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OFC U-16 Men's Championship
The OFC Men's U-16 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 16. The tournament decides the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years. Between 1983 and 2017, the tournament was open to teams under-17 years of age and was called the OFC U-17 Championship. Since 2018, the age limit was reduced to under 16 years of age, the tournament is called the OFC U-16 Championship. Eligible teams All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were: * * * * * * * * * * * * (member of AFC since 2007) * (member of AFC since 1989) Results The list of winners: , , , , colspan=3, , - , 10 , , 2003 , , , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , , colspan=3, , - , 11 , , 2005 , , New Caledonia, , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship
The 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship was the 21st 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 the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The final tournament was played in Pirae, Tahiti, from 28 July to 10 August 2024. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament. The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives. New Zealand national under-17 football team, New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2023. Teams All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the Oceania Football Confederation, OFC entered the tournament. In 2022 and 2023, male youth OFC tournaments did not have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams competed in one tournament. This was reversed for the 2024 tournament. ''Note: All appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 OFC U-17 Championship
The OFC Men's U-16 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 16. The tournament decides the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years. Between 1983 and 2017, the tournament was open to teams under-17 years of age and was called the OFC U-17 Championship. Since 2018, the age limit was reduced to under 16 years of age, the tournament is called the OFC U-16 Championship. Eligible teams All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were: * * * * * * * * * * * * (member of AFC since 2007) * (member of AFC since 1989) Results The list of winners: , , , , colspan=3, , - , 10 , , 2003 , , , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , , colspan=3, , - , 11 , , 2005 , , New Caledonia, , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, , , , , , , bgcolor=#ccffcc, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 OFC U-17 Championship
The 2007 OFC Under-17 Tournament was association football competition in Oceania. It was the 12th edition of the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Tournament which was held in Tahiti from March 21 to March 25, 2007 at the Stade Pater Te Hono Nui. Only four team participated in the tournament; Tahiti, Fiji, New Caledonia and New Zealand. It served as a qualifying tournament to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Solomon Islands were supposed to compete in this tournament but withdrew because of the escalating costs for travel between the Solomon Islands and Tahiti. Results ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- By winning, New Zealand qualified to the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Winner Goal scorers ;5 goals * Kosta Barbarouses ;2 goals * Jacob Mathews ; 1 goal * Solomon Getia * Joshua Taware * Roy Kayara * Chris Chettleburgh * Stephane Faatiarau References ;General * ;Specific External linksRSSSF, 2007 results {{DEFAULTSORT:2007 U-17 World Cup Ofc Qualifying Tournament OFC U-17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 OFC U-17 Championship
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. 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 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 Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi-finals Third place playoff Final Australia qualified for the U-17 World Cup. References {{DEFAULTSORT:2005 U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France, and is enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines (New Caledonia), Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre , a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. Kanak people#Agitation for independence, Pro-independence Kanak parties use the name (''pron.'' ) to refer to New Caledonia, a term coined in the 1980s from the ethnic name of the indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Samoa
American Samoa is an Territories of the United States, unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States located in the Polynesia region of the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Ocean. Centered on , it is southeast of the island country of Samoa, east of the International Date Line and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some south of Tokelau. American Samoa is the southernmost territory of the United States, situated southwest of the U.S. state of Hawaii, and one of two U.S. territories south of the Equator, along with the uninhabited Jarvis Island. American Samoa consists of the eastern part of the Samoan Islands, Samoan archipelagothe inhabited volcanic islands of Tutuila, Aunuʻu, Ofu-Olosega, Ofu, Ofu-Olosega, Olosega and Taʻū and the uninhabited Rose Atollas well as Swains Island, a remote coral atoll in the List of islands of Tokelau, Tokelau volcanic island group. The total land area is , slightly larger than Washing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 OFC U-17 Championship
