2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

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

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:
7–18 July 2024
TeamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)

The top two teams of the tournament will qualify 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 will mark 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
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[lower-alpha 1]

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Vanuatu (H) 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Final tournament
2  Cook Islands 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
3  Tonga 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Tonga 1–1 Cook Islands
  • Teu 90+1'
 Report[8]
  • Tuakanangaro 21'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Vanuatu 4–0 American Samoa
  • Waoute 6'
  • Numake 45', 45+5'
  • Tasarur 70'
 Report[9]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)
American Samoa 2–3 Cook Islands
  • Pouli 43' (pen.)
  • Lee 51'
 Report[10]
  • Wichman 15', 45'
  • Lopez 67'
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Tonga 0–3 Vanuatu
Report[11]
  • Teu 60' (o.g.)
  • Luake 68'
  • Loren 88'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gideon Mamuala (Solomon Islands)
American Samoa 3–4 Tonga
  • Lee 18'
  • Pouli 69', 90+2' (pen.)
 Report[12]
  • Foliaki 16'
  • Tai 56', 73'
  • Vaekau 59'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
Cook Islands 0–2 Vanuatu
Report[13]
  • Natou 45'
  • Waoute 55'
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

Group stage

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

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Fiji 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Tahiti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Vanuatu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 July 2024. Source: OFC
Fiji v Tahiti
Report
Solomon Islands v Vanuatu
Report
Fiji v Solomon Islands
Report
Vanuatu v Tahiti
Report
Vanuatu v Fiji
Report
Tahiti v Solomon Islands
Report

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Samoa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Papua New Guinea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 6 July 2024. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Zealand v New Caledonia
Report
Samoa v Papua New Guinea
Report
Papua New Guinea v New Caledonia
Report
New Zealand v Samoa
Report
Papua New Guinea v New Zealand
Report
New Caledonia v Samoa
Report

Knockout stage

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
15 July – Apia
 
 
Group A winner
 
18 July – Apia
 
Group B runners-up
 
Semi-final 1 winner
 
15 July – Apia
 
Semi-final 2 winner
 
Group B winner
 
 
Group A runners-up
 
Third place match
 
 
18 July – Apia
 
 
Semi-final 1 loser
 
 
Semi-final 2 loser

Semi-finals

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

Group A winnervGroup B runners-up
Report
Group B winnervGroup A runners-up
Report

Third place match
Semi-final 1 loservSemi-final 2 loser
Report

Final
Semi-final 1 winnervSemi-final 2 winner
Report

Broadcasting

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

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. "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. "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.
  8. "Tonga vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  9. "Vanuatu vs American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  10. "American Samoa vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  11. "Tonga vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  12. "American Samoa vs Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  13. "Cook Islands vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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