1999 Oceania U-17 Football Championship

1999 Under-17 Football Oceanian Championship
OFC U-17 Championship
Number of nations	11
Oceania Champion	Australia (7th title)
venue	Fiji
Opening game	May 1, 1999
Endgame	May 14, 1999
Games	28
Gates	180  (⌀: 6.43 per game)

The eighth U-17 Oceania Cup was held in 1999 in Nadi , Ba and Lautoka , Fiji . The tournament began on May 1 and ended on May 14, 1999. Australia was the winner and qualified for play-offs for the 1999 U-17 World Cup .

mode

The eleven teams played a single round in two groups . The first two in each group reached the semi-finals.

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	5	5	0	0	042: 100	+41	15th
2.	Fiji	5	4th	0	1	033: 500	+28	12
3.	Vanuatu	5	3	0	2	032:150	+17	09
4th	Papua New Guinea	5	2	0	3	010:260	−16	06th
5.	Cook Islands	5	0	1	4th	002:310	−29	01
6th	American Samoa	5	0	1	4th	003:440	−41	01

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Solomon Islands	4th	4th	0	0	016: 100	+15	12
2.	New Caledonia	4th	2	1	1	007: 700	± 0	07th
3.	Tahiti	4th	2	0	2	011: 900	+2	06th
4th	Samoa	4th	1	0	3	004:130	−9	03
5.	Tonga	4th	0	1	3	000: 800	−8	01

Finals

	Semifinals				final
	May 12, 1999
	Australia	8th
	New Caledonia	0
					May 14, 1999
					Australia	5
					Fiji	0
					Game for third place
	May 12, 1999				May 14, 1999
	Solomon Islands	3			New Caledonia
	Fiji	4th			Solomon Islands

Play-offs

Since New Zealand was already qualified to host the U-17 World Cup in 1999 , Australia, as Oceania champions, had to play two play-off games against the third place in the U-17 World Cup in 1998 , Bahrain , and qualified as well:

	total		First leg	Return leg
Australia	3: 1	Bahrain	2: 1	1-0

Web links

• Oceania Preliminary Competition for the U-17 World Cup 1999 on rsssf.com (English)