2001 OFC U-20 Championship

The 2001 OFC U-20 Championship was the thirteenth contested. It was won by Australia who qualified for the 2001 FIFA U-20 World Cup after defeating New Zealand 4–3 on aggregate.

2001 OFC U-20 Championship

Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 20 ans 2001
Tournament details
Host countries	Cook Islands New Caledonia
Dates	8 February – 4 March
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (10th title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	27
Goals scored	122 (4.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Kevork Gulessarian (10 goals)
← 1998 2002 →

Participating teams

•  Australia
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Solomon Islands
•  Vanuatu

First round

Group stage

Group A

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
New Zealand	12	4	4	0	0	7	2	+5
Solomon Islands	9	4	3	0	1	12	2	+10
Fiji	6	4	2	0	2	4	4	0
Tahiti	3	4	1	0	3	9	15	–6
New Caledonia	0	4	0	0	4	4	13	–9

•  American Samoa withdrew

New Zealand advanced to the play-off.

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New Zealand	3–1	Tahiti
Killen 44' (pen.) Sigmund 48' Payne 52'		Tifinau 90'

8 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

Solomon Islands	3–0	New Caledonia

9 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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New Caledonia	1–2	New Zealand
Douepere 47'		Smeltz 5', 71'

10 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

Tahiti	1–2	Fiji
Sang		Turagalani Kumar

10 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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New Caledonia	1–2	Fiji
Kabeu 90+2'		Honakoko 3' (o.g.) Kumar 72'

12 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

New Zealand	1–0	Solomon Islands
Smeltz 33'

12 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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Solomon Islands	8–1	Tahiti

14 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

New Zealand	1–0	Fiji
Patrick 75'

14 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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Fiji	0–1	Solomon Islands
		Fa'arodo 83'

16 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

New Caledonia	2–6	Tahiti
Douepere 1', 19'		Vallar 14' Teamo 17', 62' Devendeville 46' Flores 80' Bennett 82'

16 February 2001

Nouméa, New Caledonia

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Group B

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	15	5	5	0	0	46	0	+46
Vanuatu	12	5	4	0	1	23	4	+19
Samoa	6	5	2	0	3	6	22	–16
Cook Islands	4	5	1	1	3	3	21	–18
Tonga	4	5	1	1	3	3	21	–18
Papua New Guinea	3	5	1	0	4	5	18	–13

Australia advanced to the play-off.

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Vanuatu	7–0	Papua New Guinea
Waiwai 10', 27', 44' Maki 28', 50' King 60' Qoring 64'

15 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

Tonga	1–1	Cook Islands
Simioni 59'		Shepherd 4' (pen.)

15 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

Australia	16–0	Samoa
Milicevic 12' Owens 15' McDonald 28', 39', 43', 52', 60' Ferrante 34' (pen.), 53' (pen.), 64' (pen.) Unknown 57' (o.g.) Carle 59', 62' Wilkshire 76', 90' Gulessarian 83'

15 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

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Australia	7–0	Tonga
Milicevic 12', 34', 40' Gulessarian 13' Owens 16', 37' Wilkshire 55' (pen.)

17 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

Samoa	0–3	Vanuatu
		Waiwai 52' Vava 62' Maki 65'

17 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

Papua New Guinea	4–0	Cook Islands
Habuka 7' Wasi 33' Lepani 74', 85'

17 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

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Samoa	3–0	Tonga
Fa'aivosa 16' Timo 65' Duffy 74'

20 February 2001

Raemaru Park, Rarotonga

Vanuatu	3–0	Cook Islands
Obed 20', 74' (pen.) Tom 88'

20 February 2001

Raemaru Park, Rarotonga

Australia	6–0	Papua New Guinea
Pantelis 11' Kisnorbo 24' McDonald 39' Ferrante 42' (pen.) Elrich 62' Carle 65'

20 February 2001

Raemaru Park, Rarotonga

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Australia	13–0	Cook Islands
Owens 3' Kennedy 4', 29' Gulessarian 23', 46', 60', 76', 85', 87', 88' Ferrante 28' Last 34' Milicevic 67'

21 February 2001

Raemaru Park, Rarotonga

Vanuatu	10–0	Tonga
Dick 4' Sope 32' Alick 47' Yelou 55', 61', 66', 77' Tam 58', 64' Tom 90'

21 February 2001

Raemaru Park, Rarotonga

Papua New Guinea	1–3	Samoa
Unknown 10'		Fa'aivosa 16' Timo 65' Duffy 74'

21 February 2001

Raemaru Park, Rarotonga

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Tonga	2–0	Papua New Guinea

23 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

Samoa	0–2 (awarded)	Cook Islands

23 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

• Samoa withdrew

Australia	4–0	Vanuatu
Ferrante 18' Carle 63' Elrich 73' Owens 80'

23 February 2001

Tereora National Stadium, Rarotonga

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Final

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	3–4	Australia	2–1	1–3 (a.e.t.)

New Zealand	2–1	Australia
Rowe 76' Killen 86'		Gulesserian 21'

28 February 2001

Auckland

Australia	3–1 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand
Owens 37' Milicevic 80' McDonald 101'		Killen 17'

4 March 2001

Coffs Harbour

• Australia qualified for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

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2001 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia Tenth title

See also

• 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship

External links

• RSSSF Match Results and Squads