2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament
Tournament details
Host countryVanuatu
Dates15–24 August 2019
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions India (1st title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place Estonia
Fourth place New Caledonia
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored19 (2.11 per match)
Attendance10,700 (1,189 per match)
Top scorer(s)India Vikram Pratap Singh (2 goals)

The 2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament was the 1st edition of the OFC Youth Development Tournament, an international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The tournament was held in Vanuatu between 15 and 24 August 2019.[1]

Teams

A total of six men's under-18 national teams, including four from Oceania and two from outside Oceania (one from Asia and one from Europe), were invited to participate in the cross-confederation event.[2]

Venues

The tournament was played at the Korman Stadium in Port Vila, Vanuatu

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2001 were eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can name a maximum of 20 players.

Group stage

The teams were divided into two groups of three teams, including two from OFC and one from outside OFC.

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners advance to the Final
Group runners-up advance to the Third place match
Group third place advance to the Fifth place match

Times listed are UTC+11:00.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6 Final
2  Estonia 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 3 Third place match
3  Papua New Guinea 2 0 0 2 2 3 −1 0 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Tahiti 2–1 Papua New Guinea
  • Labaste 45'
  • Chung 59'
 Report
  • Wadunah 37'
Attendance: 800
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea 1–1 Estonia
  • Rani 21'
 Report
  • Iljin 90'
Penalties
4–5
Attendance: 800
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Estonia 0–1 Tahiti
Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  India 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Final
2  New Caledonia 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3 Third place match
3  Vanuatu (H) 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Caledonia 3–1 Vanuatu
  • Watrone 17'
  • Pougin 47'
  • Hnaweo 90'
 Report
  • Ravo 90'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)
Vanuatu 0–1 India
Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)
India 4–1 New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Placement matches

Fifth place match

Papua New Guinea 0–0 Vanuatu
Report
Penalties
2–3
Attendance: 300
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)

Third place match

Estonia 1–0 New Caledonia
  • Luts 90'
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Final

Tahiti 0–2 India
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

Goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 9 matches, for an average of 2.11 goals per match.

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  • Vanuatu Armando Ravo (against India)

References

  1. ↑ "OFC's Youth Development Tournament 2019 – Men's". Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ↑ "OFC Youth Tournament set to kick-off". Oceania Football Conferdation. 7 August 2019.
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