2003 Under-17 Football Oceania Championship

2003 Under-17 Football Oceanian Championship
OFC U-17 Championship
Number of nations	11
Oceania Champion	Australia (9th title)
venue	American Samoa Australia
Opening game	February 13, 2003
Tournament end	March 1, 2003
Games	27
Gates	138  (⌀: 5.11 per game)
spectator	21,900  (⌀: 811 per game)
Top scorer	Richard Cardozo (13)
yellow cards	46  (⌀: 1.7 per game)
Yellow-red cards	1  (⌀: 0.04 per game)
Red cards	3  (⌀: 0.11 per game)

The tenth U-17 OFC Nations Cup was in 2003 in Pago Pago , American Samoa , and Sunshine Coast , Australia discharged. The tournament began on February 13th and ended on March 1st, 2003. Australia won and qualified for the 2003 U-17 World Cup .

mode

The eleven teams played a single round in two groups . In contrast to earlier tournaments, no teams were assigned to the group division. The first placed in each group reached the final, which was played in a home and away leg.

Group A

Group A played in Pago Pago from February 13 to 21 .

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Caledonia	4th	4th	0	0	011: 000	+11	12
2.	Fiji	4th	3	0	1	018: 300	+15	09
3.	Cook Islands	4th	1	1	2	002: 800	−6	04th
4th	Samoa	4th	1	0	3	003:100	−7	03
5.	American Samoa	4th	0	1	3	001:140	−13	01

Group B

Group B played in Australia from February 15 to 24 . The Solomon Islands originally intended to host this group withdrew their applications due to disagreements with the other teams.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Australia	5	5	0	0	033: 200	+31	15th
2.	Vanuatu	5	3	1	1	017: 700	+10	10
3.	New Zealand	5	2	2	1	019: 400	+15	08th
4th	Solomon Islands	5	2	1	2	018: 600	+12	07th
5.	Tahiti	5	1	0	4th	007:220	−15	03
6th	Tonga	5	0	0	5	001:540	−53	00

Finals

The finals took place on February 27 and March 1, 2003 in Nouméa , New Caledonia .

	total		First leg	Return leg
New Caledonia	1: 7	Australia	1: 3	0: 4

Web links

• Oceania Preliminary Competition for the U-17 World Cup 2003 on rsssf.com (English)