2022 OFC U-19 Championship

2022 OFC U-19 Championship

Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 19 ans 2022
Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	7–24 September
Teams	11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (8th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	71 (3.94 per match)
Attendance	5,410 (301 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers (9 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jay Herdman
Best goalkeeper	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.

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).

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
American Samoa	6th	Group stage (1998, 2011, 2014)
Cook Islands	4th	Group stage (2001, 2016)
Fiji	22nd	Champions (2014)
New Caledonia	13th	Runners-up (2008)
New Zealand	22nd	Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018)
Papua New Guinea	15th	Fourth place (1978, 1982)
Samoa	10th	Group stage (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007)
Solomon Islands	10th	Runners-up (2005, 2011)
Tahiti (hosts)	12th	Champions (1974, 2008)
Tonga	7th	Group stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018)
Vanuatu	16th	Runners-up (2014, 2016)

Venues

Pirae Papeete	Pirae	Papeete
	Stade Fautaua	Stade Pater
	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 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
New Zealand   Tahiti   New Caledonia	Solomon Islands   Fiji   Papua New Guinea   Vanuatu	Tonga   Samoa   Cook Islands   American Samoa

Squads

Main article: 2022 OFC U-19 Championship 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	23	0	+23	9	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Cook Islands	3	1	0	2	4	11	−7	3
4	American Samoa	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0

Source: OFC

7 September 2022 (2022-09-07)

12:00

Solomon Islands	6–0	American Samoa
Limoki 10' Paul 17', 26', 66' Suri 28', 70'	Report

Stade Fautaua, Papeete

Attendance: 200 ^[5]

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

7 September 2022 (2022-09-07)

15:00

Cook Islands	0–8	New Zealand
	Report	Donkers 2', 22', 35', 43' (pen.) Herdman 39' Colloty 70' (pen.), 84' Fay 82'

Stade Fautaua, Papeete

Attendance: 200 ^[6]

Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

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10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)

12:00

Cook Islands	0–3	Solomon Islands
	Report	Hou 2' Paul 27' Rocky 69'

Stade Fautaua, Papeete

Attendance: 70 ^[7]

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

10 September 2022 (2022-09-10)

15:00

New Zealand	9–0	American Samoa
Manuel 27' Colloty 36', 49' (pen.), 58' Beale 40', 73' Surman 45+2' Donkers 75' (pen.), 84'	Report

Stade Fautaua, Papeete

Attendance: 300 ^[8]

Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

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13 September 2022 (2022-09-13)

12:00

American Samoa	0–4	Cook Islands
	Report	Tregu 10' Tuakana 19' Beal 78', 88'

Stade Fautaua, Papeete

Attendance: 100 ^[9]

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13)

15:00

New Zealand	6–0	Solomon Islands
Donkers 23', 45+1' (pen.) Supyk 55', 70' O'Leary 67' Conchie 87'	Report

Stade Fautaua, Papeete

Attendance: 120 ^[10]

Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti (H)	3	2	1	0	11	0	+11	7	Knockout stage
2	Fiji	3	2	1	0	6	0	+6	7
3	Papua New Guinea	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	0	14	−14	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

17:00

Fiji	3–0 (w/o) [a]	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

20:00

Tonga	0–8	Tahiti
	Report	Shan 25' H. Bennett 53' Boube 64', 67', 70' Morgant 79' (pen.) Sangue 86' Pautu 89'

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 600 ^[11]

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

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11 September 2022 (2022-09-11)

17:00

Tonga	0–3	Fiji
	Report	Raheem 64' Mohammed 71' Begg 84'

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 150 ^[12]

Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

11 September 2022 (2022-09-11)

20:00

Tahiti	3–0 (w/o) [b]	Papua New Guinea
	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

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14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)

20:00

Tahiti	0–0	Fiji
	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 600 ^[13]

Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

15 September 2022 (2022-09-15)

15:00

Papua New Guinea	3–0 (w/o) [c]	Tonga
	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Caledonia	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	6	Knockout stage
2	Samoa	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
3	Vanuatu	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0

Source: OFC

8 September 2022 (2022-09-08)

14:00

New Caledonia	3–0 (w/o) [a]	Vanuatu
	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

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11 September 2022 (2022-09-11)

14:00

Vanuatu	0–3 (w/o) [b]	Samoa
	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

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14 September 2022 (2022-09-14)

14:00

Samoa	0–4	New Caledonia
	Report	Jone 34' Read 45+2', 66', 77'

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 100 ^[14]

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 considered for this ranking.

