Australia advances to FIFA U-17 World Championship OFC release - Australia beat New Caledonia 4-0 in the second final playoff match at the Stade Pentecost in Noumea, New Caledonia played on Saturday 1 March, 2003. more -->

Australia wins first OFC U-17 playoff 3-1 OFC release - Australia have won the first match of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament final playoffs beating New Caledonia yesterday by 3-1 at the Stade Pentecost in Noumea. more -->

New Caledonia to face Australia in U-17 playoffs OFC Release - New Caledonia has now been confirmed to face Australia in the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament final playoff. more -->

Vanuatu finishes second in Group B after 3-2 win OFC release - Vanuatu secured second place in Group B of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament with a hard fought 3-2 win over Tahiti in the last match of the group tonight at Maroochydore Soccer Centre in the Sunshine Coast, Australia. more -->

Australia all class in 14-0 win over Tonga OFC release - Australia was in a class of its own, defying the wet and slippery conditions on offer at Maroochydore Soccer Centre to completely overwhelm Tonga by 14 unanswered goals. more -->

Solomon Islands hold NZ to scoreless draw OFC release - New Zealand and the Solomon Islands battled to a dour 0-0 draw with both sides struggling in the slippery conditions at Maroochydore Soccer Centre caused by rain all of yesterday and the night previous. more -->

Australia wins Group A to advance to final playoff OFC release - It was touted as the crunch match of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament and it lived up to its billing. more -->

Australia, New Zealand all tied 1-1 at half-time It's a cracker of a game at the Maroochydore Soccer Centre in the Sunshine Coast, Australia tonight as Group B hosts Australia go into the break on level terms with the plucky New Zealanders 1-1. more -->

Vanuatu triumphs in tough Melanesian derby OFC release - Vanuatu walked away with a hard fought 2-0 win over their Melanesian neighbours Solomon Islands at Maroochydore Soccer Centre last night. more -->

Tahiti gets first win, Tonga scores first goal OFC release - Tahiti emerged with its first win of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament after beating Tonga 4-1 in the battle of the two bottom placed teams in Group B. more -->

New Caledonia pushed hard before realising victory OFC Release - Samoa saved their best for last, but it wasn't enough to cause an upset over Group A leaders New Caledonia today. more -->

Fiji spreads its wings in 8-0 win over hosts OFC Release - Fiji tallied the biggest score in Group A in its last match this morning against hosts American Samoa. The Fijians easily put on their best performance in the tournament with four goals in each half en route to a convincing 8-0 victory. more -->

New Caledonia wins Group A but decision pending OFC RELEASE - New Caledonia has won Group A of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament after beating Samoa 2-0 in its last match at Tafuna Veteran's Memorial Stadium this morning. more -->

New kick off times for Group A final fixtures Due to difficulties in securing flights out of American Samoa for participating teams in Group A of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournaments, the two final round matches have been pushed forward. more -->

New Zealand thrashes Tonga 13-0 OFC release - New Zealand led 6-0 at half-time en route to the biggest win of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament in beating Tonga 13-0 at Maroochydore Soccer Centre last night. more -->

Solomon Islands beats Tahiti 5-1 OFC release - The Solomon Islands got its second win of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament, easily beating Tahiti 5-1, at the Maroochydore Soccer Centre last night. more -->

Australia fends off Vanuatu challenge OFC release-Matt Hilton's two goals in the space of just three minutes just before half-time effectively killed off a promising challenge by Vanuatu who had held their own against Australia in the first half hour of their anticipated Group B crunch match. more -->

Samoa victorious in local derby OFC Release - Samoa's national coach, David Brand, was relieved after watching his team win its first match of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament yesterday. more -->

Cook Islands make Fiji work hard for 4-1 win OFC Release - Fiji were made to work hard for its 4-1 win over the Cook Islands yesterday at Tafuna Veteran's Memorial Stadium in American Samoa. more -->

Group A - round four results Here are the round four results from Group A played tonight at Tafuna Veteran's Memorial Stadium in American Samoa.

Fiji 4 Cook Islands 1 (HT 3-0)
Samoa 3 American Samoa 1 (HT 2-0)

FULL MATCH REPORTS TO FOLLOW

Photo: Samoa squad more -->

New Caledonia beats Cook Islands 4-0 OFC Release - New Caledonia has made a habit of going into the interval with one goal leads during this tournament and it was again the same story last night when they led the Cook Islands 1-0.
Photo: New Caledonia lines up for the anthems more -->

Fiji beats Samoa 6-0 OFC Release - Fiji were possibly headed for another dour result at half-time against Samoa last night.
Photo: Fiji team out to make amends for their first round loss to New Caledonia more -->

