2011 OFC U-17 Championship

The 2011 OFC U-17 Championship, was the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania (OFC). It was the 14th edition of the tournament and was held in Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand from 8 to 19 January 2011. New Zealand qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, in Mexico.

2011 OFC U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Albany, North Shore City
Dates	8 to 19 January 2011
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	22
Goals scored	118 (5.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Renaldo Nonmeu (8 goals)
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10 teams, divided over two groups, competed for the top position, which gave rights for a spot in the final.

Qualified teams

•  New Zealand (host nation)
•  Fiji
•  Vanuatu
•  Cook Islands
•  American Samoa
•  New Caledonia
•  Tahiti
•  Solomon Islands
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Tonga

Venues

The tournament is being played at one venue Albany, North Shore City, New Zealand. North Harbour Stadium has a capacity of 25,000.

	North Harbour Stadium Location: Albany, North Shore City Capacity: 25,000

The tournament was scheduled to be held at Trusts Stadium’s Douglas Field in Henderson but has been moved to Albany’s North Harbour Stadium, the venue of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2010 and several other recent OFC tournaments.^[1]

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	0	13	1	+12	12
Vanuatu	4	3	0	1	13	5	+8	9
Papua New Guinea	4	2	0	2	4	7	−3	6
Fiji	4	1	0	3	10	6	+4	3
American Samoa	4	0	0	4	1	22	−21	0

American Samoa  v  Fiji

8 January 2011	American Samoa	0–9	Fiji	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST		Report Summary	Rao 41', 78' Verevou 45+2' Sahib 68' Naidu 73' Kumar 87' Hussain 89', 90+1' Vaeao 90+3' (o.g.)

Vanuatu  v  Papua New Guinea

8 January 2011	Vanuatu	2–0	Papua New Guinea	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Mermer 41' (pen.) M. Coulon 59'	Report Summary

Papua New Guinea  v  Fiji

10 January 2011	Papua New Guinea	2–1	Fiji	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Komolong 35' Sabua 52'	Report Summary	Sahib 21'

New Zealand  v  Vanuatu

10 January 2011	New Zealand	5–1	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Yamamoto 2' Tuiloma 14' Payne 23' Vale 37' Howieson 87'	Report Summary	Mermer 48'

New Zealand  v  Fiji

12 January 2011	New Zealand	1–0	Fiji	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Vale 49'	Report Summary

Papua New Guinea  v  American Samoa

12 January 2011	Papua New Guinea	2–1	American Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Browne 13' Komolong 67'	Report Summary	Petaia 22'

New Zealand  v  American Samoa

14 January 2011	New Zealand	4–0	American Samoa	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Wypych 23' Turner 65' Payne 77' Yamamoto 78'	Report Summary

Fiji  v  Vanuatu

14 January 2011	Fiji	0–3	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST		Report Summary	J. Kaltak 53', 76' Mahit 85'

New Zealand  v  Papua New Guinea

16 January 2011	New Zealand	3–0	Papua New Guinea	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST	Howlett 1' Buswell 16' Payne 54'	Report Summary

American Samoa  v  Vanuatu

16 January 2011	American Samoa	0–7	Vanuatu	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST		Report Summary	J. Kaltak 24', 44', 61' Ieremia 46' T. Kaltak 77', 90+1' Tenene 84'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tahiti	4	4	0	0	14	2	+12	12
Solomon Islands	4	3	0	1	22	4	+18	9
New Caledonia	4	2	0	2	27	6	+21	6
Cook Islands	4	1	0	3	8	15	−7	3
Tonga	4	0	0	4	2	46	−44	0

New Caledonia  v  Solomon Islands

9 January 2011	New Caledonia	1–2	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Buscaglia 17'	Report Summary	Bitiai 11' A. Fa'arodo 48'

Tonga  v  Tahiti

9 January 2011	Tonga	0–8	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST		Report Summary	Tehuritaua 6', 14', 77', 84' Tahi 19' Keck 27' Yohann 68' Teikiteepupuni 82'

Solomon Islands  v  Tahiti

11 January 2011	Solomon Islands	1–2	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Waimora 88'	Report Summary	Yohann 55' Misimake 85' (o.g.)