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0	Knockout stage
1	C	Vanuatu	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
3	A	Cook Islands	2	0	0	2	0	11	−11	0

Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	18 September – Pirae
	New Zealand	5
					21 September – Pirae
	Papua New Guinea	0
					New Zealand	2
	18 September – Pirae
					Tahiti	0
	Tahiti	1
									24 September – Pirae
	Vanuatu	0
									New Zealand	3
	18 September – Pirae
									Fiji	0
	New Caledonia	1
					21 September – Pirae
	Solomon Islands	0
					New Caledonia	0
	18 September – Pirae
					Fiji	1			Third place match
	Fiji	4
									24 September – Pirae
	Samoa	1
									Tahiti	1 (4)
									New Caledonia (p)	1 (5)

Quarter-finals

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18)

09:30

Fiji	4–1	Samoa
Mani 35', 45+1', 56' (pen.) Rotidara 86'	Report	Leddy 54'

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 100

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

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18 September 2022 (2022-09-18)

13:00

New Caledonia	1–0	Solomon Islands
Read 4' (pen.)	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 120

Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

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18 September 2022 (2022-09-18)

16:30

New Zealand	5–0	Papua New Guinea
McKay 20', 26' Herdman 60' Colloty 88', 90'	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 150

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

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18 September 2022 (2022-09-18)

20:00

Tahiti	1–0	Vanuatu
Shan 12'	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 350

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)

16:30

Fiji	1–0	New Caledonia
Begg 75'	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 150

Referee: McKenzie Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

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21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)

20:00

New Zealand	2–0	Tahiti
Hughes 2' Donkers 52'	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)

17:00

New Caledonia	1–1	Tahiti
Jone 74'	Report	K. Bennett 18' (pen.)
Penalties
Upa C. Forest Waouka Kugogne S. Forest Boano	5–4	Papaura Teihotu K. Bennett Vahirua Teniau Malakai

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)

20:00

Fiji	0–3	New Zealand
	Report	Colloty 34', 40' Herdman 83'

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.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
Fiji	21 September 2022 [15]	1 (2015)
New Zealand	21 September 2022 [15]	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.

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Jay Herdman
Golden Boot	Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers
Golden Gloves	Henry Gray

Goalscorers

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

9 goals

• Oliver Colloty
• Kian Donkers

4 goals

• William Read
• Francis Paul

3 goals

• Melvin Mani
• Jay Herdman
• Mathis Boube

2 goals

• Dalziel Beal
• Nabil Begg
• Paul Jone
• Charlie Beale
• Dan McKay
• Adam Supyk
• Alden Suri
• Manuarii Shan

1 goal

• Silas Tregu
• Ngametau Tuakana
• Mustafa Mohammed
• Mohammed Raheem
• Peniasi Rotidara
• Fin Conchie
• Oliver Fay
• Isaac Hughes
• Jackson Manuel
• Everton O'Leary
• Finn Surman
• Victor Leddy
• Selwyn Hou
• Barrie Limoki
• Junior Rocky
• Herehau Bennett
• Kamalani Bennett
• Hauroa Morgant
• Kahutia Pautu
• Tekaki Sangue

Notes

1. On 8 September 2022, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea announced they would be unable to play their opening games of the tournament.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000070-QINU`"'
2. On 12 September 2022, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea announced they would be unable to play their second games of the tournament.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000094-QINU`"'
3. Tonga did not turn up to the stadium before the scheduled kickoff time and hence, Papua New Guinea were awarded a 3–0 win.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000009D-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000009E-QINU`"'

References

1. "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
2. "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
3. "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
4. "OFC U-19 Championship draw set for Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 July 2022.
5. "Solomon Islands v American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
6. "Cook Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
7. "Cook Islands v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
8. "New Zealand v American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
9. "American Samoa v Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2022.
10. "New Zealand v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2022.
11. "Tonga v Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
12. "Tonga v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
13. "Tahiti v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
14. "Samoa v New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
15. "Fiji and New Zealand look to make U-20 history for Oceania". FIFA. 22 September 2022.

External links

• oceaniafootball.com