| Tourney Name: | OFC U–17 Championship |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Other Titles: | Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 17 ans 2017 |
| Size: | 200px |
| Country: | (preliminary stage) (final stage) |
| Dates: | |
| Num Teams: | 8 (final stage) 11 (total) |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 7 |
| Matches: | 15 |
| Goals: | 73 |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 OFC U-17 Championship was the 17th edition of the OFC U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 17 and below. The tournament was held in Tahiti between 11 and 24 February 2017.
In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.[1] So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup in India.
The qualification structure is as follows:[1]
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered qualification. It is only the third time all 11 OFC member associations have entered an Oceania competition since 2006.
| Seeding | Teams | No. of teams | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First round entrants | 4 | ||
| Second round entrants | 7 |
The final round of the tournament were played in two venues in Tahiti.[2]
| Pirae | Mahina | |
|---|---|---|
| Stade Pater | Stade Mahina | |
| -17.7309°N 168.3155°W | ||
| Capacity:11,700 | Capacity:2,500 | |
Médéric Lacour
Matt Conger
Roger Adams
John Pareanga Noah Kusunan Marc Sinyeue Gareth Sheehan Wase BafinuThe preliminary tournament was hosted by Samoa between 2 and 8 July 2016. Due to unforeseen circumstances, matchday one was postponed from 2 to 4 July, and matchday 2 was postponed from 5 to 6 July.[4] The winner qualified for the final tournament.
All times are local, WST (UTC+13).
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The final tournament was scheduled for 11–24 February 2017 (originally 15–29 January 2017).[5] Tahiti were announced as the host in December 2015.[6]
The draw was held on 18 July 2016.[7] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. There was no seeding, except that hosts Tahiti were assigned to position A1 in the draw. The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.
All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).
--------Group A matches of matchday 3 were moved from Stade Mahina, Mahina to Stade Pater, Pirae due to adverse weather conditions.[8]
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Winners qualified for 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
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Charles Spragg Barthy Kerobin Max Mata Matthew Palmer Conroy Tiputoa Paul Gope-Fenepej Kimiora Ngametua Bernard Iwa Matthew Jones Elijah Just Oliver Whyte Pierre Bako Robert Caihe Abiezer Jeno Vita Longue Lionel Thahnaena Liberato Cacace Matthew Conroy Willem Ebbinge Kingsley Sinclair Jake Williams Jonathan Allen Kimson Kapai Aben Pukue Emmanuel Simongi Aben Pukue (playing against New Zealand)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.[9]
| Award | Recipient | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Charles Spragg | |
| Golden Glove | Zac Jones | |
| Golden Boot | Charles Spragg (7 goals) | |
| Fair Play Award |
The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[10]
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) | |||
| (Debut) |
1 Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.