2005 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Solomon Islands
Dates	21–30 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. This was the last time Australia contested OFC U-20 Championship, as they moved to the AFC since 2006.

Participating teams

Squads

 Australia

 New Zealand

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	1	+8
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' Unknown 96' (o.g.)	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

Australia qualified for the 2005 FIFA U-20 World Cup

2005 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia Twelfth title

Goalscorers

This list is not complete, as there are several missing match reports.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal