2007 U-20 World Cup OFC qualifying tournament
Encyclopedia
The 2007 OFC U-20 Championship
was held at the Trusts Stadium
in Waitakere
, New Zealand
from 19 to 31 January 2007 in a league tabele format. It was the first tournament in which regular Oceania powerhouse Australia were not participating, following their switch to the Asian Football Confederation
(AFC).
Peter O’Leary
Papua New Guinea Minan Ponis Salaiau Sosongan
Samoa Fiti Aimaasu
Solomon Islands Christopher Lengata Nelson Sogo
; Trusts Stadium
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received the Golden Boot award for scoring seven goals in the tournament. In total, 81 goals were scored (one of which was an own goal
).
7 goals Roy Krishna
(FIJ
)
6 goals Chris James
(NZL
)
4 goals Dan Keat
(NZL
) Sam Jenkins
(NZL
) Judd Molea (SOL
)
3 goals
Jeremy Brockie
(NZL
) Richard Sele (NCL
)
Joachim Rande (SOL
) Joses Nawo (SOL
)
Tony Otini (SOL
) Leon Chan (TAH
)
2 goals
Michael Cunningham
(NZL
) Alvin Singh (FIJ
) Eran Underwood (FIJ
)
Jean Christophe Xenie (NCL
) Ulrich Bowen (NCL
) Jean Wahnyamalla (NCL
)
Francois Sakama (VAN
) Ariihau Tereiitau (TAH
)
1 goal
Phil Edginton (NZL
) Cole Peverley
(NZL
) Krishna Samy (FIJ
) Esava Naqeleca (FIJ
) Meneusi Senibuli (FIJ
) Rinal Prasad (FIJ
) Cesar Lolohea (NCL
)
Jason Sablan (NCL
) Dominiko Tokuma (SAM
) Silao Malo (SAM
) Ionatana Tino (SAM
) Tefai Faehau (TAH
) Teiki Wan Phook (TAH
) Matahi Hauata (TAH
)
Roihau Degage (TAH
) Michel Kaltak (VAN
) Elton Boe (VAN
) Simon Molbet (VAN
) Jeffry Nimanian (VAN
) Brian Melar (VAN
) Daniel Natou (VAN
)
Own goals (playing against New Caledonia)
OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
The OFC U-20 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the Under-20 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation at the biannual FIFA U-20 World Cup.-Eligible teams:...
was held at the Trusts Stadium
Trusts Stadium
Trusts Stadium is an indoor arena located in Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a multi-purpose stadium that primarily holds sports events and music concerts...
in Waitakere
Waitakere
Waitakere City was the name of a city which existed from 1989 until 2010 in the Auckland region. It was New Zealand's fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
from 19 to 31 January 2007 in a league tabele format. It was the first tournament in which regular Oceania powerhouse Australia were not participating, following their switch to the Asian Football Confederation
Asian Football Confederation
The Asian Football Confederation is the governing body of association football in Asia. It has 46 member countries, mostly located on the Asian continent. However, due to the disputed boundary of Europe and Asia, nations such as Russia and Turkey which are located mostly in geographic Asia are...
(AFC).
Referees
New Zealand Michael HesterMichael Hester
Michael Hester , is a New Zealand association football referee in the A-League. Holder of a FIFA international license, he has participated at the highest level, officiating at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.-Biography:...
Peter O’Leary
Papua New Guinea Minan Ponis Salaiau Sosongan
Samoa Fiti Aimaasu
Solomon Islands Christopher Lengata Nelson Sogo
Venues
The tournament will be played at just one venue in Henderson, New ZealandHenderson, New Zealand
Henderson is a major suburb of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 13 kilometres to the west of Auckland city centre, and two kilometres to the west of the Whau River, a southwestern arm of the Waitemata Harbour.-Description:...
; Trusts Stadium
Trusts Stadium
Trusts Stadium is an indoor arena located in Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a multi-purpose stadium that primarily holds sports events and music concerts...
