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The OFC Men's 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.

Organiser(s)OFC
Founded1983
RegionOceania
Teams11
Quick facts Organiser(s), Founded ...
OFC Men's U-16 Championship
Organiser(s)OFC
Founded1983
RegionOceania
Teams11
Current champions New Zealand
(12th title)
Most championships New Zealand
(12 titles)
2026 OFC U-16 Men's Championship
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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.

Eligible teams

All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament are:

Results

Summaries

The list of winners:[1]

More information Ed., Year ...
Ed. Year Hosts Winners Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
11983New Zealand Australia
–[note 1]
 New Zealand Chinese Taipei
–[note 1]
 New Caledonia
21986Taiwan Australia
–[note 1]
 New Zealand Chinese Taipei
–[note 1]
 Papua New Guinea
31989Australia Australia
–[note 1]
 New Zealand Chinese Taipei
–[note 1]
 Fiji
41991New Zealand Australia
–[note 1]
 New Zealand FijiN/a
51993Solomon Islands Australia
3–0
 Solomon Islands New Zealand
5–1
 Fiji
61995Vanuatu Australia
1–0
 New Zealand Vanuatu
3–0
 Solomon Islands
71997New Zealand New Zealand
1–0
 Australia Solomon Islands
3–0
 Fiji
81999Fiji Australia
5–0
 Fiji Solomon Islands
beat
 New Caledonia
92001Samoa & Vanuatu Australia
9–0[note 2]
 New Zealand
–[note 3]
102003American Samoa, Australia & New Caledonia Australia
7–1[note 4]
 New Caledonia
–[note 3]
112005New Caledonia Australia
1–0
 Vanuatu Solomon Islands
3–1
 New Caledonia
122007Tahiti New Zealand
–[note 1]
 Tahiti Fiji
–[note 1]
 New Caledonia
132009New Zealand New Zealand
–[note 1]
 Tahiti New Caledonia
–[note 1]
 Vanuatu
142011New Zealand New Zealand
2–0
 Tahiti Solomon Islands
2–0
 Vanuatu
152013Vanuatu New Zealand
–[note 1]
 New Caledonia Vanuatu
–[note 1]
 Fiji
162015American Samoa & Samoa New Zealand
1–1 (5–4 p)
 Tahiti Vanuatu
6–0
 New Caledonia
172017Tahiti New Zealand
7–0
 New Caledonia
 Solomon Islands and  Papua New Guinea
182018Solomon Islands[note 5] New Zealand
0–0 (5–4 p)
 Solomon Islands Tahiti
2–1
 Fiji
192023Fiji New Zealand
1–0
 New Caledonia Tahiti
3–0
 Fiji
202024Tahiti New Zealand
3–1
 Fiji New Caledonia
1–1 (5–4 p)
 Tahiti
212025Solomon Islands New Zealand
2–0
 New Caledonia Fiji
1–0
 Papua New Guinea
222026Papua New Guinea New Zealand
5–0
 Fiji Solomon Islands
1–1 (4–1 p)
 Papua New Guinea
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  1. [1]
    Group stage, defined on points earned.
  2. [2]
    Aggregate score. (3–0 first leg; 6–0 second leg)
  3. [3]
    There was no dispute for third place.
  4. [4]
    Aggregate score. (3–1 first leg; 4–0 second leg)
  5. [5]
    The Solomon Islands, which originally finished second in the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship, were found to have deliberately fielded overage player Chris Satu during the tournament. As a result, they had forfeited all results and their place in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[2] The decision was appealed by the Solomon Islands Football Federation, and the OFC decided to uphold the appeal on the grounds that the federation had not knowingly broken the rules as Satu had a government issued passport showing his eligibility.[3]

Performances by country

More information Team, Titles ...
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 New Zealand 12 (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026) 6 (1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2001) 1 (1993) —
 Australia 10 (1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005) 1 (1997) — —
 New Caledonia — 5 (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023, 2025) 2 (2009, 2024) 5 (1983, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2015)
 Tahiti — 4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) 2 (2018, 2023) 1 (2024)
 Fiji — 3 (1999, 2024, 2026) 3 (1991, 2007, 2025) 6 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2018, 2023)
 Solomon Islands — 2 (1993, 2018) 5 (1997, 1999, 2005, 2011, 2026) 1 (1995)
 Vanuatu — 1 (2005) 3 (1995, 2013, 2015) 2 (2009, 2011)
 Chinese Taipei — — 3 (1983, 1986, 1989) —
 Papua New Guinea — — — 3 (1986, 2025, 2026)
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* = As hosts

Note: no third or fourth place finishes in 1991 (no fourth place finish only), 2001, 2003 and 2017.

Participating nations

Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finalists
  • GS – Group stage
  • PR – Preliminary Round
  •  ×  – Did not participate
  •  ×  – Withdrew
  •      – Hosts
  •      – Not affiliated to OFC
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
More information Team, Total ...
TeamNew Zealand
1983		Taiwan
1986		Australia
1989		New Zealand
1991		Solomon Islands
1993		Vanuatu
1995		New Zealand
1997		Fiji
1999		Samoa
Vanuatu
2001		American Samoa
Australia
New Caledonia
2003		New Caledonia
2005		French Polynesia
2007		New Zealand
2009		New Zealand
2011		Samoa
Vanuatu
2013		American Samoa
Samoa
2015		Samoa
French Polynesia
2017		Tonga
Solomon Islands
2018		Fiji
2023		Tonga
French Polynesia
2024		Tonga
Solomon Islands
2025		Tonga
Papua New Guinea
2026		Total
 American Samoa×××××××GSGSGS×××GSPRGSPRPRGSPRPRPR 12
 Australia1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1stAFC member 11
 Chinese Taipei3rd3rd3rdAFC member 3
 Cook Islands××××××GSGS×GSGS××GSGSGSPRPRQFGSGSPR 13
 FijiGSGS4th3rd4thGS4th2ndGSGSGS3rd×GS4thGSGS4th4th2nd3rd2nd 21
 New Caledonia4th××××××4th×2nd4th4th3rdGS2nd4th2ndGS2nd3rd2ndGS 15
 New Zealand2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd2nd1st×2ndGS×1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st 20
 Papua New Guinea×4th×××××GSGS×GS××GSGSGSSFGS×PR4th4th 12
 Samoa××××××GSGSGSGS××××PRGSGSGSQFGSGSGS 12
 Solomon Islands××××2nd4th3rd3rdGSGS3rd××3rd×GSSF2nd×GSGS3rd 14
 TahitiGS×××GS×GSGSGSGSGS2nd2nd2nd×2ndGS3rd3rd4thGSGS 17
 Tonga×××××××GSGSGSGS××GSPRGSPRPRQFPRPRPR 13
 Vanuatu××GS×GS3rdGSGSGSGS2nd×4th4th3rd3rdGSGSQFGSPRGS 18
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Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

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
More information Team, Total ...
TeamChina
1985		Canada
1987		Scotland
1989		Italy
1991		Japan
1993		Ecuador
1995		Egypt
1997		New Zealand
1999		Trinidad and Tobago
2001		Finland
2003		Peru
2005		South Korea
2007		Nigeria
2009		Mexico
2011		United Arab Emirates
2013		Chile
2015		India
2017		Brazil
2019		Indonesia
2023		Qatar
2025		Qatar
2026		Qatar
2027		Total
 AustraliaQFQFR1QFQFQF2ndQFR1R1AFC member10
 FijiR1QQ3
 New CaledoniaR1R1R1Q4
 New ZealandR1R1R1R2R2R1R2R1R1R1R1QQ13
 Solomon IslandsR1Q2
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Awards

Best player

More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player
2015 New Zealand Logan Rogerson
2017 New Zealand Charles Spragg
2018 Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i
2023 New Caledonia Nolhann Alabete
2024 New Zealand Aaron Cartwright
2025 New Zealand Ethan Dyer
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Best goalkeeper

More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player
2015 French Polynesia Vaiarii Halligan
2017 New Zealand Zac Jones
2018 New Zealand Alex Paulsen
2023 New Zealand Matt Foord
2024 New Caledonia Nicolas Kutran
2025 New Caledonia Sylvain Ipeze
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Top scorers

More information Edition, Player ...
Edition Player Goals
2007 New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses 5
2009 New Zealand Andrew Milne
French Polynesia Heirarii Tevenae		 3
2011 New Caledonia Renaldo Nonmeu 8
2013 New Zealand Stuart Holthusen
New Zealand Monty Patterson		 6
2015 Solomon Islands Larry Zama 13
2017 New Zealand Charles Spragg 7
2018 Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i 8
2023 New Zealand Luke Supyk
French Polynesia Titouan Guillemant		 6
2024 New Zealand Aaron Cartwright 7
2025 New Zealand Ben Perez Baldoni 6
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