2015 OFC U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host countries	American Samoa Samoa
Dates	13–26 January
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (6th title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	178 (6.14 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Larry Zama (13 goals)
Best player(s)	Logan Rogerson
Best goalkeeper	Vaiarii Halligan
Fair play award	American Samoa
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The 2015 OFC U-17 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament was held in American Samoa and Samoa from 13 to 26 January 2015. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

New Zealand won the tournament and qualified as the OFC representative for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.

Participating teams

All 11 eligible teams participated in the tournament. It is only the second time all 11 OFC member associations have entered an Oceania competition since 2006. ^[1]

Venues

Squads

Group stage

The draw of the tournament was held on 18 November 2014, with each group played as a round-robin tournament. ^{[1] [4]} The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals.

Group A

All matches were played in Samoa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	29	5	+24	15	Advance to knock-out stage
2	New Caledonia	5	4	0	1	22	8	+14	12
3	Papua New Guinea	5	2	1	2	9	5	+4	7
4	Fiji	5	2	1	2	10	12	−2	7
5	Samoa (H)	5	1	0	4	7	22	−15	3
6	Cook Islands	5	0	0	5	2	27	−25	0

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Group B

All matches were played in American Samoa.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti	4	4	0	0	29	0	+29	12	Advance to knock-out stage
2	Vanuatu	4	3	0	1	24	3	+21	9
3	Solomon Islands	4	2	0	2	24	6	+18	6
4	Tonga	4	1	0	3	3	32	−29	3
5	American Samoa (H)	4	0	0	4	0	39	−39	0

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Note: The last round of matches were moved from Pago Park Soccer Stadium to Kanana Fou Theological Seminary due to wet weather and deteriorating pitch conditions. ^[5]

Knock-out stage

All matches were played in American Samoa.

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 January 2015
	New Zealand	5
					26 January 2015
	Vanuatu	1
					New Zealand ( p)	1 (5)
	24 January 2015
					Tahiti	1 (4)
	Tahiti	3
	New Caledonia	2
					Third place
					26 January 2015
					Vanuatu	6
					New Caledonia	0

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

No extra time was played. New Zealand won the fifth title in a row and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, while Tahiti lost for the final for the fourth time in five years.

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. ^[6]

Award	Recipient
Golden Ball	Logan Rogerson
Golden Glove	Vaiarii Halligan
Golden Boot	Larry Zama (13 goals)
Fair Play Award	American Samoa

Goalscorers

13 goals

• Larry Zama

12 goals

• Michel Maihi

11 goals

6 goals

• Abednigo Sau

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

• (2: 1 against and 1 against )
• (2: Bronson Lotu-I'iga against and 1 against )
• (1 against )
• ( Sam Tiaou against )
• ( Luke Johnson against )
• (1 against )
• (1 against )
• (1 against )

References

External links

• OFC U-17 Men's Championship 2015, oceaniafootball.com