The 2003 OFC U-17 Championship was the 10th edition of the OFC's under-17 Championship. It was held in American Samoa, Australia and New Caledonia. The winning side qualified for the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. Australia won their ninth (and third consecutive) title after beating New Caledonia 7–1 over two legs in the final. Host selection Solomon Islands were originally selected as the host nation for Group B, but agreed to move the Group to Australia due to safety concerns. Australia and New Caledonia agreed to stage both legs of the final in New Caledonia. Qualification All member teams qualified automatically. Papua New Guinea withdrew before the tournament began. The following teams participated in the tournament: * * * * * * * * * * * Venues Matches were played in three cities: Veterans Memorial Stadium in Tafuna, Maroochydore Soccer Centre in Maroochydore and Stade Pentecost in Noumea. Squads Nations named squads of up to 20 players for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two-legged Tie
In sports (especially association football), a two-legged tie is a contest between two teams which comprises two matches or "legs", with each team as the home team in one leg. The winning team is usually determined by aggregate score, the sum of the scores of the two legs, for example, if the scores of the two legs are: *First leg: Team-A 1-0 Team-B *Second leg: Team-B 3-3 Team-A Then the aggregate score will be Team-A 4–3 Team-B, meaning team A wins the tie. In some competitions, a tie is considered to be drawn if each team wins one leg, regardless of the aggregate score. Two-legged ties can be used in knockout cup competitions and playoffs. In North America, the equivalent term is ''home-and-away series'' or, if decided by aggregate, ''two-game total-goals series''. Use In association football, two-legged ties are used in the later stages of many international club tournaments, including the UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores; in many domestic cup compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playoff Format
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly known as ''on aggregate'', and the '' round-robin tournament''. Single elimination A single-elimination ("knockout") playoff pits the participants in one-game matches, with the loser being dropped from the competition. Single-elimination tournaments are often used in individual sports like tennis. In most tennis tournaments, the players are seeded against each other, and the winner of each match continues to the next round, all the way to the final. When a playoff of this type involves the top four teams, it is sometimes known as the Shaughnessy playoff system, after Frank Shaughnessy, who first developed it for the International League of minor league baseball. Variations of the Shaughnessy system also exist, such as in the promotion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samoa
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands (Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabited islands (Manono Island, Manono and Apolima), and several smaller, uninhabited islands, including the Aleipata Islands (Nuʻutele, Nuʻulua, Fanuatapu and Namua). Samoa is located west of American Samoa, northeast of Tonga, northeast of Fiji, east of Wallis and Futuna, southeast of Tuvalu, south of Tokelau, southwest of Hawaii, and northwest of Niue. The capital and largest city is Apia. The Lapita culture, Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a Samoan language and Culture of Samoa, Samoan cultural identity. Samoa is a Unitary state, unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy with 11 Districts of Samoa, administrative divisions. It is a sovereign state and a membe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 OFC U-17 Championship
The 2001 OFC U-17 Championship was the 9th edition of the OFC U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by OFC for the men's under-17 national teams of Oceania. Vanuatu and Samoa each hosted one group in the group stage, while the final was played over two legs in the qualifying countries: Australia and New Zealand. A total of ten teams played in the tournament, following the withdrawals of Cook Islands and New Caledonia. Defending champions Australia retained their title after defeating New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ... 9–0 on aggregate in the final. Group stage Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- ---- ---- Final First leg Second leg References * External links Oce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiji
Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about 110 are permanently inhabited—and more than 500 islets, amounting to a total land area of about . The most outlying island group is Ono-i-Lau. About 87% of the total population live on the two major islands, Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. About three-quarters of Fijians live on Viti Levu's coasts, either in the capital city of Suva, or in smaller urban centres such as Nadi (where tourism is the major local industry) or Lautoka (where the Sugarcane, sugar-cane industry is dominant). The interior of Viti Levu is sparsely inhabited because of its terrain. The majority of Fiji's islands were formed by Volcano, volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Some geothermal activity still occurs today on the islands of Vanua Levu and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
