| Papua New Guinea U20 | |
| Nickname: | Kapuls (Tok Pisin for Cuscus) |
| Association: | Papua New Guinea Football Association |
| Confederation: | OFC (Oceania) |
| Coach: | Anthony Pakakota |
| Captain: | Ricky Wadunah |
| Most Caps: | Mauri Wasi (10) |
| Top Scorer: | Mauri Wasi (11) |
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| First Game: | 9–0 (Auckland, New Zealand; 11 November 1978) |
| Largest Loss: | 11–0 (Sydney, Australia; 20 February 1985) 12–1 (Auckland, New Zealand; 8 May 2014) |
| Regional Name: | OFC U-20 Championship |
| Regional Cup Apps: | 15 |
| Regional Cup Best: | Fourth Place (1978, 1982) |
The Papua New Guinea national under-20 soccer team is the national U-20 team of Papua New Guinea and is controlled by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. PMRL Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000, is used for home games.
The Papua New Guinea national under-20 football team took part in the OFC U-20 Championship tournament 15 times (1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2022) and their best results were in 1978 and 1982 when the team achieved fourth place both times.
The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament | |||||||||||||||
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| 1974 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1978 | Fourth place | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | ||||||||
| 1980 | Group stage | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
 1982 | Fourth place | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||
 1985 | Sixth Place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 31 | ||||||||
| 1986 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1988 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1990 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Group stage | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1997 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | |||||||||||||||
  2001 | Group stage | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2005 | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2013 | Fifth place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | ||||||||
| 2014 | Fifth place | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
 2016 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | ||||||||
| Total | 15/23 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 49 | 183 | ||||||||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | |||||||||||||||
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 1977 to  2025 | Did not qualify | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Position | ||
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| Head coach | Anthony Pakakota | |
| Assistant coach | Erickson Komeng | |
| Team Manager | Joseph Ame |
The following players were called up for the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship from 7 to 20 September 2022. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.
Caps and goals as of 1 September 2022 before the game against Fiji.
The following players have been called up for the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship from 5 to 18 August 2018. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.
Caps and goals as of 12 August 2018 after the game against New Zealand.