2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament

2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Vanuatu
Dates	15–24 August 2019
Teams	6 (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 played	9
Goals scored	19 (2.11 per match)
Attendance	10,700 (1,189 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Vikram Pratap Singh (2 goals)
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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]

•  Estonia (from UEFA)
•  India (from AFC)
•  New Caledonia
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Tahiti
•  Vanuatu (hosts)

Venues

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

Squads

Main article: 2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament 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

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)

14:00

Tahiti	2–1	Papua New Guinea
Labaste 45' Chung 59'	Report	Wadunah 37'

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 800

Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

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18 August 2019 (2019-08-18)

14:00

Papua New Guinea	1–1	Estonia
Rani 21'	Report	Iljin 90'
Penalties
	4–5

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 800

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

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21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)

14:00

Estonia	0–1	Tahiti
	Report	Holozet 78' (pen.)

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

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

15 August 2019 (2019-08-15)

17:00

New Caledonia	3–1	Vanuatu
Watrone 17' Pougin 47' Hnaweo 90'	Report	Ravo 90'

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)

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18 August 2019 (2019-08-18)

17:00

Vanuatu	0–1	India
	Report	Ravo 79' (o.g.)

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)

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21 August 2019 (2019-08-21)

17:00

India	4–1	New Caledonia
V. Singh 17' Chetri 41' Shabong 74' G. Singh 79' (pen.)	Report	Waya 83' (pen.)

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Rani Perry (Tahiti)

Placement matches

Fifth place match

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)

11:00

Papua New Guinea	0–0	Vanuatu
	Report
Penalties
	2–3

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 300

Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)

Third place match

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)

14:00

Estonia	1–0	New Caledonia
Luts 90'	Report

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 500

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Final

24 August 2019 (2019-08-24)

17:00

Tahiti	0–2	India
	Report	M. Singh 71' V. Singh 88'

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

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

• Vikram Pratap Singh

1 goal

• Aleksander Iljin
• Joonas Luts
• Aman Chetri
• Ricky Shabong
• Gurkirat Singh
• Manvir Singh Jr
• Alan Hnaweo
• Luc Pougin
• Jacques Watrone
• Lues Waya
• Solomon Rani
• Jason Wadunah
• Tonitini Chung
• Tehauarii Holozet
• Ariiura Labaste
• Armando Ravo

1 own goal

• 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.

External links

• OFC’s Youth Development Tournament 2019 – Men’s
  • News > OFC Youth Development Tournament 2019, oceaniafootball.com