2011 OFC U-20 Championship explained

Tourney Name:	OFC U-20 Championship
Year:	2011
Country:	New Zealand
Dates:	21–29 April 2011
Num Teams:	7
Confederations:	1
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	4
Matches:	13
Goals:	63
Top Scorer:	Jean Kaltak (6 goals)
Player:	Marco Rojas
Prevseason:	2008
Nextseason:	2013

The 2011 OFC U-20 Championship, was the 18th OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament, the biennial football championship of Oceania (OFC). It was held in Auckland, New Zealand from 21 to 29 April 2011. The winner qualified for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup. Holders Tahiti failed to qualify for this tournament. New Zealand won this year's edition.

Participating teams

(Host Nation)

Venues

The tournament was originally planned to be played at one venue, in the city of Auckland, the renovated football stadium Centre Park. However, due to wet conditions both semi-final matches, the third-place match, and the OFC final were moved to North Harbour Stadium.

Group stage

The official draw was held at OFC headquarters in the presence of OFC Technical Director Patrick Jacquemet, OFC Head of Competitions David Firisua and other OFC staff, on 30 March 2011. The top two teams from each group (one group has 4 teams, other has 3) qualify for the semi-finals, with group winners playing other group runners-up.

All kick-off times are local (UTC+12)

Group A

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"		width=20 abbr="Won"		width=20 abbr="Drawn"		width=20 abbr="Lost"	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	width=20 abbr="Points"
	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
	3	0	0	3	2	17	−15	0

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Group B

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"		width=20 abbr="Won"		width=20 abbr="Drawn"		width=20 abbr="Lost"	width=20 abbr="Goals for"	width=20 abbr="Goals against"	width=20 abbr="Goal difference"	width=20 abbr="Points"
	2	2	0	0	13	0	+13	6
	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
	2	0	0	2	1	13	−12	0