2011 OFC U-20 Championship

The 2011 OFC U-20 Championship, was the 18th OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania (OFC). It was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 21 to 29 April 2011. The winner qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Holders Tahiti failed to qualify for this tournament. New Zealand won this year's edition.

2011 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	21–29 April 2011
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	63 (4.85 per match)
Attendance	18,800 (1,446 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jean Kaltak (6 goals)
Best player(s)	Marco Rojas

Participating teams

•  New Zealand (Host Nation)
•  Fiji
•  Vanuatu
•  American Samoa
•  New Caledonia
•  Solomon Islands
•  Papua New Guinea

Venues

The tournament was originally planned to be played at one venue, in city of Auckland, the renovated football stadium Centre Park. However, due to wet conditions both semi-final matches, the third-place match, and the OFC final were moved to North Harbour Stadium.

Group stage

The official draw was held at OFC headquarters in the presence of OFC Technical Director Patrick Jacquemet, OFC Head of Competitions David Firisua and other OFC staff, on 30 March 2011. Top two teams from each group (one group has 4 teams, other has 3) qualify to semi-finals, with group winners play other group runners-up.

All kick-off times are local (UTC+12)

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Vanuatu	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
Fiji	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Papua New Guinea	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
American Samoa	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0

21 April 2011

10:30

Vanuatu	7 – 0	American Samoa
J. Kaltak  15' Stephen  25' Chabot  39' 79' B. Kaltak  61' Kalip  67' Moli-Kalontang  78'	Report

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 500

Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

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21 April 2011

15:30

Fiji	0 – 0	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

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23 April 2011

10:30

Fiji	0 – 2	Vanuatu
	Report	Kalip  20' J. Kaltak  82'

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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23 April 2011

13:00

American Samoa	1 – 5	Papua New Guinea
Faavi  54'	Report	Embel  18', 46', 49' Malagian  25' Dabinyaba  90+2'

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 1,250

Referee: Bertrand Billion (New Caledonia)

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25 April 2011

13:00

Fiji	5 – 1	American Samoa
Ratu  39' Salauneune  40', 48', 64' Vukica  53'	Report	Herrera  84'

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 800

Referee: George Bruce (Vanuatu)

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25 April 2011

13:00

Papua New Guinea	2 – 5	Vanuatu
Dabinyaba  70' Komolong  90+2'	Report	J. Kaltak  17' Meltecoin  24' Chabot  32', 66' Kalip  56'

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 800

Referee: Bertrand Billion (New Caledonia)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	6
Solomon Islands	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
New Caledonia	2	0	0	2	1	13	−12	0

21 April 2011

13:00

New Caledonia	1 – 3	Solomon Islands
Kenon  6'	Report	Ifunaoa  28' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Teleda  72'

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 850

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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23 April 2011

15:30

Solomon Islands	0 – 3	New Zealand
	Report	Lucas  52' Rojas  62' (pen.) Bevin  67'

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

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25 April 2011

15:30

New Zealand	10 – 0	New Caledonia
Rojas  11', 16' Lucas  13' Musa  20', 21', 56' Branch  30', 35', 37' Thomas  66' (pen.)	Report

Centre Park, Auckland

Attendance: 1,600

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	April 27 – Auckland
	New Zealand	6
					April 29 – Auckland
	Fiji	0
					New Zealand	3
	April 27 – Auckland
					Solomon Islands	1
	Vanuatu	3(2)
	Solomon Islands	3(3)
					Third place
					April 29 – Auckland
					Fiji	0
					Vanuatu	2

Semifinals

27 April 2011

12:00

Vanuatu	3 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Solomon Islands
Kalip  8' J. Kaltak  78' Shem  115'	Report	Teleda  24', 42' Sae  92'
Penalties
Jimmy Kalip Wilson Naut Chabot	2–3	Tafoa Saru Samani Felani

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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27 April 2011

14:45

New Zealand	6 – 0	Fiji
Sole  12' Galbraith  36' Lucas  40' Chettleburgh  61' Bevin  79' Cain  89'	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

Third place match

29 April 2011

13:00

Vanuatu	2 – 0	Fiji
J. Kaltak  15', 45+1'	Report

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Matt Conger (New Zealand)

Final

29 April 2011

15:30

New Zealand	3 – 1	Solomon Islands
Chettleburgh  4' Bevin  57' Lucas  63'	Report	Teleda  22'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Winners

2011 OFC U-20 Championship Winners
New Zealand Fourth title

New Zealand qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Goal scorers

6 goals

• Jean Kaltak

4 goals

Dakota Lucas Himson Teleda

Pascal Chabot

Didier Kalip

3 goals

Jone Salauneune Andrew Bevin

Nick Branch James Musa

Marco Rojas Lap Embel

2 goals

Cory Chettleburgh

Nigel Dabinyaba

Dennis Ifunaoa

1 goal

Taalenuu Faavi Ismael Herrera Viliati Ratu Noa Vukica Pascal Kenon Ryan Cain

Ethan Galbraith Zane Sole Adam Thomas Alwin Komolong Vanya Malagian

Larry Sae Octav Meltecoin Moses Moli-Kalontang Brian Kaltack Kevin Shem Eddison Stephen

External links

• OFC Site