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2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

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.

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 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

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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

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Apia
FFS Football Stadium
Capacity: 3,500

Draw

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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

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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

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The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024.[6]

Tiebreakers

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Qualifying group

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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]
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)
Vanuatu  4–0  American Samoa
 Report[9]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)
American Samoa  2–3  Cook Islands
 Report[10]
Attendance: 200
Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)
Tonga  0–3  Vanuatu
Report[11]
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gideon Mamuala (Solomon Islands)
American Samoa  3–4  Tonga
 Report[12]
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
Cook Islands  0–2  Vanuatu
Report[13]
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

Group stage

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

Group A

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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
4   Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 1 8 −7 0
Source: OFC
Fiji  3–1  Tahiti
 Report Bennett   20'
Attendance: 200
Solomon Islands  1–0  Vanuatu
Laena   17' Report
Attendance: 200
Fiji  0–3  Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 150
Vanuatu  0–1  Tahiti
Report Papaura   67'
Attendance: 150
Vanuatu  1–6  Fiji
Maki   4' Report
Attendance: 150
Tahiti  0–1  Solomon Islands
Report Laena   52'
Attendance: 150

Group B

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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
4   Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 3 2 15 −13 0
Source: OFC
New Zealand  3–0  New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Samoa  3–1  Papua New Guinea
 Report Moses   50'
Attendance: 500
Papua New Guinea  1–2  New Caledonia
Sagana   83' Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
New Zealand  5–0  Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 500
Papua New Guinea  0–10  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 300
New Caledonia  2–1  Samoa
 Report Vaitusi   16'
Attendance: 500

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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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

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

Solomon Islands  2–3 (a.e.t.)  New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 200
New Zealand  1–0  Fiji
Watson   48' Report
Attendance: 300

Third place match

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Solomon Islands  4–2  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 150

Final

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New Caledonia  0–4  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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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

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

Goalscorers

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Notes

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

References

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  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.
  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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