2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship explained

Tourney Name:OFC U-19 Men's Championship
Year:2024
Other Titles:2024 OFC U-19 siamupini
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
Count:9
Matches:16
Goals:61
Top Scorer: Keegan Kelly
(4 goals)
Player: Luka Coveny
Goalkeeper: Alby Kelly-Heald
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.[1] [2] New Zealand are the defending champions.[3]

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).

Teamdata-sort-type="number"AppearancePrevious best performance
23rd (2014)
23rd (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022)
14th (2008)
16th (1978, 1982)
(hosts)11th (2022)
11th (2005, 2011)
13th (1974, 2008)
17th (2014, 2016)

Venues

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.[4] [5]

Squads

See main article: 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.[6]

Qualifying group

Group stage

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

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]

Final

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.

TeamQualified ondata-sort-type="number"Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1
0 (debut)
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+.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIFA Council appoints Chile and Poland as hosts of FIFA youth competitions . FIFA . 17 December 2023 . 13 June 2024.
  2. Web site: FIFA confirm host countries for next men's and women's U-20 World Cups . friendsoffootballnz.com . 22 December 2023 . 13 June 2024.
  3. Web site: VANUATU SECURE FINAL SPOT AT OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 . Oceania Football Confederation . 15 April 2024 . 13 June 2024.
  4. Web site: DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING . Oceania Football Confederation . 5 March 2024 . 12 June 2024.
  5. Web site: New Zealand learn opponents for July's OFC U-19 Men's Championship . friendsoffootballnz.com . 5 March 2024 . 13 June 2024.
  6. Web site: DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-19 MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING . Oceania Football Confederation . 13 March 2024.
  7. Web site: REGULATIONS OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 . Oceania Football . 15 April 2024 . 22.