Group A - Round Three results Here are the results from round three Group A matches played tonight at the Tafuna Veteran's Memorial Stadium in American Samoa.
Samoa 0 Fiji 6 (HT 0-0)
New Caledonia 4 Cook Islands 0 (HT 1-0)
American Samoa bye
FULL MATCH REPORTS TO FOLLOW more -->

Solomon Islands bounce back in style against Tonga OFC Release - George Cowie was a happier men last night after seeing his players bounce back from a disappointing 1-3 first round loss to Australia, to completely overwhelm Tonga 12-0. more -->

Australia in dominating form against Tahiti OFC Release - Australia again stamped its mark on the tournament with a classy 9-0 win over Tahiti last night. more -->

New Zealand and Vanuatu battle to 1-1 draw OFC Release - The showdown between New Zealand and Vanuatu was always seen as a match that could decide the Group B standings at the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament. more -->

Group B - Round Two results Group B - second round action played last night at Maroochydore Soccer Centre, Sunshine Coast in Australia:
New Zealand 1 Vanuatu 1
Tahiti 0 Australia 9
Tonga 0 Solomon Islands 12
Photo: Tahiti U-17 squad
FULL MATCH REPORTS TO FOLLOW more -->

New Caledonia beats American Samoa 3-0 OFC Release - American Samoa put on a gutsy effort against New Caledonia, but went down 0-3 in round two action from Group A yesterday.
Photo: The two teams, match officials and flag bearers, march out on to the pitch with the FIFA anthem playing more -->

Cook Islands edge Samoa in fiery Group A encounter OFC Release - The Cook Islands were able to hold on to a 1-0 lead at half-time to beat their Polynesian rivals Samoa by the same margin in the second round of Group A action at the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament.
Photo: Samoa U-17 squad more -->

Group A - Round Two results New Caledonia take outright lead in Group A with their second win of the 2003 OFC U-20 Qualifying Tournament, a hard fought 3-0 win over American Samoa. The other match saw a fiery contest with Cook Islands edging Samoa 1-0.
Photo: Tafuna Stadium more -->

Round One review and points table After round one of the 2003 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament, New Caledonia leads Group A (American Samoa) after its upset 2-0 win over Fiji, while over in Group B (Australia), Australia, Vanuatu and New Zealand also got first up wins. more -->

New Zealand beats Tahiti 4-0 OFC Release - New Zealand scored a comfortable 4-0 win over Tahiti in the last match of round one in Group B. more -->

Maleb gets hat-trick in 11-0 win over Tonga OFC release - Striker Jean Emmanuel `Victor' Maleb lived up to his star billing bagging a hat-trick in Vanuatu's convincing 11-0 win over Tonga in Group B action on Saturday.
Photo: Vanuatu U-17 squad before leaving Port Vila for Australia more -->

Australia defeats Solomon Islands 3-1 OFC release - Australia struck twice in the first 15 minutes to lead Solomon Islands by 2-0. Richard Cardozzo scored in the second minute with Adam Casey converting a penalty just thirteen minutes later. more -->

FULL MATCH REPORTS TO FOLLOW GROUP B results (round 1)
Australia 3 Solomon Islands 1
Vanuatu 11 Tonga 0
New Zealand 4 Tahiti 0
full match reports to follow; we apologise for the down time in our fixtures and results section will be rectified soon. more -->

New Caledonia beats Fiji 2-0 in shock upset OFC Release - New Caledonia came up with the first upset of the OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament by beating Fiji 2-0 in the second match of the opening round of Group A on Friday (Thursday local time).
Photo: New Caledonia on the attack against Fiji more -->

American Samoa holds Cook Islands to 0-0 draw OFC Release - Group A hosts American Samoa were able to hold Cook Islands to a scoreless draw in the opening match of the OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament on Friday (Thursday local time).
Photo: Players and officials shakes hands before kick-off more -->

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Group A all set for kick-off PAGO PAGO - As the OFC Under 17 Qualifying Soccer Tournament draws nearer, the American Samoa (Football) Soccer Association is busy finalizing their preparations to host this historical event.
Photo: American Samoa U-17 coach Ruben Luvu more -->

Maleb in a league of his own down under He has notched up eight goals in three matches, and that is one reason this young under seventeen player will be the most wanted player, during the Oceania under seventeen world cup qualifying round.
Photo: Victor Maleb has a promising future more -->

Australia names 20-man squad SOCCER AUSTRALIA RELEASE - Australian National Youth Coach Ange Postecoglou today named a 20-man squad for next month's FIFA U-17 World Championship qualifying tournament. more -->

American Samoa confirmed as OFC U-17 Group A host 21 January, 2003 - American Samoa has been endorsed as the host nation for the Group A section of the OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament which kicks off on 13 February 2003. Australia is hosting Group B in the Sunshine Coast from 15-24 February 2003. more -->