| Tourney Name: | OFC U-19 Championship |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Other Titles: | Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 19 ans 2022 |
| Size: | 150px |
| Country: | Tahiti |
| Dates: | 7–24 September |
| Num Teams: | 11 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Count: | 8 |
| Matches: | 18 |
| Goals: | 71 |
| Top Scorer: |  Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers (9 goals each) |
| Player: | Jay Herdman |
| Goalkeeper: | Henry Gray |
| Prevseason: | 2018 |
| Nextseason: | 2024 |
The 2022 OFC U-19 Championship was 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 OFC announced on 4 March 2022 that the 2021 OFC U-20 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-19 Championship), which would have been hosted by Samoa, had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Samoa would be retained to host the next edition in 2022.[1] On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced the tournament had been moved to August from July.[2]
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the OFC representatives. New Zealand the defending champions, won the title for the eighth time, and qualified together with runners-up Fiji.
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament.[3]
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | (1998, 2011, 2014) | ||
| 4th | (2001, 2016) | ||
| 22nd | (2014) | ||
| 13th | (2008) | ||
| 22nd | (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018) | ||
| 15th | (1978, 1982) | ||
| 10th | (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007) | ||
| 10th | (2005, 2011) | ||
| (hosts) | 12th | (1974, 2008) | |
| 7th | (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018) | ||
| 16th | (2014, 2016) |
| Pirae | Papeete | |
|---|---|---|
| Stade Fautaua | Stade Pater | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 11,700 | |
The draw for the group stage was held on 19 July with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship.[4]
See main article: 2022 OFC U-19 Championship squads.
Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).
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Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.
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Winners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
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The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| [5] | 1 (2015) | ||
| 6 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Jay Herdman | |
| Golden Boot | Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers | |
| Golden Gloves | Henry Gray |