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.Final tournament statistics 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. New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2023.
Teams 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. This was reversed for the 2024 tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
TeamAppearance Previous best performance 10th (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2023) 11th (2023) 19th (1999) 13th (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023) 18th (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023) 10th (2017), (1986) 10th (2023) 10th (1993, 2018) (hosts) 15th (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) 11th (2023) 16th (2005)
Venues Pirae Stade Pater Stade Fautaua Capacity: 11,700 Capacity: 5,000
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
Draw 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.
Group stage All times are local, TAHT (UTC-10).
Group A
Group B
7th place match
5th place match
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Third place match Winner qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Final
Broadcasting All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+.
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
AwardPlayerGolden Ball Aaron CartwrightGolden Boot Aaron CartwrightGolden Gloves Nicolas KutranFair Play
Goalscorers Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup The following three teams from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) 0 (debut) (2017, 2023) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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