2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

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The 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship was 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.

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)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
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2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship
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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)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (9th title)
Runners-up New Caledonia
Third place Solomon Islands
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored61 (3.81 per match)
Attendance4,350 (272 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Keegan Kelly
(4 goals)
Best playerNew Zealand Luka Coveny
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Alby Kelly-Heald
Fair play award New Zealand
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The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the OFC representatives.[1][2] New Zealand were the defending champions.[3]

Teams

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

Starting from 2022, this marked 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).

More information Team, Stage ...
Team Stage Appearance Previous best performance
 Fiji Final tournament
(Group stage)		 23rd Champions (2014)
 New Zealand 23rd Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 New Caledonia 14th Runners-up (2008)
 Papua New Guinea 16th Fourth place (1978, 1982)
 Samoa (hosts) 11th Quarter-finals (2022)
 Solomon Islands 11th Runners-up (2005, 2011)
 Tahiti 13th Champions (1974, 2008)
 American SamoaQualifying stage7thGroup stage (1998, 2011, 2014)
 Cook Islands5thGroup stage (2001, 2016)
 Tonga8thGroup stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018)
 Vanuatu 17th Runners-up (2014, 2016)
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Venues

More information Samoa, Apia ...
Samoa
Apia
FFS Football Stadium
Capacity: 3,500
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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]

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Fiji
 New Zealand		  New Caledonia
 Samoa
 Solomon Islands
 Tahiti		  Papua New Guinea
 Vanuatu[a]
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Squads

Main article: 2024 OFC U-19 Championship 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

More information Tie-breaking criteria for group play ...
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Qualifying group

Main article: 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship qualification
More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Vanuatu Cook Islands Tonga American Samoa
1  Vanuatu (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Qualify for Final tournament — — — 4–0
2  Cook Islands 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4 0–2 — — —
3  Tonga 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4 0–3 1–1 — —
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0 — 2–3 3–4 —
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Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Group stage

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

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Solomon Islands 3 3 0 0 5 0 +5 9 Knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 9 5 +4 6
3  Tahiti 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3 5th place match
4  Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0 7th place match
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Source: OFC
More information Fiji, 3–1 ...
Fiji 3–1 Tahiti
  • Prasad 45+1'
  • Penisoni Tirau 45+6', 48'
 Report Bennett 20'
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
More information Solomon Islands, 1–0 ...
Solomon Islands 1–0 Vanuatu
Laena 17' Report
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Attendance: 200
More information Fiji, 0–3 ...
Fiji 0–3 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Afi 35'
  • Abana 45+4', 83'
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
More information Vanuatu, 0–1 ...
Vanuatu 0–1 Tahiti
Report Papaura 67'
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Solomon Islands)
More information Vanuatu, 1–6 ...
Vanuatu 1–6 Fiji
Maki 4' Report
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
More information Tahiti, 0–1 ...
Tahiti 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report Laena 52'
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6
3  Samoa 3 1 0 2 4 8 −4 3 5th place match
4  Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0 7th place match
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Source: OFC
More information New Zealand, 3–0 ...
New Zealand 3–0 New Caledonia
  • Ukich 18' (pen.)
  • Watson 45+5'
  • Kelly 53'
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Attendance: 250
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
More information Samoa, 3–1 ...
Samoa 3–1 Papua New Guinea
 Report Moses 50'
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Attendance: 500
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
More information Papua New Guinea, 1–2 ...
Papua New Guinea 1–2 New Caledonia
Sagana 83' Report
  • Qaeze 45+1'
  • Simone 89'
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
More information New Zealand, 5–0 ...
New Zealand 5–0 Samoa
 Report
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Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
More information Papua New Guinea, 0–10 ...
Papua New Guinea 0–10 New Zealand
Report
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Attendance: 300
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
More information New Caledonia, 2–1 ...
New Caledonia 2–1 Samoa
  • Upa 41'
  • Brunet 45+3'
 Report Vaitusi 16'
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Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

5th place match

More information Tahiti, 4–0 ...
Tahiti 4–0 Samoa
  • Teriitematau 32'
  • Papaura 53'
  • Brown red-colored football 84' (o.g.)
  • Faure 90'
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Attendance: 250
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

7th place match

More information Vanuatu, 3–2 ...
Vanuatu 3–2 Papua New Guinea
  • Thomas 18', 43'
  • Numake 78'
 Report
  • Moses 22'
  • Natou red-colored football 37' (o.g.)
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 July – Apia
 
 
 Solomon Islands2
 
18 July – Apia
 
 New Caledonia (a.e.t.)3
 
 New Caledonia0
 
15 July – Apia
 
 New Zealand4
 
 New Zealand1
 
 
 Fiji0
 
Third place match
 
 
18 July – Apia
 
 
 Solomon Islands4
 
 
 Fiji2

Semi-finals

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

More information Solomon Islands, 2–3 (a.e.t.) ...
Solomon Islands 2–3 (a.e.t.) New Caledonia
  • Iro 37'
  • Abana 45'
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  • Qaeze 27', 118'
  • Simane 88'
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Attendance: 200
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
More information New Zealand, 1–0 ...
New Zealand 1–0 Fiji
Watson 48' Report
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Attendance: 300

Third place match

More information Solomon Islands, 4–2 ...
Solomon Islands 4–2 Fiji
 Report
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Attendance: 150
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)

Final

More information New Caledonia, 0–4 ...
New Caledonia 0–4 New Zealand
Report
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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.

More information Team, Qualified on ...
Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 New Caledonia15 July 20240 (debut)
 New Zealand15 July 20247 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
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1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting

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

Goalscorers

Awards

Notes

  1. [a]
    The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw

References

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