1986 OFC U-17 Championship

1986 OFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChinese Taipei
CityKaohsiung
Dates7–14 December 1986
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored21 (2.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Steve Dimoudis
(5 goals)
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International football competition

The 1986 OFC U-17 Championship was the second edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by OFC for the men's under-17 national teams of Oceania. This doubled as the qualifiers for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Australia were the defending champions, and won their second title by goal difference over New Zealand and subsequently qualified for the 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship.[1]

Teams

Five teams entered the tournament from five confederations.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 4 3 0 1 10 1 +9 6 Qualification for 1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2  New Zealand 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2 6
3  Chinese Taipei (H) 4 2 0 2 5 6 −1 4
4  Papua New Guinea 4 0 2 2 1 5 −4 2
5  Fiji 4 0 2 2 2 8 −6 2
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Venues

 Chinese Taipei
Kaohsiung
Chungcheng Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Matches

Australia 3–0 Papua New Guinea
  • Dimoudis 12'
  • Christopoulos 42', 51'
 Report
Referee: Chen Ming-Chiu (Chinese Taipei)
Chinese Taipei 0–1 New Zealand
Report
  • Musin 59'
Fiji 0–4 Australia
  • Brown 29'
  • Rago 56'
  • Dimoudis 58', 74'
Chinese Taipei 0–3 Australia
  • Dimoudis 20', 29' (pen.)
  • Rago 76'
Referee: Mahendra Singh (Fiji)
Fiji 1–1 New Zealand
  • (unknown) ?'
Chinese Taipei 2–1 Papua New Guinea
  • Jui-Yuan 34', ?'
  • Wei-Liang ?' (o.g.)
Chinese Taipei 3–1 Fiji
  • Jui-Yuan 26'
  • Chun-I 42'
  • Ming-Tai 48'
  • Shakuwa 76'
Australia 0–1 New Zealand
  • Ashton 56'

Goalscorers

There were 21 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.1 goals per match.

Two own goals were scored throughout the tournament.

5 goals

  • Australia Steve Dimoudis

3 goals

  • Chinese Taipei Hu Jui-Yuan

2 goals

  • Australia Paul Rago
  • Australia John Christopoulos

1 goal

  • Australia Steve Brown
  • Chinese Taipei Wu Chun-I
  • Chinese Taipei Lin Ming-Tai
  • Fiji Shakuwa
  • Fiji (unknown)
  • New Zealand Craig Ashton
  • New Zealand Anton Musin

1 own goal

  • Chinese Taipei Han Wei-Liang (against Papua New Guinea)
  • Fiji Fangmaki (against New Zealand)

References

  1. ^ "Soccer juniors qualify". The Canberra Times. Vol. 61, no. 18, 701. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 15 December 1986. p. 24. Retrieved 24 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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