International football competition
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 Fiji 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 ) Vanuatu 17th Runners-up (2014 , 2016 )
Venues
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]
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] The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows: Total points; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Head-to-head result between tied teams; Points in matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in matches among the tied teams; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match): One yellow card: −1 point; Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.
Qualifying group Source: OFC(H) Hosts
9 April 2024 (2024-04-09 )
12:00
9 April 2024 (2024-04-09 )
15:00
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Neeshil Varman (
Fiji )
12 April 2024 (2024-04-12 )
12:00
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (
Samoa )
12 April 2024 (2024-04-12 )
15:00
15 April 2024 (2024-04-15 )
15:00
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neeshil Varman (
Fiji )
Group stage All times are local, WST (UTC+13).
Group A
Source: OFC
5 July 2024 (2024-07-05 )
15:00
8 July 2024 (2024-07-08 )
12:00
8 July 2024 (2024-07-08 )
15:00
11 July 2024 (2024-07-11 )
12:00
11 July 2024 (2024-07-11 )
15:00
Group B
Source: OFC
6 July 2024 (2024-07-06 )
12:00
Attendance: 250
Referee: Veer Singh (
Fiji )
6 July 2024 (2024-07-06 )
15:00
9 July 2024 (2024-07-09 )
12:00
Attendance: 150
Referee: Veer Singh (
Fiji )
9 July 2024 (2024-07-09 )
15:00
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (
Fiji )
12 July 2024 (2024-07-12 )
12:00
12 July 2024 (2024-07-12 )
15:00
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (
Fiji )
Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup .[ 2]
15 July 2024 (2024-07-15 )
11:00
15 July 2024 (2024-07-15 )
15:00
Third place match 18 July 2024 (2024-07-18 )
11:00
Attendance: 150
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (
Samoa )
Final 18 July 2024 (2024-07-18 )
14:00
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 .
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
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Domestic Leagues American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Champions League Port Vila Luganville Domestic Cups Fiji FACT Battle of the Giants Inter-District Championship New Caledonia New Zealand Solomon Islands Tahiti Vanuatu Independence Cup PVFA Cup Super Cups OFC club competitions National team competitions