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. New Zealand were the defending champions.
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).
Team StageAppearance Previous best performance Final tournament(Group stage) 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) Qualifying stage 7th (1998, 2011, 2014) 5th (2001, 2016) 8th (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018) 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.
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. Tiebreakers
Tie-breaking criteria for group playThe ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
Total points; Goal difference in all group matches; Goals scored in all group matches; Head-to-head result between tied teams; Points in matches among the tied teams; Goal difference in matches among the tied teams; Goals scored in matches among the tied teams; Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match): One yellow card: −1 point; Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points; Direct red card: −4 points; Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points; Drawing of lots.
Qualifying group
Group stage All times are local, WST (UTC+13). Group A
Group B
5th place match
7th place match
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Third place match
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.
Team Qualified onPrevious 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+.
Goalscorers Awards
Notes
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