2011 OFC U-20 Championship

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	Marco Rojas

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.

Participating teams

For more details on this topic, see 2011 OFC U-20 Championship squads.

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 March 30, 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

Vanuatu v American Samoa

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)

Fiji v Papua New Guinea

21 April 2011
15:30

Fiji	0 – 0	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Centre Park, Auckland
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

Fiji v Vanuatu

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)

American Samoa v Papua New Guinea

23 April 2011
13:00

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

Centre Park, Auckland
Attendance: 1,250
Referee: Bertrand Billion (New Caledonia)

Fiji v American Samoa

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)

Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu

25 April 2011
13:00

Papua New Guinea	2 – 5	Vanuatu
Dabingyaba 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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	2	0	13	0	+13	6
Solomon Islands	2	1	1	3	4	−1	3
New Caledonia	2	0	2	1	13	−12	0

New Caledonia v Solomon Islands

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)

Solomon Islands v New Zealand

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)

New Zealand v New Caledonia

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
Fiji	0

			April 29 – Auckland
			New Zealand	3
			Solomon Islands	1


			Third place
April 27 – Auckland		April 29 – Auckland
Vanuatu	3(2)	Fiji	0
Solomon Islands	3(3)		Vanuatu	2

Semifinals

Vanuatu v Solomon Islands

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)

New Zealand v Fiji

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

Vanuatu v Fiji

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

New Zealand v Solomon Islands

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

Pascal Chabot

Didier Kalip

3 goals

Jone Salauneune
Andrew Bevin

Nick Branch
James Musa

Marco Rojas
Lap Embel

2 goals

Cory Chettleburgh

Nigel Dabingyaba

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

OFC U-20 Championship

Tournaments	Tahiti 1974 New Zealand 1978 Fiji 1980 Papua New Guinea 1982 Australia 1985 New Zealand 1986 Fiji 1988 Fiji 1990 Tahiti 1992 Fiji 1994 Tahiti 1997 Samoa 1998 New Caledonia/Cook Islands 2001 Vanuatu/Fiji 2002 Solomon Islands 2005 New Zealand 2007 Tahiti 2008 New Zealand 2011 Fiji 2013 Fiji 2014 Vanuatu 2016

Squads	1974 1978 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 2016

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 Japan 1979 Australia 1981 Mexico 1983 USSR 1985 Chile 1987 Saudi Arabia 1989 Portugal 1991 Australia 1993 Qatar 1995 Malaysia 1997 Nigeria 1999 Argentina 2001 UAE 2003 Netherlands 2005 Canada 2007 Egypt 2009 Colombia 2011 Turkey 2013 New Zealand 2015 South Korea 2017

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Book Team appearances

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