2019 OFC U-23 Championship

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2019 OFC U-23 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
DatesTBA 2019
TeamsMaximum 11 (from 1 confederation)

The 2019 OFC U-23 Championship is the first edition of the OFC U-23 Championship (previously the OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament), the quadrennial international age-restricted football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-23 national teams of Oceania.

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In November 2018, it was announced that Fiji would host the competition. [1] The winner will qualify as the OFC representative at the 2020 Summer Olympics men's football tournament in Japan, as long as they are a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). [2]

Associations affiliated with FIFA may send teams to participate in the tournament. Men's teams are restricted to under-23 players (born on or after 1 January 1997).

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC are eligible to enter. Players born on or after 1 January 1997 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Note: New Caledonia and Tahiti are not members of the International Olympic Committee and thus not eligible to qualify for the Olympic Football Tournament.

Qualified teams for Summer Olympics

The following team from OFC qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympic men's football tournament.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in Summer Olympics 1
TBD2019
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

  1. ↑ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "OC for FIFA Competitions approves procedures for the Final Draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup". FIFA.com. 14 September 2017.
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