2003 OFC U-17 Championship

OFC Under-17 Football Championship 2003 American Samoa Australia 13 February – 1 March 1 11 3 3 17 AUS 9 17 NCL french 27 138 AUS Richard Cardozo(13 goals) 2001 2005 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: 17 ASA 17 AUS 17 COK 17 FIJ 17 NCL french 17 NZL 17 SAM 17 SOL 17 TAH 17 TON 17 VAN Venues Matches were played in three cities: Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna, Maroochydore Soccer Centre in Maroochydore and Stade Pentecost in Noumea. Squads 2003 OFC U-17 Championship squads Nations named squads of up to 20 players for the tournament. Group stage Group A Times are listed in Samoa Standard Time TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts17 NCL french 4 4 0 0 11 0 +11 1217 FIJ 4 3 0 1 18 3 +15 917 COK 4 1 1 2 2 8 -6 417 SAM 4 1 0 3 3 10 -7 317 ASA 4 0 1 3 1 14 -13 1 13 February 2003 16:00 17 ASA 0–0 17 COK Report Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 1,500 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) 13 February 2003 18:00 17 NCL french 2–0 17 FIJ Report Vendegou 45 pen.Wamowe 79 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 1,500 Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) 15 February 2003 16:00 17 ASA 0–3 17 NCL french Report Boanemoa 32 88Hnangeje 90 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 2,000 Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) 15 February 2003 18:00 17 COK 1–0 17 SAM Report Jim 42 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 2,000 Andrew Moli (Solomon Islands) 17 February 2003 16:00 17 SAM 0–6 17 FIJ Report Seru 46Vakatalesau 50 86Prakashi 51Dunadamu 70Rao 73 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 600 Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) 17 February 2003 18:00 17 NCL french 4–0 17 COK Report Hnangeje 14Wamowe 47 50 65 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 600 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) 19 February 2003 16:00 17 COK 1–4 17 FIJ Report Strickland 77 pen. Vakatalesau 2Dunadamu 25 45 50 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago Andrew Moli (Solomon Islands) February 2003 18:00 17 ASA 1–3 17 SAM Report Ott 50 Manila 10Slater 37Faalavaau 62 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands) 21 February 2003 9:00 17 ASA 0–8 17 FIJ Report Vakatalesau 7 70 74Wilson 10Rao 41Dunadamu 44Singh 75Nauer 76 o.g. Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 600 Lencie Fred (Vanuatu) 21 February 2003 11:00 17 NCL french 2–0 17 SAM Report Hnangeje 54 65 Veterans Memorial Stadium, Pago Pago 600 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Group B Times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts17 AUS 5 5 0 0 33 2 +31 1517 VAN 5 3 1 1 17 7 +10 1017 NZL 5 2 2 1 19 4 +15 817 SOL 5 2 1 2 18 6 +12 717 TAH 5 1 0 4 7 22 -15 317 TON 5 0 0 5 1 54 -53 0 15 February 2003 14:00 17 AUS 3–1 17 SOL Report Cardozo 2Casey 15 pen.Hilton 42 pen. Anisua 90 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 1,500 Neil Fox (New Zealand) 15 February 2003 16:00 17 TON 0–11 17 VAN Report Maleb 2 12 26M. Peter 5Joe 17Harry 23 44R. Peter 36Tabe 77Varaismaite 85Simeon 89 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 1,500 Intaz Shah (Fiji) 15 February 2003 18:00 17 NZL 4–0 17 TAH Report Scott 9White 15Bright 58Henderson 75 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 1,500 Mark Shield (Australia) 17 February 2003 14:00 17 NZL 1–1 17 VAN Report Old 24 Maleb 49 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 350 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) 17 February 2003 16:00 17 AUS 9–0 17 TAH Report Paartalu 15 17Casey 28 35 89Smits 49Cardozo 69 81 82 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 350 Gidas Bayung (Papua New Guinea) 17 February 2003 18:00 17 TON 0–12 17 SOL Report Totori 2 70Anisua 9Fifi 28 30 89Joe 34Horoinima 