2022 OFC U-19 Championship

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2022 OFC U-19 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 19 ans 2022
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates7–24 September
Teams11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (8th title)
Runners-upFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Third placeNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Fourth placeFlag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored71 (3.94 per match)
Attendance5,410 (301 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Colloty
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kian Donkers
(9 goals each)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Jay Herdman
Best goalkeeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Gray
← 2021
2018
2024 →

The 2022 OFC U-19 Championship was the 23rd edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania.

Contents

The OFC announced on 4 March 2022 that the 2021 OFC U-20 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-19 Championship), which would have been hosted by Samoa, had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Samoa would be retained to host the next edition in 2022. [1] On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced the tournament had been moved to August from July. [2]

The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the OFC representatives. New Zealand the defending champions, won the title for the eighth time, and qualified together with runners-up Fiji.

Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.

Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament. [3]

Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 6thGroup stage (1998, 2011, 2014)
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 4thGroup stage (2001, 2016)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 22ndChampions (2014)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 13thRunners-up (2008)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 22ndChampions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 15thFourth place (1978, 1982)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 10thGroup stage (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 10thRunners-up (2005, 2011)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti (hosts)12thChampions (1974, 2008)
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 7thGroup stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 16thRunners-up (2014, 2016)

Venues

Pirae Papeete
Stade Fautaua Stade Pater
Capacity: 10,000Capacity: 11,700

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 July with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship. [4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 		Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 		Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300230+239 Knockout stage
2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 320196+36
3Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 3102411−73
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3003019−190
Source: OFC
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg6–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
  • Limoki Soccerball shade.svg10'
  • Paul Soccerball shade.svg17', 26', 66'
  • Suri Soccerball shade.svg28', 70'
 Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 200 [5]
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–8Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 200 [6]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 70 [7]
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg9–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 300 [8]
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg0–4Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 100 [9]
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 120 [10]
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti (H)3210110+117 Knockout stage
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 321060+67
3Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 310236−33
4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 3003014−140
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–0 (w/o) [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–8Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 600 [12]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 150 [13]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg3–0 (w/o) [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 600 [15]
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg3–0 (w/o) [lower-alpha 3] Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae

Group C

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 220070+76 Knockout stage
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 210134−13
3Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 200206−60
Source: OFC
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg3–0 (w/o) [lower-alpha 1] Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–3 (w/o) [lower-alpha 2] Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg0–4New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 100 [18]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Ranking of third-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 B Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 200206−60 Knockout stage
1 C Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 200206−60
3 A Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 2002011−110
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 
          
 
18 September – Pirae
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 5
 
21 September – Pirae
 
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2
 
18 September – Pirae
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 0
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1
 
24 September – Pirae
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 0
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3
 
18 September – Pirae
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 1
 
21 September – Pirae
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 0
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
18 September – Pirae
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 1 Third place match
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 4
 
24 September – Pirae
 
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 1
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 1 (4)
 
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia (p)1 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg4–1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg1–0Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 120
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg1–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: McKenzie Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg2–0Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg1–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report
Penalties
5–4
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final

Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 400
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 21 September 2022 [19] 1 (2015)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21 September 2022 [19] 6 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Flag of New Zealand.svg Jay Herdman
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg Oliver Colloty
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kian Donkers
Golden Gloves Flag of New Zealand.svg Henry Gray

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. 1 2 On 8 September 2022, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea announced they would be unable to play their opening games of the tournament. [11]
  2. 1 2 On 12 September 2022, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea announced they would be unable to play their second games of the tournament. [14]
  3. ↑ Tonga did not turn up to the stadium before the schedueled kickoff time and hence, Papua New Guinea were awarded a 3–0 win. [16] [17]

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