| Tourney Name: | OFC U-16 Men's Championship |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | Qualifying stage: Tonga |
| Country2: | Final tournament: Tahiti |
| Dates: | Qualifying stage: 13–19 April 2024 Final tournament: 28 July – 10 August 2024 |
| Num Teams: | Final tournament: 8 Total: 11 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Count: | 10 |
| Matches: | 18 |
| Goals: | 77 |
| Top Scorer: |  Aaron Cartwright (7 goals) |
| Player: | Aaron Cartwright |
| Goalkeeper: |  Nicolas Kutran |
| Updated: | 31 July 2024 |
| Prevseason: | 2023 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship was 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 was played in Pirae, Tahiti, from 28 July to 10 August 2024.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives.[2] [3] New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2023.
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.[4] This was reversed for the 2024 tournament.[5]
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
| Team | data-sort-type="number" | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2023) | ||
| 11th | (2023) | ||
| 19th | (1999) | ||
| 13th | (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023) | ||
| 18th | (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023) | ||
| 10th | (2017), (1986) | ||
| 10th | (2023) | ||
| 10th | (1993, 2018) | ||
| (hosts) | 15th | (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) | |
| 11th | (2023) | ||
| 16th | (2005) |
| Pirae | ||
|---|---|---|
| width=50% | Stade Fautaua | |
| Capacity: 11,700 | Capacity: 5,000 | |
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.[5] [6]
The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024.[5]
See main article: 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship qualification.
All times are local, TAHT (UTC-10).
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Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Winner qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+.[6]
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[8]
| Award | Player | |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Aaron Cartwright | |
| Golden Boot | Aaron Cartwright | |
| Golden Gloves | Nicolas Kutran | |
| Fair Play |
The following three teams from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.
| Team | Qualified on | data-sort-type="number" | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) | |||
| 0 (Debut) | |||
| (2017, 2023) |
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.