There have numerous milestones ticked off in Oceanian football over recent years, and the past fortnight in Vanuatu has seen another achieved. Vanuatu won through to the FIFA U-20 World Cup Korea Republic 2017, qualifying for their very first FIFA event in the process. New Zealand as winners of the other semi-final in the OFC U-20 Championship will join them in Korea Republic next year.
The very fact that two OFC nations were allocated tickets for the 24-nation event is also noteworthy. It is the first time that two qualification berths have been granted to the continent at this level, and comes on the back of last year’s U-20 World Cup where qualifiers Fiji and host nation New …