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2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name = OFC U-19 Men's Championship

| year = 2024

| other_titles = 2024 OFC U-19 siamupini

| image =

| size = 150px

| country = Qualifying stage:
Vanuatu

| country2 = Final tournament:
Samoa

| dates = Qualifying stage:
9–15 April 2024
Final tournament:
5–18 July 2024

| num_teams = Final tournament: 8
Total: 11

| confederations = 1

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fbu|20|NZL}}

| count = 9

| second_other = {{fbu|20|NCL}}

| third_other = {{fbu|20|SOL}}

| fourth_other = {{fbu|20|FIJ}}

| matches = 16

| goals = 61

| attendance = {{#expr: 200 + 200 + 150 + 150 + 150 + 150 + 250 + 500 + 150 + 500 + 300 + 500 + 200 + 300 + 150 + 500}}

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|NZL}} Keegan Kelly
(4 goals)

| player = {{flagicon|NZL}} Luka Coveny

| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|NZL}} Alby Kelly-Heald

| fair_play = {{fbu|20|NZL}}

| updated =

| prevseason = 2022

| nextseason = 2026

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/en/news/articles/fifa-council-appoints-chile-poland-hosts-fifa-youth-competitions |title=FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions |publisher=FIFA |date=17 December 2023 |access-date=13 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2023/12/22/fifa-confirm-host-countries-for-next-mens-and-womens-u-20-world-cups/ |title=FIFA confirm host countries for next men's and women's U-20 World Cups |publisher=friendsoffootballnz.com |date=22 December 2023 |access-date=13 June 2024}} New Zealand were the defending champions.{{cite web |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/vanuatu-secure-final-spot-at-ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024/ |title=VANUATU SECURE FINAL SPOT AT OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=13 June 2024}}

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).

class="wikitable sortable"

! Team

! data-sort-type="number"|Appearance

! Previous best performance

{{fbu|20|ASA}}7th{{sort|05|Group stage}} (1998, 2011, 2014)
{{fbu|20|COK}}5th{{sort|05|Group stage}} (2001, 2016)
{{fbu|20|FIJ}}

| 23rd

| {{sort|01|Champions}} (2014)

{{fbu|20|NZL}}

| 23rd

| {{sort|01|Champions}} (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022)

{{fbu|20|NCL}}

| 14th

| {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2008)

{{fbu|20|PNG}}

| 16th

| {{sort|04|Fourth place}} (1978, 1982)

{{fbu|20|SAM}} (hosts)

| 11th

| {{sort|05|Quarter-finals}} (2022)

{{fbu|20|SOL}}

| 11th

| {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2005, 2011)

{{fbu|20|TAH}}

| 13th

| {{sort|01|Champions}} (1974, 2008)

{{fbu|20|TGA}}8th{{sort|05|Group stage}} (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018)
{{fbu|20|VAN}}

| 17th

| {{sort|02|Runners-up}} (2014, 2016)

Venues

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
{{Location map+|Samoa|float=center|width=250|caption=|places=

{{Location map~|Samoa|lat=-13.8425032|long=-171.804322|label=Apia|position=top}}}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/draws-confirmed-for-ofc-u-19-mens-championship-and-qualifying/ |title=DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING |publisher=Oceania Football Confederation |date=5 March 2024 |access-date=12 June 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.friendsoffootballnz.com/2024/03/05/new-zealand-learn-opponents-for-ofc-u-19-mens-championship/ |title=New Zealand learn opponents for July's OFC U-19 Men's Championship |publisher=friendsoffootballnz.com |date=5 March 2024 |access-date=13 June 2024}}

{{#invoke:transcludable section|main|section=Draw|text=

{{aligned table|cols=3|class=wikitable|row1header=y

| Pot 1| Pot 2| Pot 3

| {{fbu|20|FIJ}}
{{fbu|20|NZL}}

| {{fbu|20|NCL}}
{{fbu|20|SAM}}
{{fbu|20|SOL}}
{{fbu|20|TAH}}

| {{fbu|20|PNG}}
{{fbu|20|VAN}}{{efn|The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw}}

