The 2025 OFC U-16 Men's Championship was the 22nd 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 Honiara, Solomon Islands, from 17 to 30 August 2025.Final tournament statistics Players born on or after 1 January 2009 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives. New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2024.
Teams All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament, but only 8 played in the final tournament
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
TeamAppearance Previous best performance 11th (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2023) 12th (2023) 20th (1999, 2024) 14th (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023) 19th (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024) 11th (2017), (1986) 11th (2023) (hosts) 11th (1993, 2018) 16th (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015) 12th (2023) 17th (2005)
Venues Honiara Lawson Tama Stadium National Stadium Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 10,000
Qualifying stage The draw for the group stage was held 20 March 2025.
Tiebreakers
Tie-breaking criteria for group play The 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 20 March with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship.
Group stage All times are local, SBT (UTC+11).
Group A
Group B
7th place match
5th place match
Knockout stage Bracket
Semi-finals Winners qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
Third place match Winner qualified for the 2026 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 Ethan DyerGolden Boot Ben Perez BaldoniGolden Gloves Sylvain IpezeFair Play and
Goalscorers
Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup The following three teams from OFC qualified for the 2026 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, 2025) (2017, 2023, 2025) (2025) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
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