2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship

2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Tonga
Final tournament:
Tahiti
DatesQualifying stage:
13–19 April 2024
Final tournament:
28 July – 10 August 2024
TeamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Matches played2
Goals scored12 (6 per match)
Attendance200 (100 per match)
← 2023
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 28 July 2024.

The 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship will be the 21st edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The final tournament will be played in Pirae, Tahiti, from 28 July to 10 August 2024.[1]

The top three teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives.[2][3] New Zealand are the defending champions.[4]

Teams

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All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament.

In 2022 and 2023, male youth OFC tournaments did not have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams competed in one tournament.[5] This was reversed for the 2024 tournament.[6]

Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 American Samoa 10th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2023)
 Cook Islands 11th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Fiji 19th Runners-up (1999)
 New Caledonia 13th Runners-up (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023)
 New Zealand 18th Champions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023)
 Papua New Guinea 10th Semi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986)
 Samoa 10th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Solomon Islands 10th Runners-up (1993, 2018)
 Tahiti (hosts) 15th Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
 Tonga 11th Quarter-finals (2023)
 Vanuatu 16th Runners-up (2005)

Venues

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Pirae
Stade Pater Stade Fautaua
Capacity: 11,700 Capacity: 5,000

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 2023 OFC U-17 Championship.[6][7]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 New Caledonia
 New Zealand		  Fiji
 Samoa
 Tahiti
 Vanuatu		  Cook Islands
 Solomon Islands[a]

Squads

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Main article: 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2007 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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Main article: 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship qualification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Solomon Islands 3 3 0 0 29 0 +29 9 Final tournament
2  Tonga (H) 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3  Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 3 22 −19 3
4  American Samoa 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: OFC[9]
(H) Hosts

Group stage

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All times are local, TAHT (UTC-10).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 1 1 0 0 9 0 +9 3 Knockout stage
2  Fiji 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 3
3  Cook Islands 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 0 5th place match
4  Vanuatu 1 0 0 1 0 9 −9 0 7th place match
Updated to match(es) played on 28 July 2024. Source: OFC
New Zealand 9–0 Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 100[10]
Fiji 2–1 Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 100[11]
Referee: Peter Olomaga (Samoa)
New Zealand v Fiji
Cook Islands v Vanuatu
Cook Islands v New Zealand
Vanuatu v Fiji

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Caledonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knockout stage
2  Samoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Tahiti (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5th place match
4  Solomon Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7th place match
First match(es) will be played: 29 July 2024. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Caledonia v Samoa
Tahiti v Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands v Samoa
New Caledonia v Tahiti
Solomon Islands v New Caledonia
Samoa v Tahiti

7th place match

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A4vB4

5th place match

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A3vB3

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 August – Pirae
 
 
Winner Group A
 
10 August – Pirae
 
Runner-up Group B
 
Winner Semi 1
 
7 August – Pirae
 
Winner Semi 2
 
Winner Group B
 
 
Runner-up Group A
 
Third place match
 
 
10 August – Pirae
 
 
Loser Semi 1
 
 
Loser Semi 2

Semi-finals

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Winner Group AvRunner-up Group B
Winner Group BvRunner-up Group A

Third place match

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Loser Semi 1vLoser Semi 2

Final

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Winner Semi 1vWinner Semi 2

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The following three teams from OFC qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Broadcasting

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All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+.[7]

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. ^ Final tournament statistics
  2. ^ "Qatar appointed as host of FIFA U-17 World Cup™ annually from 2025 to 2029". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "New Zealand's pathway to future FIFA U-17 World Cups gets easier". friendsoffootballnz.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ "10-man New Zealand hang on to win OFC U-17 Championship in tense final". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  5. ^ "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-16 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Draw made for OFC U-16 Men's Championship tournament in Tahiti". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  8. ^ "REGULATIONS OFC U-16 Men's Championship 2024" (PDF). Oceania Football. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ "OFC U-16 Men's Championship 2024 - Qualifying". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ "New Zealand vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "Fiji vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
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