}}}}

Squads

{{main|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.{{cite web |title=DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/draws-confirmed-for-ofc-u-19-mens-championship-and-qualifying/ |website=Oceania Football Confederation |access-date=13 March 2024}}

=Tiebreakers=

class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
{{Anchor|Tiebreakers}} Tie-breaking criteria for group play{{cite web |title=REGULATIONS OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/OFC-Mens-U-19-regulations-ENG.pdf |website=Oceania Football |access-date=15 April 2024 |pages=22}}
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:

  1. Total points;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
  5. Points in matches among the tied teams;
  6. Goal difference in matches among the tied teams;
  7. Goals scored in matches among the tied teams;
  8. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match):
  9. *One yellow card: −1 point;
  10. *Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points;
  11. *Direct red card: −4 points;
  12. *Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  13. Drawing of lots.

=Qualifying group=

{{Main|2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship qualification}}

{{:2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship qualification|transcludesection=groupstage}}

Group stage

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

=Group A=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

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|name_FIJ={{fbu|20|FIJ}}

|name_SOL={{fbu|20|SOL}}

|name_VAN={{fbu|20|VAN}}

|name_TAH={{fbu|20|TAH}}

|update=complete

|win_FIJ=2 |draw_FIJ=0 |loss_FIJ=1 |gf_FIJ=9 |ga_FIJ=5 |status_FIJ=

|win_SOL=3 |draw_SOL=0 |loss_SOL=0 |gf_SOL=5 |ga_SOL=0 |status_SOL=

|win_VAN=0 |draw_VAN=0 |loss_VAN=3 |gf_VAN=1 |ga_VAN=8 |status_VAN=

|win_TAH=1 |draw_TAH=0 |loss_TAH=2 |gf_TAH=2 |ga_TAH=4 |status_TAH=

|team1=SOL |team2=FIJ |team3=TAH |team4=VAN

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

{{Football box

|id = A1 v A2

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|5|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|FIJ}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|20|TAH}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Bennett {{goal|20}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 200

|referee = Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-a-2700243229/fiji-tahiti-2703712806/

}}

{{Football box

|id = A3 v A4

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|5|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SOL}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|VAN}}

|goals1 = Laena {{goal|17}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 200

|referee = David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-a-2700243229/solomon-islands-vanuatu-2703712805/

}}

----

{{Football box

|id = A1 v A3

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|8|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|FIJ}}

|score = 0–3

|team2 = {{fbu|20|SOL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

  • Afi {{goal|35}}
  • Abana {{goal|45+4||83}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Cory Mills (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-a-2700243229/fiji-solomon-islands-2703712808/

}}

{{Football box

|id = A4 v A2

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|8|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|VAN}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|20|TAH}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Papaura {{goal|67}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Gerard Ionatana (Solomon Islands)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-a-2700243229/vanuatu-tahiti-2703712807/

}}

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{{Football box

|id = A4 v A1

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|11|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|VAN}}

|score = 1–6

|team2 = {{fbu|20|FIJ}}

|goals1 = Maki {{goal|4}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-a-2700243229/vanuatu-fiji-2703713410/

}}

{{Football box

|id = A2 v A3

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|11|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|TAH}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fbu|20|SOL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Laena {{goal|52}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Calvin Berg (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-a-2700243229/tahiti-solomon-islands-2703713409/

}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|source=[https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024/ OFC]

|name_NZL={{fbu|20|NZL}}

|name_NCL={{fbu|20|NCL}}

|name_SAM={{fbu|20|SAM}}

|name_PNG={{fbu|20|PNG}}

|update=complete

|win_NZL=3 |draw_NZL=0 |loss_NZL=0 |gf_NZL=18 |ga_NZL=0

|win_NCL=2 |draw_NCL=0 |loss_NCL=1 |gf_NCL=4 |ga_NCL=5

|win_SAM=1 |draw_SAM=0 |loss_SAM=2 |gf_SAM=4 |ga_SAM=8

|win_PNG=0 |draw_PNG=0 |loss_PNG=3 |gf_PNG=2 |ga_PNG=15

|team1=NZL |team2=NCL |team3=SAM |team4=PNG

|res_col_header=Q

|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=

|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Knockout stage

}}

{{Football box

|id = B1 v B2

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|6|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NZL}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|NCL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 250

|referee = Veer Singh (Fiji)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-b-2700243289/new-zealand-new-caledonia-2703713753/

