2016 OFC U-20 Championship

2016 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Vanuatu
City	Port Vila, Luganville
Dates	2–16 September 2016
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2016 OFC U-20 Championship will be 13th edition of 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 will be held in Vanuatu for the first time.

Despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. So players who want 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 up-and-coming 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 two teams will qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.

Format

The qualification structure is as follows:^[2]

• First round: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga will play a round-robin tournament at a single country. The winner will qualify 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) will play the tournament in Vanuatu. For the group stage, they will be divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group will advance to the knockout stage (semi-finals and final) to decide the winner of the 2016 OFC U-20 Championship and the two teams that will play at the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Entrants

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification.

Seeding	Teams	No. of teams
First round entrants	American Samoa  Cook Islands  Samoa  Tonga	4
Second round entrant	Fiji  New Caledonia  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea  Solomon Islands  Tahiti  Vanuatu	7

Venues

Port Vila	Luganville
Port Vila Municipal Stadium	Luganville Soccer City Stadium
17°43′51″S 168°18′56″E / 17.7308985°S 168.315498°E	15°30′29″S 167°11′28″E / 15.5081004°S 167.1912408°E
Capacity:10,000	Capacity:7,000
Port Vila Luganville 2016 OFC U-20 Championship (Vanuatu)

First round

The host nation and schedule for the first round is yet to be determined. The winner will qualify for the final tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	American Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to Second round
2	Cook Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Samoa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tonga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on To be announced. Source: OFC

Second round

The round is scheduled for 19-26 September 2016.^[3] Vanuatu were announced as the host in December 2015.^[4]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Vanuatu (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 2016. Source: OFC
(H) Host.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout stage
2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
					Third Place

Semifinals

Winners qualify for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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Third Place Match

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Final

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Awards

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.

Award	Recipient
Golden Ball
Golden Glove
Golden Boot
Fair Play Award

References

1. "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
2. "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
3. "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014.
4. "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015.

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