13 September 2016 2016 09 13 14 30Vanuatu nbsp 2 1 nbsp Solomon IslandsTenene nbsp 36 Massing nbsp 90 4 Report Gise nbsp 21 Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Nick Waldron New Zealand Final edit 17 September 2016 2016 09 17 14 30New Zealand nbsp 5 0 nbsp VanuatuAshworth nbsp 13 Dyer nbsp 34 Bevan nbsp 76 Imrie nbsp 88 90 ReportReport NZ Football Port Vila Municipal Stadium Port VilaReferee Kader Zitouni Tahiti Goalscorers edit5 goals nbsp Dwayne Tiputoa nbsp Myer Bevan 4 goals nbsp Moses Dyer nbsp Pago Tunupopo 3 goals nbsp Lucas Imrie nbsp Albert Witney nbsp Heirauarii Salem nbsp Hemaloto Polovili 2 goals nbsp Thomas Gope Fenepej nbsp Samuelu Malo nbsp Godine Tenene nbsp Ronaldo Wilkins 1 goal nbsp Steven Fiso nbsp Kimiora Samuela nbsp Conroy Tiputoa nbsp Michael Wood nbsp France Catarogo nbsp Leroy Jennings nbsp Warren Houala nbsp Cyril Nypie nbsp Pothin Poma nbsp Albert Watrone nbsp Hunter Ashworth nbsp Reese Cox nbsp Clayton Lewis nbsp Alu Awi nbsp Peter Dabinyaba Jr nbsp Gabby Yanum nbsp Timothy Hunt nbsp Frank Mariner nbsp Joe Gise nbsp Richard Raramo nbsp Augustine Waita nbsp Rayan Petitgas nbsp Marc Siejidr nbsp Sandro Tau nbsp Anthony Likiliki nbsp Talatala Po oi nbsp Bong Kalo nbsp Frederick Massing nbsp Jason ThomasAwards editThe 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 Award RecipientGolden Ball nbsp Myer BevanGolden Glove nbsp Michael WoudGolden Boot nbsp Myer BevanFair Play Award nbsp Solomon IslandsQualified teams for FIFA U 20 World Cup editThe following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U 20 World Cup 12 Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament1 nbsp New Zealand 13 September 2016 4 2007 2011 2013 2015 nbsp Vanuatu 13 September 2016 0 Debut 1 Bold indicates champion for that year Italic indicates host for that year References 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