The OFC U-19 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the under-19 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Between 1974 and 2012, the competition was open to teams under 20 years of age and called the OFC U-20 Championship. Since 2014, the age limit was darkreduced to under 19 years of age, and since 2018, the tournament name was changed to the OFC U-19 Championship.
Eligible teams Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:
(not a member of FIFA)
(not a member of FIFA)
(French Polynesia)
(not a member of FIFA)
Former teams
Israel (now is UEFA member) (now is AFC member) (now is AFC member)
Results
Summaries Year Hosts Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place 1 1974 Tahiti 2 1978 New Zealand 3 1980 Fiji 4 1982 5 1985 Australia 6 1986 New Zealand 7 1988 Fiji 8 1990 Fiji 9 1992 Tahiti 10 1994 Fiji 11 1997 Tahiti 12 1998 Samoa 13 2001 14 2002 Fiji, Vanuatu 15 2005 Solomon Islands 16 2007 New Zealand 17 2008 Tahiti 18 2011 New Zealand 19 2013 Fiji 20 2014 Fiji 21 2016 Vanuatu 22 2018 Tahiti 23 2022 Tahiti 24 2024 Samoa 252026Samoa
Performances by team TeamChampionsRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place12 (1978, 1982, 1985*, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005)1 (1980) – –10 (1980, 1992, 2007*, 2011*, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024, 2026)7 (1974, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2001)5 (1978*, 1985, 1986*, 1998, 2008) –2 (1974*, 2008*)2 (1992*, 2018*) –3 (1990, 1997*, 2022*)1 (2014*)6 (1978, 1998, 2002*, 2007, 2013*, 2022)4 (1980*, 1982, 1992, 1997)5 (1988*, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2024) –2 (2014, 2016*)5 (1974, 1990, 2002*, 2007, 2013)2 (1992, 1994) –2 (2008, 2024)3 (2014, 2018, 2022)4 (1974, 1980, 2007, 2013) –2 (2005*, 2011)3 (1994, 2007, 2024)3 (1998, 2014, 2018) –2 (1985, 1986) – – – –1 (1988)2 (1985, 1986) – – –2 (1978, 1982*)
* = As hosts
Notes
Participating nations Legend
– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – Semi-finals 5th–7th – Fifth to Seventh place QF – Quarter-finals GS – Group stage PR – Preliminary round q – Qualified — Hosts •• – Qualified but withdrew × – Did not enter • – Did not qualify × – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA — Country not affiliated to OFC at that time — Country did not exist or national team was inactive – Not affiliated to FIFA
Team 1974 1978 1980 1982 1985 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1997 1998 2001 2002 2005 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 2016 2018 2022 2024 2026 Years × × × × × × × × × × × GS ××× × × GS × 6th PR PR GS PR × 7 × 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st × 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Part of AFC 13× × × × 4th 4th 3rd Part of AFC 3 × × × × × × × × × × × × GS ×× × × × × × GS PR GS PR PR 5× 2nd 3rd 3rd 5th 5th 4th 5th 3rd GS 3rd 2nd GS 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 4th 2nd 1st GS GS 2nd 4th GS 25 × × × × 2nd 2nd × × Part of UEFA 2 4th × 4th × × × × × × × × × GS GS GS 4th 2nd GS 4th 3rd SF 3rd 3rd 2nd 4th 16 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd GS GS 1st 3rd 1st 1st × 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 25 × 4th 6th 4th 6th × GS × 5th GS × × GS GS × × × GS 5th 5th GS GS QF GS GS 17 × × × × × × GS × × GS × GS GS GS GS 7th × × × × PR PR QF GS GS 13 × × × × × × × × × 3rd × 4th GS × 2nd 3rd × 2nd × 4th SF 4th QF 3rd 3rd 13 1st × 5th × × × × 4th 2nd GS 4th × GS × × 5th 1st × × × GS 2nd 4th GS 2nd 15 × × × × × × × × × × × GS GS GS GS × × × × × PR GS GS PR PR 8 3rd × × × × × GS 3rd 4th 4th × GS GS GS 3rd 6th × 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd GS QF GS GS 19
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place 4th – Fourth place QF – Quarterfinals R2 – Round 2 R1 – Round 1 – Hosts – Not affiliated to OFC Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2023 2025 2027 2029 Total QF R1 R1 R1 4th 4th QF R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 AFC member 12 R1 R1 2 R1 1 R1 R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 R2 R1 8 R1 R1 2 R1 1
References
External links OFC Official Website Results by RSSSF