Organising body | OFC |
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Founded | 1974 |
Region | Oceania |
Number of teams | 11 |
Current champions | New Zealand (9th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Australia (12 titles) |
Website | http://www.oceaniafootball.com |
2024 OFC U-19 Championship |
The OFC U-19 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the under-19 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Between 1974 and 2012, the competition was open to teams under 20 years of age and called the OFC U-20 Championship. Since 2014, the age limit was darkreduced to under 19 years of age, [1] and since 2018, the tournament name was changed to the OFC U-19 Championship.
Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:
U20 format
U19 format
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
1 | 2014 [nb 1] | Fiji | Fiji | Round Robin | Vanuatu | New Caledonia | Round Robin | Solomon Islands | ||
2 | 2022 | Tahiti | New Zealand | 3–0 | Fiji | New Caledonia | 1–1 (5–4 on pen) | Tahiti | ||
3 | 2024 | Samoa | New Zealand | 4–0 | New Caledonia | Solomon Islands | 4–2 | Fiji |
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third-place | Fourth-place |
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Australia | 12 (1978, 1982, 1985*, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005) | 1 (1980) | – | – |
New Zealand | 9 (1980, 1992, 2007*, 2011*, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) | 7 (1974, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2001) | 5 (1978*, 1985, 1986*, 1998, 2008) | – |
Tahiti | 2 (1974*, 2008*) | 2 (1992*, 2018*) | – | 3 (1990, 1997*, 2022*) |
Fiji | 1 (2014*) | 6 (1978, 1998, 2002*, 2007, 2013*, 2022) | 4 (1980*, 1982, 1992, 1997) | 5 (1988*, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2024) |
Vanuatu | – | 2 (2014, 2016*) | 5 (1974, [lower-alpha 1] 1990, 2002*, 2007, 2013) | 2 (1992, 1994) |
Solomon Islands | – | 2 (2005*, 2011) | 3 (1994, 2007, 2024) | 3 (1998, 2014, 2018) |
New Caledonia | – | 2 (2008, 2024) | 3 (2014, 2018, 2022) | 4 (1974, 1980, 2007, 2013) |
Israel | – | 2 (1985, 1986) | – | – |
Chinese Taipei | – | – | 1 (1988) | 2 (1985, 1986) |
Papua New Guinea | – | – | – | 2 (1978, 1982*) |
Team | 1974 | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1985 | 1986 | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1994 | 1997 | 1998 | 2001 | 2002 | 2005 | 2007 | 2008 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | Years |
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American Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | 6th | PR | PR | GS | PR | 7 |
Australia | × | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | Part of AFC | 13 | ||||||||
Chinese Taipei | × | × | × | × | 4th | 4th | 3rd | Part of AFC | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Cook Islands | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | 5 |
Fiji | × | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | GS | 3rd | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | GS | GS | 2nd | 4th | 24 |
Israel | × | × | × | × | 2nd | 2nd | × | × | Part of UEFA | 2 | |||||||||||||||
New Caledonia | 4th | × | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | 4th | 3rd | SF | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 14 |
New Zealand | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | GS | GS | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 23 |
Papua New Guinea | × | 4th | 6th | 4th | 6th | × | GS | × | 5th | GS | × | × | GS | GS | × | × | × | GS | 5th | 5th | GS | GS | QF | GS | 16 |
Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | 7th | × | × | × | × | PR | PR | QF | GS | 11 |
Solomon Islands | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 3rd | × | 4th | GS | × | 2nd | 3rd | × | 2nd | × | 4th | SF | 4th | QF | 3rd | 11 |
Tahiti | 1st | × | 5th | × | × | × | × | 4th | 2nd | GS | 4th | × | GS | × | × | 5th | 1st | × | × | × | GS | 2nd | 4th | GS | 13 |
Tonga | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | × | PR | GS | GS | PR | 8 |
Vanuatu | 3rd | × | × | × | × | × | GS | 3rd | 4th | 4th | × | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | 6th | × | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | GS | QF | GS | 17 |
Team | 1977 | 1979 | 1981 | 1983 | 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 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 4th | 4th | QF | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | AFC member | 12 | |||||||||||
Fiji | R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
New Caledonia | Q | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | R2 | Q | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Tahiti | R1 | R1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Vanuatu | R1 | 1 |
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