4 mins of added time! Vanuatu GK saves a late pen.
Carnage finishes 27-0.
Solution - next U16 OFC tourney have a top Division A of 4 teams, and Divsion B of 4 teams. The 4 teams all play each other once in a Round Robin, before a straight final (WC qualifier), 3rd v 4th, 5th v 6th & 7th v 8th.
So 4 matches each team, not 5 like this tourney.
Top 3 teams at this tourney (NZ & likely Fiji plus Tahiti) automatically go into Division A next tourney. Some sort of playoff in 2 years pre next tourney to find the 4th team in Divison A. Bottom 4 teams are in Division B.
Not perfect, but reduces the chance of pointless games like today.
Carnage finishes 27-0.
Solution - next U16 OFC tourney have a top Division A of 4 teams, and Divsion B of 4 teams. The 4 teams all play each other once in a Round Robin, before a straight final (WC qualifier), 3rd v 4th, 5th v 6th & 7th v 8th.
So 4 matches each team, not 5 like this tourney.
Top 3 teams at this tourney (NZ & likely Fiji plus Tahiti) automatically go into Division A next tourney. Some sort of playoff in 2 years pre next tourney to find the 4th team in Divison A. Bottom 4 teams are in Division B.
Not perfect, but reduces the chance of pointless games like today.