New Caledonia  v  Cook Islands

11 January 2011	New Caledonia	8–1	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Tein-Padom 36', 57', 90+3' Buscaglia 39', 88' Nonmeu 69', 77', 79'	Report Summary	Barringer-Tahiri 49'

Tahiti  v  Cook Islands

13 January 2011	Tahiti	1–0	Cook Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Tahi 59'	Report Summary

Solomon Islands  v  Tonga

13 January 2011	Solomon Islands	15–0	Tonga	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Waimora 19', 41', 43', 47' Raramane 24' Bitiai 28', 45' Kuki 31', 54', 82' Bosi 45', 64' Pahulu 84' (o.g.) Mala 88' M. Fa'arodo 89'	Report Summary

Cook Islands  v  Tonga

15 January 2011	Cook Islands	6–2	Tonga	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:30 NZST	Barringer-Tahiri 12' Tiro 26', 37' Smith 33' Samuela 43' (pen.) Pennycook 90+4' (pen.)	Report Summary	Maile 67' Falatau 88'

Tahiti  v  New Caledonia

15 January 2011	Tahiti	3–1	New Caledonia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
16:00 NZST	Aroita 9' Manca 19' Yohann 50'	Report Summary	Tein-Padom 10'

Tonga  v  New Caledonia

17 January 2011	Tonga	0–17	New Caledonia	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST		Report Summary	Nonmeu 10', 49' (pen.), 66', 70', 73' Ausu 14', 38', 55', 64' Malakai 46', 60' Sakilia 47' Passil 59' Decoire 68' Buscaglia 80' Tein-Padom 82' Djamali 89'

Cook Islands  v  Solomon Islands

17 January 2011	Cook Islands	1–4	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
13:00 NZST	Smith 45'	Report Summary	Kuki 24' Albert 54' Waimora 63' Bua 75'

3rd place

Vanuatu  v  Solomon Islands

19 January 2011 NZST	Vanuatu	0–2	Solomon Islands	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
		Report Summary	Mala 13', 26'

Final

New Zealand  v  Tahiti

19 January 2011 NZST	New Zealand	2–0	Tahiti	North Harbour Stadium, Auckland
	Howieson 7' Payne 36'	Report Summary		Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)

Goal Scorers

8 goals

• Renaldo Nonmeu

6 goals

• Alex Waimora

5 goals

• Jean Kaltak

4 goals

• Neyl Ausu
• Thomas Buscaglia
• Tim Payne
• Solo Kuki
• Tevairoa Tehuritaua

3 goals

• John Bitiai
• Harrison Mala
• Tihoni Yohann

2 goals

• Tyrell Barringer-Tahiri
• Tamaiva Smith
• Twin Tiro
• Akram Hussain
• Narendra Rao
• Al-Taaf Sahib
• Ben Malakai
• Cameron Howieson
• Jordan Vale
• Ken Yamamoto
• Alwin Komolong
• Gabriel Bosi
• Ahonui Tahi
• Tony Kaltak
• Santino Mermer

1 goal

• Ryan Petaia
• Temana Pennycook
• Ant Samuela
• Shane Kumar
• Vineel Naidu
• Losefo Verevou
• Cedric Decoire
• Erwan Djamali
• Ricardo Passil
• Leon Sakilia
• Nathan Buswell
• Ryan Howlett
• Bill Tuiloma
• Rory Turner
• James Wypych
• David Browne
• Jacob Sabua
• Junior Albert
• Dickson Bua
• Atana Fa'arodo
• Maeron Fa'arodo
• Jimmy Raramane
• Rainui Aroita
• Tauhiti Keck
• Gianni Manca
• Heremana Teikiteepupuni
• Kinitoni Falatau
• Silakivai Maile
• Michel Coulon
• Mark Ieremia
• George Mahit
• Daniel Tenene

own goals

• Lalotoa Vaeao (for Fiji)
• Jerry Misimake (for Tahiti)
• Saimone Pahulu (for Solomon Islands)