.
| Trusts Stadium Trusts Stadium Trusts Stadium is an indoor arena located in Waitakere City, Auckland, New Zealand. It is a multi-purpose stadium that primarily holds sports events and music concerts... Location: Henderson, Waitakere Henderson, New Zealand Henderson is a major suburb of Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located 13 kilometres to the west of Auckland city centre, and two kilometres to the west of the Whau River, a southwestern arm of the Waitemata Harbour.-Description:... Capacity: 4,900 |
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Group stage
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Round 3
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Round 4
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Round 5
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Round 6
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Round 7
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Final Standings
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GDF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 New ZealandNew Zealand national under-20 football team The New Zealand Under 20's football team, more commonly known as the Junior All Whites, is controlled by New Zealand Football and represents New Zealand in international Under 20 or youth football competitions.-OFC:... |
16 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
| 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 8 | ||
| |9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 0 | |
| 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 17 | ||
| 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 33 | ||
Winners
New Zealand qualified for the 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup was the sixteenth edition of the FIFA U-20 World Cup , hosted by Canada from June 30 to July 22, 2007. Argentina defeated Czech Republic in the title game by the score of 2–1, thus managing a back-to-back world title, its fifth in the past seven editions, and sixth...
.
Awards
| Golden Boot | Golden Ball |
|---|---|
 Roy KrishnaRoy Krishna Roy Krishna is a Fijian association football player, who currently plays as a striker for Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:... |
Chris James Chris James (footballer) Christopher "Chris" Paul James is an association football player who plays for APIA Leichhardt in the NSW Premier League. Before injury, James represented New Zealand at international level... |
Goalscorers
Roy KrishnaRoy Krishna
Roy Krishna is a Fijian association football player, who currently plays as a striker for Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:...
received the Golden Boot award for scoring seven goals in the tournament. In total, 81 goals were scored (one of which was an own goal
Own goal
An own net occurs in goal-scoring games when a player scores a goal that is registered against his or her own team. It is usually accidental, and may be a result of an attempt at defensive play that failed or was spoiled by opponents....
).
7 goals Roy Krishna
Roy Krishna
Roy Krishna is a Fijian association football player, who currently plays as a striker for Waitakere United in the New Zealand Football Championship.-Club career:...
(FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
)
6 goals Chris James
Chris James (footballer)
Christopher "Chris" Paul James is an association football player who plays for APIA Leichhardt in the NSW Premier League. Before injury, James represented New Zealand at international level...
(NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
)
4 goals Dan Keat
Dan Keat
Daniel Keat is a New Zealand association football player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Galaxy of Major League Soccer .-Amateur career:...
(NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) Sam Jenkins
Sam Jenkins
Sam Jenkins is an American actress best known for playing the role of Serena on the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys...
(NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) Judd Molea (SOL
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
)
3 goals
Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Brockie
Jeremy Russell Brockie is a New Zealand football player who was recently signed by the Newcastle Jets in the Hyundai A-League...
(NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) Richard Sele (NCL
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
)
Joachim Rande (SOL
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
) Joses Nawo (SOL
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
)
Tony Otini (SOL
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
) Leon Chan (TAH
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
)
2 goals
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham
Michael Cunningham is an American writer, best known for his 1998 novel The Hours, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award in 1999.-Early life and education:...
(NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) Alvin Singh (FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
) Eran Underwood (FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
)
Jean Christophe Xenie (NCL
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) Ulrich Bowen (NCL
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) Jean Wahnyamalla (NCL
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
)
Francois Sakama (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) Ariihau Tereiitau (TAH
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
)
1 goal
Phil Edginton (NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) Cole Peverley
Cole Peverley
Cole Peverley is a New Zealander professional footballer who currently plays for Charleston Battery in USL Professional Division.He has earned national representation honours at Under-20, Under-23 and All Whites level.-Club:...
(NZL
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) Krishna Samy (FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
) Esava Naqeleca (FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
) Meneusi Senibuli (FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
) Rinal Prasad (FIJ
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...
) Cesar Lolohea (NCL
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
)
Jason Sablan (NCL
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...
) Dominiko Tokuma (SAM
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
) Silao Malo (SAM
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
) Ionatana Tino (SAM
Samoa
Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in...
) Tefai Faehau (TAH
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
) Teiki Wan Phook (TAH
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
) Matahi Hauata (TAH
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
)
Roihau Degage (TAH
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
) Michel Kaltak (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) Elton Boe (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) Simon Molbet (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) Jeffry Nimanian (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) Brian Melar (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
) Daniel Natou (VAN
Vanuatu
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.Vanuatu was...
)
Own goals (playing against New Caledonia)