The 2026 OFC U-19 Men's Championship is the 25th 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 will qualify for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan as the OFC representatives. New Zealand are the defending champions.
Teams All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC were 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, 2018 and 2024).
Team Stage Previous best performance Final tournament(Group stage) 24th (2014) 24th (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) 15th (2008, 2024) (hosts) 12th (2022) 12th (2005, 2011) 14th (1974, 2008) 18th (2014, 2016) Qualifying stage 6th (2001, 2016) 6th (2001, 2016) 9th (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018)
Venues
Apia FFS Football Stadium Capacity: 3,500
Draw The draw for the group stage was held on 25 February with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2024 OFC U-19 Championship.
Qualifying stage The draw for the group stage was held 25 February 2026. 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 qualified for 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
3rd place match
Final
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 8 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023, 2025) 2 (2009, 2019) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Broadcasting All games were being streamed on FIFA+.
Goalscorers Awards
Notes
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