}}

{{Football box

|id = B3 v B4

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|6|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SAM}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fbu|20|PNG}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Moses {{goal|50}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 500

|referee = Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-b-2700243289/samoa-papua-new-guinea-2703713752/

}}

----

{{Football box

|id = B4 v B2

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|9|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|PNG}}

|score = 1–2

|team2 = {{fbu|20|NCL}}

|goals1 = Sagana {{goal|83}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Veer Singh (Fiji)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-b-2700243289/papua-new-guinea-new-caledonia-2703713754/

}}

{{Football box

|id = B1 v B3

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|9|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NZL}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|SAM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 500

|referee = Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-b-2700243289/new-zealand-samoa-2703713755/

}}

----

{{Football box

|id = B4 v B1

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|12|df=y}}

|time = 12:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|PNG}}

|score = 0–10

|team2 = {{fbu|20|NZL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 300

|referee = Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-b-2700243289/papua-new-guinea-new-zealand-2703713757/

}}

{{Football box

|id = B2 v B3

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|12|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NCL}}

|score = 2–1

|team2 = {{fbu|20|SAM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Vaitusi {{goal|16}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 500

|referee = Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-group-b-2700243289/new-caledonia-samoa-2703713756/

}}

7th place match

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|16|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|TAH}}

|score = 4–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|SAM}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 250

|referee = Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-5th-&-6th-place-play-off-2700243482/group-a-%E2%80%93-3rd-place-group-b-%E2%80%93-3rd-place-2703712930

}}

5th place match

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|16|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|VAN}}

|score = 3–2

|team2 = {{fbu|20|PNG}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-7th-&-8th-place-play-off-2700243480/group-a-%E2%80%93-4th-place-group-b-%E2%80%93-4th-place-2703712794

}}

Knockout stage

=Bracket=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Final

|RD3=Third place match

|15 July – Apia|{{fbu|20|SOL}}|2|{{fbu|20|NCL}} {{aet}}|3

|15 July – Apia|{{fbu|20|NZL}}|1|{{fbu|20|FIJ}}|0

|18 July – Apia|{{fbu|20|NCL}}|0|{{fbu|20|NZL}}|4

|18 July – Apia|{{fbu|20|SOL}}|4|{{fbu|20|FIJ}}|2

}}

=Semi-finals=

Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 11:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SOL}}

|score = 2–3

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fbu|20|NCL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 200

|referee = Cory Mills (New Zealand)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-semi-finals-2700243291/group-a-winner-group-b-runner-up-2700243470/

}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|15|df=y}}

|time = 15:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NZL}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fbu|20|FIJ}}

|goals1 = Watson {{goal|48}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 300

|referee = David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-semi-finals-2700243291/group-b-winner-group-a-runner-up-2700243471/

}}

=Third place match=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|18|df=y}}

|time = 11:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|SOL}}

|score = 4–2

|team2 = {{fbu|20|FIJ}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

  • Khan {{goal|53|pen.}}
  • Rioa {{goal|88|o.g.}}

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 150

|referee = Gerard Ionatana (Samoa)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-3rd-&-4th-place-play-off-2700243529/loser-semi-final-1-loser-semi-final-2-2700243534/

}}

=Final=

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|2024|7|18|df=y}}

|time = 14:00

|team1 = {{fbu-rt|20|NCL}}

|score = 0–4

|team2 = {{fbu|20|NZL}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = FFS Football Stadium, Apia

|attendance = 500

|referee = Veer Singh (Fiji)

|report = https://www.oceaniafootball.com/competition-list/ofc-u-19-mens-championship-2024-final-2700243571/winner-semi-final-1-winner-semi-final-2-2700243540/

}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Qualified on

! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1

{{fbu|20|NCL}}{{dts|2024|7|15|format=dmy}}0 (debut)
{{fbu|20|NZL}}{{dts|2024|7|15|format=dmy}}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+.

Goalscorers

Awards

Notes

{{notes}}

References

{{reflist}}

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