New Zealand Men's U-20s

Oh dear.

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1m1 minute ago

Auckland, New Zealand

27' GOAL! Tahiti 1-0 up over NZ from a free kick. There's confusion as to who got the final touch but for now it's Noho #TAHvNZL #OFCU20M

1-1. Dyer converts from the spot after Singh was taken out by GK attempting to clear a cross.

OFC Oceania Football Verified account ‏@OFCfootball

HT SUB NZL | Charlie THOMAS out Jake PORTER in / Sarpreet SINGH out Lucas IMRIE in #OFCU20M #TAHvNZL 1-1

How can you not love Vanuatu parents?

56' GOAL!!! VAN 2-0 PNG. Bong KALO doubles the lead with a sublime volley. The home crowd loved that. #OFCU20M #VANvPNG

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6m6 minutes ago

50' GOAL!!! Vanuatu's Ronaldo WILKINS converts and the home side lead 1-0 #OFCU20M #VANvPNG

2-1 NZ. Clayton Lewis

Action stations - cmon k1w1s

3-1 Hunter Ashworth; and Tahiti down to 10 after about 65. Game (should be) over

Bevan with the 4th.

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2m2 minutes ago

FULL-TIME: New Zealand have beaten Tahiti 4-1 to keep their lead in Group B #OFCU20M #TAHvNZL 1-4

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1. OFC Oceania Football Verified account ‏@OFCfootball 2m2 minutes ago

   FULL-TIME in Port Vila. @vanuafoot 3-1 Papua New Guinea. Vanuatu book their place in the semis. #OFCU20M #VANvPNG

Full time (4-1) Dyer, Lewis, Ashworth and Bevan on the score sheet, also Tahiti got a red card.

Willy Ricky Dick (I kid you not) in all his glory...

The 20s are doing well in Vanuatu. If they get into the top two - the final - and qualify - they still have Mcgarry, Probert and the Blackpool fellow to add to their squad. Hopefully others will develop by then too.

Caaaaaaa-lassic!

Highlights...

Good to see that OFC is still promoting comical ref'ing

The rent a crowd of cheering kids for NZ was a nice touch. They must have drawn the silver fern card out of the deck. The u20s running over to them and hi5ing them after the game was also classic stuff.

Games vs Solomon Islands 1PM (NZ Time)

Full time 0-0, a couple of players rested

We've already qualified for the semi's and couldn't do worse than 1st... makes sense.

Semi finals New Zealand vs New Caledonia and Vanuatu vs Solomon Islands

I see Declan Edge is in charge of Vanuatu - if they make the final it will be the  NZF whole football plan vs Declans plan. Interesting.

Think they spent 3 weeks at Ole pre- tourney 

2-1 up at half time. Dyer gets both goals...

cmon lads   get it done

3 -1 whew.. hang in there

Sign him up!

Under 20s just qualified for 2017 U-20 World Cup in South Korea. (Both finalist of the OFC U-20 goes through).

Beat New Caledonia 3-1 after going a goal down. Goals to Dyer 2x and Cox. Was surprised no one was sent by the end of the game as 10 yellow cards where dished out. 

Will play either Vanuatu or Solomon Islands in the final

@OFCfootball Huge celebrations from @NZ_Football U-20 after they secured their place at the #U20WC pic.twitter.com/DA1jhqQiSE

— OFC Oceania Football (@OFCfootball) September 13, 2016

Are we sure they were all eligible?

Vanuatu beat Solomons 2-1 with a goal 4 mins into injury time to make their first ever FIFA finals.

Awesome. Vanuatu versus NZ in the final. Should have a nice Edge to it.

Hopefully it's a bit more open with them both knowing they've qualified - the exact reason most finals are dull.

So I guess Vanuatu should have the Edge then over NZ ?

Vanuatu scored the winning goal in the 4th minute of the 5 additional minutes - managed to get it past the Solomons keeper Desmond Tutu, who has obviously found a new lease of life after years of being a man of the cloth in South Africa

Good to see we're still playing hoofball at all levels of the game...

I caught the Vanuatu game on OFC tv and the crowd support was amazing. The kiwis will have a 12th player to contend with in the final for sure. If the U20s had been played in NZ I wonder if we would have got the same noisy crowds? Great support. Good on you Vanuatu.

Any eligibility protests yet???

Edge not born in Vanuatu - Chuck him out? Nah I got nothing.

Well done on qualifying for another FIFA tournament NZ. I imagine every time Australia miss out on major tournaments there is a debate about - meaningful competitive games in Asia vs a very good chance of qualifying for every age group tournament. Especially with two spots available in Oceania age grade now. I guess they were only thinking of the senior mens team when they joined Asia?