2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

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2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship
2024 OFC U-19 siamupini
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Vanuatu
Final tournament:
Samoa
DatesQualifying stage:
9–15 April 2024
Final tournament:
5–18 July 2024
TeamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (9th title)
Runners-upNew Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Third placeFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Fourth placeFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored61 (3.81 per match)
Attendance4,350 (272 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Keegan Kelly
(4 goals)
Best player(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg Luka Coveny
Best goalkeeper Flag of New Zealand.svg Alby Kelly-Heald
Fair play awardFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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2026 →

The 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship will the 24th 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 top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the OFC representatives. [1] [2] New Zealand are the defending champions. [3]

Teams

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

Starting from 2022, this will mark the return of the four-team qualifying stage after absent from 2022.

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

TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 23rdChampions (2014)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 23rdChampions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022)
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 14thRunners-up (2008)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 16thFourth place (1978, 1982)
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa (hosts)11thQuarter-finals (2022)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 11thRunners-up (2005, 2011)
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 13thChampions (1974, 2008)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 17thRunners-up (2014, 2016)

Venues

Apia
FFS Football Stadium
Capacity: 3,500

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 March with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship. [4] [5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 		New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 		Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu [lower-alpha 1]

Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

Qualifying stage

The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024. [6]

Tiebreakers

Qualifying group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (H)330090+99Final tournament
2Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands 311145−14
3Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga 311157−24
4Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 3003511−60
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg1–1Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
  • Teu Soccerball shade.svg90+1'
Report [8]
Freshwater Stadium , Port Vila, Vanuatu
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg4–0Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa
Report [9]
Freshwater Stadium , Port Vila, Vanuatu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg2–3Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
Report [10]
Freshwater Stadium , Port Vila, Vanuatu
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Tonga  Flag of Tonga.svg0–3Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report [11]
Freshwater Stadium , Port Vila, Vanuatu
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gideon Mamuala (Solomon Islands)
American Samoa  Flag of American Samoa.svg3–4Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga
Report [12]
Freshwater Stadium , Port Vila, Vanuatu
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
Cook Islands  Flag of the Cook Islands.svg0–2Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report [13]
Freshwater Stadium , Port Vila, Vanuatu
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

Group stage

All times are local, WST (UTC+13).

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 330050+59 Knockout stage
2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 320195+46
3Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti 310224−23
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 300318−70
Source: OFC
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report Bennett Soccerball shade.svg20'
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–0Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Laena Soccerball shade.svg17' Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg0–3Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg0–1Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
Report Papaura Soccerball shade.svg67'
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–6Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Maki Soccerball shade.svg4' Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
Tahiti  Flag of French Polynesia.svg0–1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report Laena Soccerball shade.svg52'
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3300180+189 Knockout stage
2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 320145−16
3Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 310248−43
4Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3003215−130
Source: OFC
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg3–0New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 250
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Samoa  Flag of Samoa.svg3–1Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Report Moses Soccerball shade.svg50'
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg1–2New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Sagana Soccerball shade.svg83' Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg5–0Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg0–10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 300
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg2–1Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa
Report Vaitusi Soccerball shade.svg16'
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
15 July – Apia
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 2
 
18 July – Apia
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia (a.e.t.)3
 
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 0
 
15 July – Apia
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1
 
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 0
 
 Third place match
 
 
18 July – Apia
 
 
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 4
 
 
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 2

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [2]

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg2–3 (a.e.t.)New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 200
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–0Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Watson Soccerball shade.svg48' Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Third place match

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg4–2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 150
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)

Final

New Caledonia  New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg0–4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
FFS Football Stadium, Apia
Attendance: 500
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.

TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup 1
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia 15 July 20240 (debut)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 15 July 20247 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
1Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting

All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+. [5]

Goalscorers

Notes

  1. ↑ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw

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