| Tourney Name: | OFC U-17 Championship |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Size: | 150px |
| Country: | Fiji |
| Dates: | 11–28 January |
| Num Teams: | 9 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 9 |
| Matches: | 17 |
| Goals: | 71 |
| Top Scorer: |  Luke SupykTitouan Guillemant (6 goals each) |
| Player: |  Nolhann Alabete |
| Goalkeeper: | Matt Foord |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2023 OFC U-17 Championship was the 19th edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania.
The OFC announced on 4 March 2021 that the 2021 OFC U-17 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-16 Championship), which would have been hosted by Fiji, had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Fiji would be retained to host the next edition in 2022.[1]
New Zealand, the seven-time defending champions, successfully defend their title, by won 1–0 the final over New Caledonia and both teams qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia as the OFC representatives.
10 of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC were eligible to enter the tournament. Solomon Islands were excluded from taking part by the OFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee in regards to the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship.[2]
Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament.[3]
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9th | (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015) | ||
| 10th | (1997, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||
| (hosts) | 18th | (1999) | |
| 12th | (2003, 2013, 2017) | ||
| 17th | (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018) | ||
| 10th | (2017), (1986) | ||
| 9th | (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2015, 2017, 2018) | ||
| 14th | (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) | ||
| 10th | (1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2011, 2015) | ||
| 15th | (2005) |
Matches are played at HFC Bank Stadium in Suva and Ba Academy in Ba.[4]
The following officials were appointed for the tournament:[5]
Referees
Assistant referees
The draw for the group stage was conducted at the OFC Home of Football on the 28 October 2022. Teams were seeded into three pots based on their 2018 OFC U-16 Championship ranking.[2]
See main article: 2023 OFC U-17 Championship squads.
Players born on or after 1 January 2006 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).
Papua New Guinea were originally drawn into position A3 of this group but were removed before the start of the tournament due to not submitting their registration on time.[6]
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The draw for the knockout stage was conducted at the HFC Bank Stadium in Suvaon the 18 January 2023. Teams were seeded into two pots based on the final group stage overall ranking.[2]
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Winners qualified for 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup.----
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Nolhann Alabete | |
| Golden Boot | Luke Supyk Titouan Guillemant | |
| Golden Gloves | Matt Foord |
The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2017) | |||
| (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.