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1986 OFC U-17 Championship

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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)
1983
1989

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

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Five teams entered the tournament from five confederations.

Standings

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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

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 Chinese Taipei
Kaohsiung
Chungcheng Stadium
Capacity: 30,000

Matches

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Australia 3–0 Papua New Guinea
Report

Fiji 0–4 Australia

Chinese Taipei 0–3 Australia

Fiji 1–1 New Zealand
  • (unknown) ?'

Chinese Taipei 3–1 Fiji
  • Shakuwa 76'

Goalscorers

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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

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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

References

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  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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