2005 OFC U-20 Championship

The 2005 OFC U-20 Championship was the fifteenth contested. It was won by Australia who qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup after a 3–0 victory against the Solomon Islands played at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The final game was abandoned in the 77th minute due to crowd trouble, however the score was allowed to stand. This was the last time Australia contested OFC U-20 Championship, as they moved to the AFC since 2006.

2005 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
Dates	21–30 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (12th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	103 (6.44 per match)
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Participating teams

•  Australia
•  Solomon Islands
•  New Zealand
•  Tonga
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  Samoa
•  Vanuatu

Squads

 Australia

• 1. Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners)
• 2. Mark Milligan (Sydney FC)
• 3. Trent McClenahan (West Ham United)
• 4. Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory)
• 5. Jacob Timpano (Sydney FC)
• 6. Stuart Musialik (Newcastle Jets)
• 7. Vince Lia (Melbourne Victory)
• 8. Blagoja Celeski (Perth Glory)
• 9. Jay Lucas (Marconi Stallions)
• 10. Kristian Sarkies (Melbourne Victory)
• 11. Chris Tadrosse (Melbourne Victory)
• 12. Justin Pasfield (Sydney FC)
• 13. Aaron Downes (Chesterfield FC)
• 14. Spase Dilevski (Tottenham Hotspur)
• 15. Ryan Townsend
• 16. Ruben Zadkovich
• 17. Nick Ward (Perth Glory)
• 18. Adam Federici
• 19. David Williams
• 20. James Wesolowski

 New Zealand

• 1. Jacob Spoonley (Auckland City FC)
• 2. Cole Tinkler (New Zealand Knights)
• 3. Lj Pijnenburg
• 4. Michael Mayne
• 5. Steven Old (St. John's University)
• 6. Nadir Harrat
• 7. Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand Knights)
• 8. Sam Matthews
• 9. Kris Bright (Waitakere United)
• 10. Michael Gwyther
• 11. Prince Quanash
• 12. Jason Rowley
• 13. Joel Matthews
• 14. Hone Fowler
• 15. Sam Jasper (Waitakere United)
• 16. Ian Hogg (Central United)
• 17. Jason Hayne (Auckland City FC)
• 18. Elliot Stead
• 19. Croydon Wheeler
• 20. Roy Bell

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	9	3	3	0	0	40	3	+37
Vanuatu	6	3	2	0	1	7	11	−4
New Caledonia	3	3	1	0	2	10	16	−6
Tonga	0	3	0	0	3	1	28	−27

•  Cook Islands withdrew

Australia and Vanuatu progressed to the semi-finals.

New Caledonia and Tonga were eliminated.

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Australia	12–1	New Caledonia
Musialik 6', 26' Lia 7' Bridge 9', 50', 62' Dilevski 24' Lucas 40', 64', 66' Leijer 57' Sarkies 90+1'		?'

22 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Tonga	0–2	Vanuatu

22 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

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New Caledonia	2–3	Vanuatu

24 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

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Tonga	0–19	Australia

25 January 2005

AE Oval

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Australia	9–2	Vanuatu
Lia 1' Lagana 14', 23' Lucas 21' (pen.), 26' (pen.) Sarkies 48', 82' Ward 49' Williams 79'		Joe 60' Ismael 66'

27 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

New Caledonia	7–1	Tonga
Gael 12', 46' Kalaye 18' Saridjan 34' Stanley ??', ??' Albert ??'		Teu 20'

27 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Group B

Nation	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Solomon Islands	9	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8
Fiji	6	3	2	0	1	10	2	+8
New Zealand	3	3	1	0	2	8	3	+5
Samoa	0	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21

•  American Samoa withdrew

The Solomon Islands and Fiji progressed to the semi-finals.

New Zealand and Samoa were eliminated.

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New Zealand	0–1	Fiji
		Muduliar 11'

21 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Samoa	0–6	Solomon Islands
		Totori 9', 39' Maemae 37', 64', 65' Ratu 87'

21 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

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New Zealand	7–0	Samoa
Bright 10' o.g. 14' Gwyther 18', 48' Hogg 37' Hayne 71', 76'

23 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Solomon Islands	1–0	Fiji
Totori 10'

23 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

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Samoa	1–9	Fiji
Ki Anufe 77'		Vakatalesau 3', 22', 27', 44' Ali 10' Rao 35' Dunadamu 42', 86' Shankaran 75'

26 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Solomon Islands	2–1	New Zealand
Totori 17' Bebu 34'		Hayne 81'

26 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara

Knockout Phase

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 January – Lawson Tama Stadium
	Australia	3
					30 January – Lawson Tama Stadium
	Fiji	2
					Australia	3
	29 January – Lawson Tama Stadium
					Solomon Islands	0
	Solomon Islands	3
	Vanuatu	1
					Third place
					31 January – Lawson Tama Stadium
					Fiji	1
					Vanuatu	4

Semi finals

Australia	3–2	Fiji
Bridge 13' Williams 64' Sarkies 89'	Report	Tiwa 38' Tuvura 76'

29 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium

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Solomon Islands	3–1 (a.e.t)	Vanuatu
Maemae 10', 120+2' Unknown 96' (o.g.)	Report	Maleb 62'

29 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium

Third place match

Fiji	1–4	Vanuatu
Tuvura 19'	Report	Simeon 5' Ismael 18' Ligo 70' Maleb 78'

31 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium

Final

Australia	3–0 (77th minute)	Solomon Islands
Bridge 8' (pen.) Lia 58' Williams 74'	Report

30 January 2005

Lawson Tama Stadium

Attendance: 21,000

Australia qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2005 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia Twelfth title

Goalscorers

This list is not complete, as there are several missing match reports.

5 goals

• Alick Maemae
• Mark Bridge
• Jay Lucas

4 goals

• Osea Vakatalesau
• Benjamin Totori
• Kristian Sarkies

3 goals

• Jason Hayne
• David Williams
• Vince Lia

2 goals

• Apisalome Tuvura
• Maciu Samaidrawa Dunadamu
• Michael Gwyther
• Jean Maleb
• Alick Ismael

1 goal

• Kris Bright
• Stuart Hogg
• Charles Ligo
• John Simeon
• Malakai Tiwa
• Sumeet Shankaran
• Johnny Rao
• Nayzal Ali
• Goodwin Bebeu
• Ki Anufe

See also

2005 FIFA World Youth Championship

External links

• Match Results Archived 2012-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Results by RSSSF