2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

2024 OFC U-19 siamupini
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	New Zealand (9th title)
Runners-up	New Caledonia
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	61 (3.81 per match)
Attendance	4,350 (272 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Keegan Kelly (4 goals)
Best player(s)	Luka Coveny
Best goalkeeper	Alby Kelly-Heald
Fair play award	New Zealand
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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
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
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

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

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

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)

12:00

Tonga	1–1	Cook Islands
Teu 90+1'	Report[8]	Tuakanangaro 21'

Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Attendance: 350

Referee: Kyllian Lelarge (New Caledonia)

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09)

15:00

Vanuatu	4–0	American Samoa
Waoute 6' Numake 45', 45+5' Tasarur 70'	Report[9]

Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)

12:00

American Samoa	2–3	Cook Islands
Pouli 43' (pen.) Lee 51'	Report[10]	Wichman 15', 45' Lopez 67'

Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Attendance: 200

Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)

12 April 2024 (2024-04-12)

15:00

Tonga	0–3	Vanuatu
	Report[11]	Teu 60' (o.g.) Luake 68' Loren 88'

Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Gideon Mamuala (Solomon Islands)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

12:00

American Samoa	3–4	Tonga
Lee 18' Pouli 69', 90+2' (pen.)	Report[12]	Foliaki 16' Tai 56', 73' Vaekau 59'

Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

15 April 2024 (2024-04-15)

15:00

Cook Islands	0–2	Vanuatu
	Report[13]	Natou 45' Waoute 55'

Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila, Vanuatu

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	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

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)

12:00

Fiji	3–1	Tahiti
Prasad 45+1' Penisoni Tirau 45+6', 48'	Report	Bennett 20'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 200

Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

5 July 2024 (2024-07-05)

15:00

Solomon Islands	1–0	Vanuatu
Laena 17'	Report

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 200

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

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8 July 2024 (2024-07-08)

12:00

Fiji	0–3	Solomon Islands
	Report	Afi 35' Abana 45+4', 83'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)

8 July 2024 (2024-07-08)

15:00

Vanuatu	0–1	Tahiti
	Report	Papaura 67'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Solomon Islands)

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11 July 2024 (2024-07-11)

12:00

Vanuatu	1–6	Fiji
Maki 4'	Report	Tirau 13' Afazal 25', 29' Vasconcellos 35', 61' Khan 90+5'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

11 July 2024 (2024-07-11)

15:00

Tahiti	0–1	Solomon Islands
	Report	Laena 52'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

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
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

Source: OFC

6 July 2024 (2024-07-06)

12:00

New Zealand	3–0	New Caledonia
Ukich 18' (pen.) Watson 45+5' Kelly 53'	Report

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 250

Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

6 July 2024 (2024-07-06)

15:00

Samoa	3–1	Papua New Guinea
Trainor 38, 47' Gobbi 82'	Report	Moses 50'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

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9 July 2024 (2024-07-09)

12:00

Papua New Guinea	1–2	New Caledonia
Sagana 83'	Report	Qaeze 45+1' Simone 89'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

9 July 2024 (2024-07-09)

15:00

New Zealand	5–0	Samoa
Phoenix 14', 59' Gillion 36' Partridge 74' Brown 90' (o.g.)	Report

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

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12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)

12:00

Papua New Guinea	0–10	New Zealand
	Report	Sloane-Rodrigues 5', 26' Makowem 11', 16' Kelly 18', 58', 71' Walker 67' Ukich 75' Watson 88'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)

15:00

New Caledonia	2–1	Samoa
Upa 41' Brunet 45+3'	Report	Vaitusi 16'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 500

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

7th place match

5th place match

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 July – Apia
	Solomon Islands	2
					18 July – Apia
	New Caledonia (a.e.t.)	3
					New Caledonia	0
	15 July – Apia
					New Zealand	4
	New Zealand	1
	Fiji	0
					Third place match
					18 July – Apia
					Solomon Islands	4
					Fiji	2

Semi-finals

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

15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)

11:00

Solomon Islands	2–3 (a.e.t.)	New Caledonia
Iro 37' Abana 45'	Report	Qaeze 27', 118' Simane 88'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 200

Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)

15 July 2024 (2024-07-15)

15:00

New Zealand	1–0	Fiji
Watson 48'	Report

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 300

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Third place match

18 July 2024 (2024-07-18)

11:00

Solomon Islands	4–2	Fiji
Francis 48', 65', 90+3' Zopoa 83'	Report	Khan 53' (pen.) Rioa 88' (o.g.)

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

Attendance: 150

Referee: Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)

Final

18 July 2024 (2024-07-18)

14:00

New Caledonia	0–4	New Zealand
	Report	Candy 37' Supyk 64', 67' (pen.) Bulkeley 74'

FFS Football Stadium, Apia

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 Cup^1
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

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.
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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.
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8. "Tonga vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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