Organising body | OFC |
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Founded | 1983 |
Region | Oceania |
Number of teams | 11 |
Current champions | New Zealand (10th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Australia New Zealand (10 titles each) |
2024 OFC U-16 Championship |
The OFC U-16 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 16. The tournament decides the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.
Between 1983 and 2017, the tournament was open to teams under-17 years of age and was called the OFC U-17 Championship. Since 2018, the age limit was reduced to under 16 years of age, the tournament is called the OFC U-16 Championship.
All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were:
The list of winners: [1]
U17 format
U16 format
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
1 | 2018 Details | Honiara, Solomon Islands [5] | New Zealand | 0–0 (5–4 pen.) | Solomon Islands [note 1] | Tahiti | 2–1 | Fiji | ||
2 | 2024 Details | Papeete, Tahiti | New Zealand | 3–1 | Fiji | New Caledonia | 1–1 (5–4 pen.) | Tahiti |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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New Zealand | 10 (1997*, 2007, 2009*, 2011*, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024) | 6 (1983*, 1986, 1989, 1991*, 1995, 2001) | 1 (1993*) | — |
Australia | 10 (1983, 1986, 1989*, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003*, 2005) | 1 (1997) | — | — |
Tahiti | — | 4 (2007*, 2009, 2011, 2015) | 2 (2018, 2023) | 1 (2024) |
New Caledonia | — | 4 (2003*, 2013, 2017, 2023) | 2 (2009, 2024) | 5 (1983, 1999, 2005*, 2007, 2015) |
Solomon Islands | — | 2 (1993, 2018*) | 4 (1997, 1999, 2005, 2011) | 1 (1995) |
Fiji | — | 2 (1999*, 2024) | 2 (1991, 2007) | 6 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2018, 2023) |
Vanuatu | — | 1 (2005) | 3 (1995*, 2013*, 2015) | 2 (2009, 2011) |
Chinese Taipei | — | — | 3 (1983, 1986*, 1989) | — |
Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | 1 (1986) |
Note: no third or fourth place finishes in 1991 (no fourth place finish only), 2001, 2003 and 2017.
Team | 1983 | 1986 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2023 | Total |
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American Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | PR | GS | 9 |
Australia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | AFC member | 11 | |||||||
Chinese Taipei | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | AFC member | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Cook Islands | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | PR | PR | QF | 10 |
Fiji | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 4th | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | × | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | 18 |
New Caledonia | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | × | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 12 |
New Zealand | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | × | 2nd | GS | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 17 |
Papua New Guinea | × | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | × | 9 |
Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | PR | GS | GS | GS | QF | 9 |
Solomon Islands | × | × | × | × | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | 3rd | × | × | 3rd | × | GS | SF | 2nd | × | 11 |
Tahiti | GS | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | × | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 14 |
Tonga | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | PR | QF | 10 |
Vanuatu | × | × | GS | × | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | × | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | QF | 15 |
Team | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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Australia | QF | QF | R1 | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | QF | R1 | R1 | AFC member | 10 | |||||||||
Fiji | Q | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
New Caledonia | R1 | R1 | Q | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Q | 11 | |||||||||
Solomon Islands | R1 | 1 |
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