2005 OFC U-20 Championship

2005 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
Dates	21 January – 30 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (12th title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	Vanuatu
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	103 (6.44 per match)
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The 2005 OFC U-20 Championship was the fifteenth contested. It was won by Australia who qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup after a 3–0 victory against the Solomon Islands played at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, Solomon Islands. The final game was abandoned in the 77th minute due to crowd trouble, however the score was allowed to stand.

Participating teams

• Australia
• Solomon Islands

• New Zealand
• Tonga

• Fiji
• New Caledonia

• Samoa
• Vanuatu

Squads

Australia

• 1. Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners)
• 2. Mark Milligan (Sydney FC)
• 3. Trent McClenahan (West Ham United)
• 4. Adrian Leijer (Melbourne Victory)
• 5. Jacob Timpano (Sydney FC)

• 6. Stuart Musialik (Newcastle Jets)
• 7. Vince Lia (Melbourne Victory)
• 8. Blagoja Celeski (Perth Glory)
• 9. Jay Lucas (Marconi Stallions)
• 10. Kristian Sarkies (Melbourne Victory)

• 11. Chris Tadrosse (Melbourne Victory)
• 12. Justin Pasfield (Sydney FC)
• 13. Aaron Downes (Chesterfield FC)
• 14. Spase Dilevski (Tottenham Hotspur)
• 15. Ryan Townsend

• 16. Ruben Zadkovich
• 17. Nick Ward (Perth Glory)
• 18. Adam Federici
• 19. David Williams
• 20. James Wesolowski

New Zealand

• 1. Jacob Spoonley (Auckland City)
• 2. Cole Tinkler (New Zealand Knights)
• 3. Lj Pijnenburg
• 4. Michael Mayne
• 5. Steven Old (St. John's University)

• 6. Nadir Harrat
• 7. Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand Knights)
• 8. Sam Matthews
• 9. Kris Bright (Waitakere United)
• 10. Michael Gwyther

• 11. Prince Quanash
• 12. Jason Rowley
• 13. Joel Matthews
• 14. Hone Fowler
• 15. Sam Jasper (Waitakere United)

• 16. Ian Hogg (Central United)
• 17. Jason Hayne (Auckland City FC)
• 18. Elliot Stead
• 19. Croydon Wheeler
• 20. Roy Bell

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Australia 9 3 3 0 0 40 3 +37 Vanuatu 6 3 2 0 1 7 11 −4 New Caledonia 3 3 1 0 2 10 16 −6 Tonga 0 3 0 0 3 1 28 −27 Cook Islands withdrew Australia and Vanuatu progressed to the semi-finals. New Caledonia and Tonga were eliminated. 22 January 2005 Australia 12–1 New Caledonia Musialik 6', 26' Lia 7' Bridge 9', 50', 62' Dilevski 24' Lucas 40', 64', 66' Leijer 57' Sarkies 90+1' ?' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 22 January 2005 Tonga 0–2 Vanuatu Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 24 January 2005 New Caledonia 2–3 Vanuatu Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 25 January 2005 Tonga 0–19 Australia AE Oval 27 January 2005 Australia 9–2 Vanuatu Lia 1' Lagana 14', 23' Lucas 21' (pen.), 26' (pen.) Sarkies 48', 82' Ward 49' Williams 79' Joe 60' Ismael 66' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 27 January 2005 New Caledonia 7–1 Tonga Gael 12', 46' Kalaye 18' Saridjan 34' Stanley ??', ??' Albert ??' Teu 20' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Group B Nation Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD Solomon Islands 9 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 Fiji 6 3 2 0 1 10 2 +8 New Zealand 3 3 1 0 2 8 3 +5 Samoa 0 3 0 0 3 1 22 −21 American Samoa withdrew The Solomon Islands and Fiji progressed to the semi-finals. New Zealand and Samoa were eliminated. 21 January 2005 New Zealand 0–1 Fiji Muduliar 11' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 21 January 2005 Samoa 0–6 Solomon Islands Totori 9', 39' Maemae 37', 64', 65' Ratu 87' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 23 January 2005 New Zealand 7–0 Samoa Bright 10' o.g. 14' Gwyther 18', 48' Hogg 37' Hayne 71', 76' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 23 January 2005 Solomon Islands 1–0 Fiji Totori 10' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 26 January 2005 Samoa 1–9 Fiji Ki Anufe 77' Vakatalesau 3', 22', 27', 44' Ali 10' Rao 35' Dunadamu 42', 86' Shankaran 75' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara 26 January 2005 Solomon Islands 2–1 New Zealand Totori 17' Bebu 34' Hayne 81' Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara Knockout Phase   Semi-finals Final                 29 January – Lawson Tama Stadium     Australia 3   30 January – Lawson Tama Stadium   Fiji 2   Australia 3   29 January – Lawson Tama Stadium   Solomon Islands 0   Solomon Islands 3     Vanuatu 1   Third place     31 January – Lawson Tama Stadium     Fiji 1     Vanuatu 4 Semi finals 29 January 2005 Australia 3–2 Fiji Bridge 13' Williams 64' Sarkies 89' Report Tiwa 38' Tuvura 76' Lawson Tama Stadium 29 January 2005 Solomon Islands 3 – 1(a.e.t) Vanuatu Maemae 10', 120+2' o.g. 96' Report Maleb 62' Lawson Tama Stadium Third place match 31 January 2005 Fiji 1–4 Vanuatu Tuvura 19' Report Simeon 5' Ismael 18' Ligo 70' Maleb 78' Lawson Tama Stadium Final 30 January 2005 Australia 3 – 0 (77th minute) Solomon Islands Bridge 8' (pen.) Lia 58' Williams 74' Report Lawson Tama Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Goalscorers This list is not complete, as there are several missing match reports. 5 goals Alick Maemae Mark Bridge Jay Lucas 4 goals Osea Vakatalesau Benjamin Totori Kristian Sarkies 3 goals Jason Hayne David Williams Vince Lia 2 goals Apisalome Tuvura Maciu Samaidrawa Dunadamu Michael Gwyther Jean Maleb Alick Ismael 1 goal Kris Bright Stuart Hogg Charles Ligo John Simeon Malakai Tiwa Sumeet Shankaran Johnny Rao Nayzal Ali Goodwin Bebeu Ki Anufe External links Match Results See also 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship