OFC U-19 Men's Championship

OFC U-19 Championship
Organising body	OFC
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.

Eligible teams

Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati (not a member of FIFA)
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue (not a member of FIFA)
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Tonga
Tuvalu (not a member of FIFA)
Vanuatu

Former teams

Israel (now is UEFA member)
Chinese Taipei (now is AFC member)
Australia (now is AFC member)

Results

Summaries

U20 format

Edition	Year	Host	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1974	Tahiti	Tahiti	2–0	New Zealand	New Hebrides		New Caledonia
2	1978	New Zealand	Australia	Round Robin	Fiji	New Zealand	Round Robin	Papua New Guinea
3	1980	Fiji	New Zealand	2–0	Australia	Fiji	4–3	New Caledonia
4	1982	Papua New Guinea	Australia	4–3 (aet)	New Zealand	Fiji	2–1	Papua New Guinea
5	1985	Australia	Australia	Round Robin	Israel	New Zealand	Round Robin	Chinese Taipei
6	1986	New Zealand	Australia	Round Robin	Israel	New Zealand	Round Robin	Chinese Taipei
7	1988	Fiji	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	2–0	Fiji
8	1990	Fiji	Australia	Round Robin	New Zealand	Vanuatu	Round Robin	Tahiti
9	1992	Tahiti	New Zealand	Round Robin	Tahiti	Fiji	Round Robin	Vanuatu
10	1994	Fiji	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	0–0 (4–2 on pen)	Vanuatu
11	1997	Tahiti	Australia	2–1	New Zealand	Fiji	1–1 (5–4 on pen)	Tahiti
12	1998	Samoa	Australia	2–0	Fiji	New Zealand	2–1	Solomon Islands
13	2001	New Caledonia & Cook Islands	Australia		New Zealand	No third place match
14	2002	Vanuatu & Fiji	Australia		Fiji	No third place match
15	2005	Solomon Islands	Australia	3–0	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	4–1	Fiji
16	2007	New Zealand	New Zealand	Round Robin	Fiji	Solomon Islands	Round Robin	New Caledonia
17	2008	Tahiti	Tahiti	Round Robin	New Caledonia	New Zealand	Round Robin	Fiji
18	2011	New Zealand	New Zealand	3–1	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	2–0	Fiji
19	2013	Fiji	New Zealand	Round Robin	Fiji	Vanuatu	Round Robin	New Caledonia
20	2016	Vanuatu	New Zealand	5–0	Vanuatu	No third place match
21	2018	Tahiti^[2]	New Zealand	1–0	Tahiti	New Caledonia	4–1	Solomon Islands
22	2021	Samoa	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic^[3]

U19 format

Edition	Year	Host	Final			Third Place Match
Edition	Year	Host	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

Notes

^ The age restriction was reduced to 19 years of age to ensure those who entered were also eligible for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Performances by team

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
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,^[a] 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*)

* = As hosts

Notes

^ This 1974 third place was achieved by Vanuatu under its former name New Hebrides.

Participating nations

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
SF – Semi-finals
5th–7th – Fifth to Seventh place
QF – Quarter-finals
GS – Group stage
PR – Preliminary round
q – Qualified
— Hosts
•• – Qualified but withdrew
× – Did not enter
• – Did not qualify
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
— Country not affiliated to OFC at that time
— Country did not exist or national team was inactive
– Not affiliated to FIFA

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
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

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
QF – Quarterfinals
R2 – Round 2
R1 – Round 1
– Hosts
– Not affiliated to OFC
Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1981	1983	1985	1987	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	2025	Total
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

References

^ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
^ "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.
^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.

External links

[4] The age restriction was reduced to 19 years of age to ensure those who entered were also eligible for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

[5] This 1974 third place was achieved by Vanuatu under its former name New Hebrides.

[1] "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

[2] "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.

[3] "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.

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