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: 7–18 July 2024 |
| Teams | Final tournament: 8 Total: 11 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
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.
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[edit]
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[edit]
| Apia |
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| FFS Football Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,500 |
Draw[edit]
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[edit]
Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
Qualifying stage[edit]
The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024.[6]
Tiebreakers[edit]
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play[7] |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Qualifying group[edit]
| 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 |
| Tonga | 1–1 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Report[8] |
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| Vanuatu | 4–0 | American Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Report[9] |
| American Samoa | 2–3 | Cook Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Report[10] |
| American Samoa | 3–4 | Tonga |
|---|---|---|
| Report[12] |
| Cook Islands | 0–2 | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| Report[13] |
Group stage[edit]
All times are local, WST (UTC+13).
Group A[edit]
| 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 |
Group B[edit]
| 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 |
Knockout stage[edit]
Bracket[edit]
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 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[edit]
Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
| Group A winner | v | Group B runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Group B winner | v | Group A runners-up |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Third place match[edit]
| Semi-final 1 loser | v | Semi-final 2 loser |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Final[edit]
| Semi-final 1 winner | v | Semi-final 2 winner |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Broadcasting[edit]
All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw
References[edit]
- ^ "FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "VANUATU SECURE FINAL SPOT AT OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ a b "New Zealand learn opponents for July's OFC U-19 Men's Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
- ^ "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "REGULATIONS OFC U-19 Men's Championship 2024" (PDF). Oceania Football. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Tonga vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Vanuatu vs American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "American Samoa vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Tonga vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "American Samoa vs Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Cook Islands vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 March 2024.