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championship organised by the

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(OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that the 2021 OFC U-17 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-16 Championship), which would have been hosted by

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, had been cancelled due to the

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, and Fiji would be retained to host the next edition in 2022. New Zealand, the seven-time defending champions, successfully defend their title, by won 1–0 the final over

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and both teams qualified for the

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as the OFC representatives.

Teams

10 of the 11

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-affiliated national teams from the OFC were eligible to enter the tournament.

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were excluded from taking part by the OFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee in regards to the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship. Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament. ''Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).''

Venues

Matches are played at

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and Ba Academy in Ba.

Match officials

The following officials were appointed for the tournament: Referees * Timothy Danaskos * Lachlan Keevers * Kavitesh Behari * Veer Singh * Mederic Lacour * Calvin Berg * Nick Waldron * David Yareboinen * Ben Aukwai * Timothy Niu * Arnold Tari Assistant referees * Adriu Naisiroki * Alan Chenot * Gareth Sheehan * Noah Kusunan * Stephanie Minan * Malaetala Salanoa * Natalia Lumukana * Jeffrey Solodia * Folio Moeaki * Jeremy Garae * Hilmon Sese

Group stage draw

The draw for the group stage was conducted at the OFC Home of Football on the 28 October 2022. Teams were seeded into three pots based on their 2018 OFC U-16 Championship ranking.

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2006 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, FJT (

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Group A

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were originally drawn into position A3 of this group but were removed before the start of the tournament due to not submitting their registration on time. ---- ----

Group B

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Group C

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Ranking of third-placed teams

Knockout stage

Draw

The draw for the knockout stage was conducted at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suva on the 18 January 2023. Teams were seeded into two pots based on the final group stage overall ranking.

Bracket

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Winners qualified for

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Third place match

Final

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualified for the

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¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

oceaniafootball.com
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2023 Ofc U-17 Championship The 2023 OFC U-17 Championship was the 19th edition of the OFC U-16 Championship, OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth association football, football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for th ...

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