2001 OFC U-20 Championship

2001 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	Cook Islands New Caledonia
Dates	8 February - 4 March
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (10th title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	122 (4.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kevork Gulessarian (10 goals)

The 2001 OFC U-20 Championship was the thirteenth contested. It was won by Australia who qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating New Zealand 4-3 on aggregate.

Participating teams

•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Solomon Islands
•  Vanuatu

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  New Zealand 12 4 4 0 0 7 2 +5  Solomon Islands 9 4 3 0 1 12 2 +10  Fiji 6 4 2 0 2 4 4 0  Tahiti 3 4 1 0 3 9 15 -6  New Caledonia 0 4 0 0 4 4 13 -9  American Samoa withdrew New Zealand advanced to the play-off. New Zealand  v  Tahiti 8 February 2001 New Zealand  3 - 1  Tahiti Killen  44' (pen.) Sigmund  48' Payne  52' Tifinau  90' Nouméa, New Caledonia Solomon Islands  v  New Caledonia 9 February 2001 Solomon Islands  3 - 0  New Caledonia Nouméa, New Caledonia New Caledonia  v  New Zealand 10 February 2001 New Caledonia  1 - 2  New Zealand Douepere  47' Smeltz  5', 71' Nouméa, New Caledonia Tahiti  v  Fiji 10 February 2001 Tahiti  1 - 2  Fiji Sang Turagalani Kumar Nouméa, New Caledonia New Caledonia  v  Fiji 12 February 2001 New Caledonia  1 - 2  Fiji Kabeu  90+2' Honakoko  3' (o.g.) Kumar  72' Nouméa, New Caledonia New Zealand  v  Solomon Islands 12 February 2001 New Zealand  1 - 0  Solomon Islands Smeltz  33' Nouméa, New Caledonia Solomon Islands  v  Tahiti 14 February 2001 Solomon Islands  8 - 1  Tahiti Nouméa, New Caledonia New Zealand  v  Fiji 14 February 2001 New Zealand  1 - 0  Fiji Patrick  75' Nouméa, New Caledonia Fiji  v  Solomon Islands 16 February 2001 Fiji  0 - 1  Solomon Islands Fa'arodo  83' Nouméa, New Caledonia New Caledonia  v  Tahiti 16 February 2001 New Caledonia  2 - 6  Tahiti Douepere  1', 19' Vallar  14' Teamo  17', 62' Devendeville  46' Flores  80' Bennett  82' Nouméa, New Caledonia Group B Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD  Australia 15 5 5 0 0 46 0 +46  Vanuatu 12 5 4 0 1 23 4 +19  Samoa 6 5 2 0 3 6 22 -16  Cook Islands 4 5 1 1 3 3 21 -18  Tonga 4 5 1 1 3 3 21 -18  Papua New Guinea 3 5 1 0 4 5 18 -13 Australia advanced to the play-off. Vanuatu  v  Papua New Guinea 15 February 2001 Vanuatu  7 - 0  Papua New Guinea Waiwai  10', 27', 44' Maki  28', 50' King  60' Qoring  64' Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Tonga  v  Cook Islands 15 February 2001 Tonga  1 - 1  Cook Islands Simioni  59' Shepherd  4' (pen.) Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Australia  v  Samoa 15 February 2001 Australia  16 - 0  Samoa Milicevic  12' Owens  15' McDonald  28', 39', 43', 52', 60' Ferrante  34' (pen.), 53' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Unknown  57' (o.g.) Carle  59', 62' Wilkshire  76', 90' Gulessarian  83' Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Australia  v  Tonga 17 February 2001 Australia  7 - 0  Tonga Milicevic  12', 34', 40' Gulessarian  13' Owens  16', 37' Wilkshire  55' (pen.) Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Samoa  v  Vanuatu 17 February 2001 Samoa  0 - 3  Vanuatu Waiwai  52' Vava  62' Maki  65' Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Papua New Guinea  v  Cook Islands 17 February 2001 Papua New Guinea  4 - 0  Cook Islands Habuka  7' Wasi  33' Lepani  74', 85' Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Samoa  v  Tonga 20 February 2001 Samoa  3 - 0  Tonga Fa'aivosa  16' Timo  65' Duffy  74' Raemaru Park, Rarotonga Vanuatu  v  Cook Islands 20 February 2001 Vanuatu  3 - 0  Cook Islands Obed  20', 74' (pen.) Tom  88' Raemaru Park, Rarotonga Australia  v  Papua New Guinea 20 February 2001 Australia  6 - 0  Papua New Guinea Pantelis  11' Kisnorbo  24' McDonald  39' Ferrante  42' (pen.) Elrich  62' Carle  65' Raemaru Park, Rarotonga Australia  v  Cook Islands 21 February 2001 Australia  13 - 0  Cook Islands Owens  3' Kennedy  4', 29' Gulessarian  23', 46', 60', 76', 85', 87', 88' Ferrante  28' Last  34' Milicevic  67' Raemaru Park, Rarotonga Vanuatu  v  Tonga 21 February 2001 Vanuatu  10 - 0  Tonga Dick  4' Sope  32' Alick  47' Yelou  55', 61', 66', 77' Tam  58', 64' Tom  90' Raemaru Park, Rarotonga Papua New Guinea  v  Samoa 21 February 2001 Papua New Guinea  1 - 3  Samoa Unknown  10' Fa'aivosa  16' Timo  65' Duffy  74' Raemaru Park, Rarotonga Tonga  v  Papua New Guinea 23 February 2001 Tonga  2 - 0  Papua New Guinea Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Samoa  v  Cook Islands 23 February 2001 Samoa  0 - 2 (awarded)  Cook Islands Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Samoa withdrew Australia  v  Vanuatu 23 February 2001 Australia  4 - 0  Vanuatu Ferrante  18' Carle  63' Elrich  73' Owens  80' Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga Play-off New Zealand  v  Australia 28 February 2001 New Zealand  2 - 1  Australia Rowe  76' Killen  86' Gulesserian  21' Auckland Australia  v  New Zealand 4 March 2001 Australia  3 - 1 (a.e.t.)  New Zealand Owens  37' Milicevic  80' McDonald  101' Killen  17' Coffs Harbour Australia qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship  2001 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia Tenth title External links RSSSF Match Results and Squads See also 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship