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2005 OFC U-17 Championship Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 17 ans 2005 Host country New Caledonia Dates 2-15 April 2005 Teams 9 (from 1 confederation) Champions Australia (10th title) Runners-up Vanuatu Third place Solomon Islands Fourth place New Caledonia Matches played 20
International football competition
The 2005 OFC Under-17 Tournament was an association football competition in Oceania. It was the 11th edition of the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament , Nine teams participated in the tournament.[1]
The winning side qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Peru .
Australia won their tenth (and fourth consecutive) title after beating Vanuatu 1–0 in the final. This also marked Australia's final participation (and championship) in an OFC U-17 men's event as they would become members of the AFC starting the next year (2006).
Qualification [ edit ] All member teams qualified automatically. New Zealand withdrew before the tournament began on March 3, citing financial reasons.
Samoa and American Samoa also withdrew.
The following teams participated in the tournament:
Group stage [ edit ] Group A [ edit ]
Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification
1
Australia (A)
3
3
0
0
35
0
+35
9
Advance to semi-finals
2
Vanuatu (A)
3
2
0
1
22
5
+17
6
3
Tahiti
3
1
0
2
16
7
+9
3
4
Tonga
3
0
0
3
0
61
−61
0
Group B [ edit ] Knockout stage [ edit ] Semi-finals [ edit ] Third place playoff [ edit ] Australia qualified for the U-17 World Cup.
References [ edit ]
Tournaments Squads Qualification
Australia (10th title)
Vanuatu
Solomon Islands
New Caledonia
Tahiti
Tonga
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Cook Islands