43Haikai 57Anisi 58Ramoaea 68 pen.Honitalo 90+1 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 350 Neil Fox (New Zealand) 20 February 2003 14:00 17 AUS 4–0 17 VAN Report Hilton 41 44 79 pen.Smits 65 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore Intaz Shah (Fiji) 20 February 2003 16:00 17 TAH 1–5 17 SOL Report Poroiae 59 Totori 16 45Fifi 52Honitalo 62Joe 63 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 300 Mark Shield (Australia) 20 February 2003 18:00 17 TON 0–13 17 NZL Report Hayne 2 31 51Broderson 8 39 54Wheeler 28Scott 44Bright 56 73 85Henderson 82White 89 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 300 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) 22 February 2003 14:00 17 TAH 4–1 17 TON Report Poroiae 16 68Horoi 56Teriitaumihau 89 pen. Pau 25 pen. Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 1,000 Mark Shield (Australia) 22 February 2003 16:00 17 SOL 0–2 17 VAN Report Kanegai 2Joe 76 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 1,000 Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti) 22 February 2003 18:00 17 AUS 3–1 17 NZL Report Smits 13Hilton 59Cardozo 90+2 Old 37 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 3,000 Gidas Bayung (Papua New Guinea) 24 February 2003 14:00 17 SOL 0–0 17 NZL Report Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 250 Intaz Shah (Fiji) 24 February 2003 16:00 17 AUS 14–0 17 TON Report Cardozo 1 6 28 36 41 43Richardson 11 37Sarkies 39Karavitis 52Totani 65Casey 72Hilton 75Martino 89 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 250 Neil Fox (New Zealand) 24 February 2003 18:00 17 VAN 3–2 17 TAH Report Ligo 2Harry 34Kanegai 74 Tahi 15Sinjoux 67 Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Maroochydore 250 Gidas Bayung (Papua New Guinea) Knockout stage Final First leg 27 February 2003 16:00 17 NCL french 1–3 17 AUS Report Wamowe 67 Sarkies 24Cardozo 42 47 Stade Pentecost, Noumea 300 Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Second leg 1 March 2003 9:00 17 NCL french 0–4 17 AUS Report Leijer 52Paartalu 61Deegan 74Sarkies 82 pen. Stade Pentecost, Noumea Derek Rugg (New Zealand) Australia qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Goalscorers 13 goals AUS Richard Cardozo 6 goals AUS Matt Hilton FIJ Osea Vakatalesau 5 goals 22em AUS Adam Casey FIJ Maciu Dunadamu NCL french Mone Wamowe 4 goals 22em NCL french Albert Hnageje NZL Kris Bright SOL Michael Fifi SOL Benjamin Totori VAN Victor Maleb 3 goals 22em AUS Eric Paartalu AUS Kristian Sarkies AUS Tim Smits NZL Ricky Broderson NZL Jason Hayne TAH Hiro Poroiae VAN John Alick Harry 2 goals 22em AUS Dane Richardson FIJ Johnny Rao NCL french Raphael Boanemoa NZL Craig Henderson NZL Steven Old NZL Jesse Scott NZL Michael White SOL Richard Anisua SOL Earl Honitalo SOL Timothy Joe VAN Roger Joe VAN Sylverstone Kanegai 1 goal 22em ASA Ramin Ott AUS Matthew Deegan AUS Evangelos Karavitis AUS Adrian Leijer AUS Angelo Martino AUS Oliver Totani COK Frank Jim COK Geoffrey Strickland FIJ Sheikar Prakashi FIJ Noa Seru FIJ Aeron Singh FIJ Joshua Wilson NCL french Kenjy Vendegou NZL Croyden Wheeler SAM Kennedy Faalavaau SAM Pio Manila SAM James Slater SOL Augustine Anisi SOL Leslie Haikai SOL Jeffrey Horoinima SOL David Ramoaea TAH Jeff Horoi TAH Tinomana Sinjoux TAH Jason Tahi TAH Matahi Teriitaumihau TON Peni Pau VAN Charles Ligo VAN Manuel Peter VAN Raul Peter VAN John Mark Simeon VAN Georges Tabe VAN John Varaismaite Own goals ASA Albert Nauer (playing against Fiji) References RSSSF Tournament Overview OFC 2003 U-17 Championship official media releases External links Official OFC website 2003 U-17 Championship U-17 Championship U-17 Championship Category:2003 in American Samoan soccer Category:2002–03 in Australian men's soccer 2003 2003 2003 Category:February 2003 sports events in Oceania Category:March 2003 sports events in Oceania