2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship
2024 OFC U-19 siamupini | |
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Tournament details | |
Host countries | Qualifying stage: Vanuatu Final tournament: Samoa |
Dates | Qualifying stage: 9–15 April 2024 Final tournament: 5–18 July 2024 |
Teams | Final tournament: 8 Total: 11 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 61 (3.81 per match) |
Attendance | 4,350 (272 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (4 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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.
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 are 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).
Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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23rd | Champions (2014) |
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23rd | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
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14th | Runners-up (2008) |
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16th | Fourth place (1978, 1982) |
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11th | Quarter-finals (2022) |
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11th | Runners-up (2005, 2011) |
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13th | Champions (1974, 2008) |
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17th | Runners-up (2014, 2016) |
Venues
Apia |
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FFS Football Stadium |
Capacity: 3,500 |
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]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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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
Tie-breaking criteria for group play[7] |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Qualifying group
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 |
Tonga ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Report[8] |
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Vanuatu ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Report[9] |
American Samoa ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Report[10] |
American Samoa ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() |
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Report[12] |
Cook Islands ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report[13] |
Group stage
All times are local, WST (UTC+13).
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 |
Solomon Islands ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Laena ![]() |
Report |
Tahiti ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Laena ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
Samoa ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Moses ![]() |
Papua New Guinea ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Sagana ![]() |
Report |
New Zealand ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
New Caledonia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Vaitusi ![]() |
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
15 July – Apia | ||||||
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18 July – Apia | ||||||
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15 July – Apia | ||||||
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Third place match | ||||||
18 July – Apia | ||||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
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Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
New Zealand ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Watson ![]() |
Report |
Third place match
Final
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.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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15 July 2024 | 0 (debut) |
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15 July 2024 | 7 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
- 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
Notes
- ^ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw
References
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ a b "FIFA confirm host countries for next men's and women's U-20 World Cups". friendsoffootballnz.com. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "VANUATU SECURE FINAL SPOT AT OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "New Zealand learn opponents for July's OFC U-19 Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "REGULATIONS OFC U-19 Men's Championship 2024" (PDF). Oceania Football. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Tonga vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Vanuatu vs American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "American Samoa vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Tonga vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "American Samoa vs Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Cook Islands vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.