2021 OFC U-20 Championship

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| country = Samoa

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The 2021 OFC U-20 Championship, originally to be held as the 2020 OFC U-19 Championship, was originally to be the 23rd 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 tournament was originally scheduled to be held in the Samoa in July 2020.{{cite web |title=Hosts confirmed for 2020 Youth Tournaments |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/hosts-confirmed-for-2020-youth-tournaments/ |website=Oceania Football Confederation |accessdate=4 March 2020 |date=26 February 2020}} However, on 14 May 2020, the OFC announced that the tournament had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and would not be held before October 2020 but no later than January 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-tournaments-postponed/|title=OFC tournaments postponed|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=14 May 2020}} On 28 July 2020, the OFC announced that the tournament would be held in January 2021,{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-tournaments-update/|title=OFC tournaments update|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=28 July 2020}} provisionally between 23 January and 7 February 2021, with the name of the tournament changed from "2020 OFC U-19 Championship" to "2021 OFC U-20 Championship".{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/events/ofc-u-20-championship-2021/|title=OFC U-20 Championship 2021|date=10 September 2020 |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ftf.pf/cms/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/OFC_Competitions_2021_calendar_20210604-1.pdf|title=OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)|publisher=Fédération Tahitienne de Football|work=Oceania Football Confederation|date=4 June 2021}} The OFC announced on 5 November 2020 that a decision on the tournament would be made during the Executive Committee meeting in December.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-announces-schedule-changes-for-early-2021/|title=OFC announces schedule changes for early 2021|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=5 November 2020}} On 16 December 2020, the OFC announced the tournament had been postponed indefinitely until confirmation had been received from FIFA about the status of the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Indonesia, scheduled for May–June 2021, of which the top two teams of the tournament would have qualified for as the OFC representatives.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/more-calendar-changes-for-2021/|title=More calendar changes for 2021|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=16 December 2020}}

Following FIFA's decision to cancel the 2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup on 24 December 2020,{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/news/update-on-fifa-women-s-world-cuptm-and-men-s-youth-competitions|title=Update on FIFA Women's World Cup and men's youth competitions|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|date=24 December 2020|website=FIFA.com|access-date=24 December 2020}} the OFC announced on 18 January 2021 that the tournament would remain on track to be held in 2021, with the new dates to be decided in the coming months.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/mens-youth-tournaments-postponed/|title=Men's youth tournaments postponed|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=18 January 2021}} However, on 4 March 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament had been cancelled, and Samoa would be retained to host the next edition in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-confirms-schedule-changes/|title=OFC confirms schedule changes|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=4 March 2021}}

New Zealand were the two-time defending champions.