2013 OFC U-20 Championship

2013 OFC U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	21–29 March
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (5th title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	52 (5.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rusiate Matarerega
Best player	Louis Fenton

The 2013 OFC U-20 Championship is the 19th edition of the OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania (OFC). The competition is currently being held at two venues in Fiji, from the 21 to 29 March, with the winner qualifying as Oceania's representative at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

New Zealand are the current title holders

Participating teams

For more details on this topic, see 2013 OFC U-20 Championship squads.

Venues

Four matchdays will be held at Churchill Park in Lautoka with the last matchday being held at Govind Park in Ba.

Group stage

The competition draw was conducted on February 8 at the headquarters of the Oceania confederation in Auckland, New Zealand.^[1]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	4	4	0	13	2	+11	12
Fiji	4	3	1	8	8	0	9
Vanuatu	4	2	2	12	7	+5	6
New Caledonia	4	1	3	15	13	+2	3
Papua New Guinea	4	0	4	4	22	−18	0

Fiji v Vanuatu

21 March 2013
14:00 UTC+12

Fiji	3–2	Vanuatu
Rao 58' Qasevakatini 68' Matarerega 84'	Report	Damalip 5' Manuhi 23'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Papua New Guinea v New Zealand

21 March 2013
16:30 UTC+12

Papua New Guinea	0–5	New Zealand
		Fenton 5' (pen.), 11' Watson 44' Higham 79' Boyd 81' (pen.)

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

Vanuatu v New Zealand

23 March 2013
14:00 UTC+12

Vanuatu	0–1	New Zealand
		Elia 23'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

Fiji v New Caledonia

23 March 2013
16:30 UTC+12

Fiji	3–2	New Caledonia
Nakalevu 9' Matarerega 33', 43'		Waelua 28' Wadriako 88'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

New Zealand v New Caledonia

25 March 2013
14:00 UTC+12

New Zealand	3–2	New Caledonia
Fenton 29' (pen.) Elia 51' Turner 56'		Xalite 17' Wadriako 25'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 500
Referee: Salesh Sand (Fiji)

Vanuatu v Papua New Guinea

25 March 2013
16:30 UTC+12

Vanuatu	6–1	Papua New Guinea
Damalip 25', 44', 58' Shem 48' Tasso 64' Tabilip 88'		Aisa 1'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 500
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea

27 March 2013
14:00 UTC+12

New Caledonia	9–3	Papua New Guinea
Xalite 24' (pen.), 30' Bob 28', 61' Ranchain 57', 64' Decoire 71' Nonmeu 72' Wadra 77'	Report	Awele 4' Komolong 19' Airem 39'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Referee: Gerald Oiaka (Solomon Islands)

New Zealand v Fiji

27 March 2013
16:30 UTC+12

New Zealand	4–0	Fiji
Fenton 48' (pen.) Howieson 67' Watson 69' Thomas 83'

Churchull Park, Lautoka
Referee: Bertrand Billon (New Caledonia)

Papua New Guinea v Fiji

29 March 2013
14:00 UTC+12

Papua New Guinea	0–2	Fiji
		Matarerega 13', 39'

Govind Park, Ba
Referee: Kader Zitouni (Tahiti)

New Caledonia v Vanuatu

29 March 2013
16:30 UTC+12

New Caledonia	2–4	Vanuatu
Waelua 69' 84' (o.g.)		Kaltack 9', 51', 64' Tari 73'

Govind Park, Ba
Referee: Salesh Sand (Fiji)

Awards

The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.

Award	Recipient ^[2]
Golden Ball	Louis Fenton
Golden Glove	Max Crocombe
Golden Boot	Rusiate Matarerega (5 goals)
Fair Play Award	Vanuatu

References

↑ http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/bae74b6a-ef90-490e-bb7a-3ee7dd6ab321/language/en-US/Default.aspx
↑ Oceania Football Confederation. "Kiwi duo add to accolades". oceaniafootball.com.

External links

OFC Site

OFC U-20 Championship

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Squads	1974 1978 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 2016

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Book Team appearances

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