2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship
Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Qualifying stage: Tonga Final tournament: Tahiti |
Dates | Qualifying stage: 13–19 April 2024 Final tournament: 28 July – 10 August 2024 |
Teams | Final tournament: 8 Total: 11 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 77 (4.28 per match) |
Attendance | 3,500 (194 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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.
Teams
[edit]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 | Appearance | Previous best performance |
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10th | Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2023) |
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11th | Quarter-finals (2023) |
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19th | Runners-up (1999) |
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13th | Runners-up (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023) |
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18th | Champions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023) |
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10th | Semi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986) |
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10th | Quarter-finals (2023) |
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10th | Runners-up (1993, 2018) |
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15th | Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) |
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11th | Quarter-finals (2023) |
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16th | Runners-up (2005) |
Venues
[edit]Pirae | |
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Stade Pater | Stade Fautaua |
Capacity: 11,700 | Capacity: 5,000 |
Draw
[edit]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]
Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
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Qualifying stage
[edit]The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024.[5]
Tiebreakers
[edit]Tie-breaking criteria for group play[7] |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Qualifying group
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | +29 | 9 | Final tournament |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 3 | |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0 |
Group stage
[edit]All times are local, TAHT (UTC-10).
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 | 5th place match |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | 7th place match |
New Zealand ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() |
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Fiji ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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New Zealand ![]() | 7–1 | ![]() |
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Cook Islands ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Knockout stage |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 5th place match |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | 7th place match |
New Caledonia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Tahiti ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Solomon Islands ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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7th place match
[edit]5th place match
[edit]Cook Islands ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
7 August – Pirae | ||||||
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10 August – Pirae | ||||||
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7 August – Pirae | ||||||
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Third place match | ||||||
10 August – Pirae | ||||||
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Semi-finals
[edit]Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
New Zealand ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Third place match
[edit]Winner qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Final
[edit]New Zealand ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Broadcasting
[edit]All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+.[6]
Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[26]
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | ![]() |
Golden Boot | ![]() |
Golden Gloves | ![]() |
Fair Play | ![]() |
Goalscorers
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
[edit]The following three teams from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.
Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 |
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7 August 2024 | 10 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
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7 August 2024 | 0 (Debut) |
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10 August 2024 | 2 (2017, 2023) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Notes
[edit]- ^ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw
References
[edit]- ^ Final tournament statistics
- ^ "Qatar appointed as host of FIFA U-17 World Cup™ annually from 2025 to 2029". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand's pathway to future FIFA U-17 World Cups gets easier". friendsoffootballnz.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
- ^ a b c "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-16 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Draw made for OFC U-16 Men's Championship tournament in Tahiti". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
- ^ "REGULATIONS OFC U-16 Men's Championship 2024" (PDF). Oceania Football. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "OFC U-16 Men's Championship 2024 - Qualifying". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Fiji vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Cook Islands vs New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Vanuatu vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "New Caledonia vs Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Tahiti vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Solomon Islands vs Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "New Caledonia vs Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "Solomon Islands vs New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Samoa vs Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Vanuatu vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Cook Islands vs Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand vs New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Tahiti vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "New Caledonia vs Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "New Zealand vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "New Zealanders among award winners at end of OFC U-17 Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.