2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship
2024 OFC U-19 siamupini
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)
Venue(s)1 (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 player(s)New Zealand Luka Coveny
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Alby Kelly-Heald
Fair play award New Zealand
← 2022
2026 →

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 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).

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 7th Group stage (1998, 2011, 2014)
 Cook Islands 5th Group stage (2001, 2016)
 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)
 Tonga 8th Group stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018)
 Vanuatu 17th Runners-up (2014, 2016)

Venues

Apia
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
 Fiji
 New Zealand		  New Caledonia
 Samoa
 Solomon Islands
 Tahiti		  Papua New Guinea
 Vanuatu[a]

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

Qualifying group

Main article: 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship qualification
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 — — — 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 —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Group stage

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

Group A

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
Source: OFC
Fiji 3–1 Tahiti
  • Prasad 45+1'
  • Penisoni Tirau 45+6', 48'
 Report Bennett 20'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands 1–0 Vanuatu
Laena 17' Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Fiji 0–3 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Afi 35'
  • Abana 45+4', 83'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
Vanuatu 0–1 Tahiti
Report Papaura 67'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Solomon Islands)
Vanuatu 1–6 Fiji
Maki 4' Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
Tahiti 0–1 Solomon Islands
Report Laena 52'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

Group B

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
Source: OFC
New Zealand 3–0 New Caledonia
  • Ukich 18' (pen.)
  • Watson 45+5'
  • Kelly 53'
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Samoa 3–1 Papua New Guinea
 Report Moses 50'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
Papua New Guinea 1–2 New Caledonia
Sagana 83' Report
  • Qaeze 45+1'
  • Simone 89'
Attendance: 150
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
New Zealand 5–0 Samoa
  • Phoenix 14', 59'
  • Gillion 36'
  • Partridge 74'
  • Brown 90' (o.g.)
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
Papua New Guinea 0–10 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 2–1 Samoa
  • Upa 41'
  • Brunet 45+3'
 Report Vaitusi 16'
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

5th place match

Tahiti 4–0 Samoa
  • Teriitematau 32'
  • Papaura 53'
  • Brown 84' (o.g.)
  • Faure 90'
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

7th place match

Vanuatu 3–2 Papua New Guinea
  • Thomas 18', 43'
  • Numake 78'
 Report
  • Moses 22'
  • Natou 37' (o.g.)
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]

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

Third place match

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

Final

New Caledonia 0–4 New Zealand
Report
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.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
 New Caledonia 15 July 2024 0 (debut)
 New Zealand 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

Awards

Notes

  1. ^ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw

References

  1. ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "VANUATU SECURE FINAL SPOT AT OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  4. ^ "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "New Zealand learn opponents for July's OFC U-19 Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
  6. ^ "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  7. ^ "REGULATIONS OFC U-19 Men's Championship 2024" (PDF). Oceania Football. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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