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2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship

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.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Tonga
Final tournament:
Tahiti
DatesQualifying stage:
13–19 April 2024
Final tournament:
28 July – 10 August 2024
TeamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (10th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored77 (4.28 per match)
Attendance3,500 (194 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Aaron Cartwright (7 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Aaron Cartwright
Best goalkeeperNew Caledonia Nicolas Kutran
Fair play award Tahiti
← 2023
2025 →
All statistics correct as of 31 July 2024.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives.[2][3] New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2023.

Teams

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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.[4] This was reversed for the 2024 tournament.[5]

Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).

Team Appearance Previous best performance
  American Samoa 10th Group stage (1999, 2001, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2023)
  Cook Islands 11th Quarter-finals (2023)
  Fiji 19th Runners-up (1999)
  New Caledonia 13th Runners-up (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023)
  New Zealand 18th Champions (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023)
  Papua New Guinea 10th Semi-finals (2017), Fourth place (1986)
  Samoa 10th Quarter-finals (2023)
  Solomon Islands 10th Runners-up (1993, 2018)
  Tahiti (hosts) 15th Runners-up (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)
  Tonga 11th Quarter-finals (2023)
  Vanuatu 16th Runners-up (2005)

Venues

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Pirae
Stade Pater Stade Fautaua
Capacity: 11,700 Capacity: 5,000

Draw

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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.[5][6]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
  New Caledonia
  New Zealand		   Fiji
  Samoa
  Tahiti
  Vanuatu		   Cook Islands
  Solomon Islands[a]

Qualifying stage

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The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024.[5]

Tiebreakers

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Qualifying group

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Main article: 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship qualification

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Solomon Islands 3 3 0 0 29 0 +29 9 Final tournament
2   Tonga (H) 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3   Papua New Guinea 3 1 0 2 3 22 −19 3
4   American Samoa 3 0 0 3 1 12 −11 0
Source: OFC[8]
(H) Hosts

Group stage

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All times are local, TAHT (UTC-10).

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   New Zealand 3 3 0 0 23 1 +22 9 Knockout stage
2   Fiji 3 2 0 1 6 10 −4 6
3   Cook Islands 3 1 0 2 4 10 −6 3 5th place match
4   Vanuatu 3 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0 7th place match
Source: OFC
New Zealand  9–0  Vanuatu
 Report
Attendance: 100[9]
Fiji  2–1  Cook Islands
 Report
Attendance: 100[10]
Referee: Peter Olomaga (Samoa)
New Zealand  7–1  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 100[11]
Cook Islands  3–1  Vanuatu
 Report
Cook Islands  0–7  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 100[12]
Vanuatu  2–3  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 100[13]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Tahiti (H) 3 3 0 0 6 3 +3 9 Knockout stage
2   New Caledonia 3 1 0 2 7 6 +1 3
3   Samoa 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3 5th place match
4   Solomon Islands 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3 7th place match
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Caledonia  0–2  Samoa
Report
Attendance: 200[14]
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)
Tahiti  2–1  Solomon Islands
 Report
Attendance: 300[15]
Referee: Chris Bennett (New Zealand)
Solomon Islands  3–1  Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 150[16]
New Caledonia  1–2  Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 350[17]
Solomon Islands  2–6  New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 100[18]
Samoa  1–2  Tahiti
 Report
Attendance: 250[19]
Referee: Chris Bennett (New Zealand)

7th place match

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Vanuatu  0–1  Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 50[20]
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

5th place match

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Cook Islands  1–2  Samoa
 Report
Attendance: 100[21]

Knockout stage

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 August – Pirae
 
 
  New Zealand5
 
10 August – Pirae
 
  New Caledonia0
 
  New Zealand3
 
7 August – Pirae
 
  Fiji1
 
  Tahiti1
 
 
  Fiji2
 
Third place match
 
 
10 August – Pirae
 
 
  New Caledonia (pen.)1 (5)
 
 
  Tahiti1 (4)

Semi-finals

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Winners qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

New Zealand  5–0  New Caledonia
 Report
Attendance: 300[22]
Tahiti  1–2  Fiji
 Report Rasorewa   7', 68'
Attendance: 500[23]

Third place match

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Winner qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup.

New Caledonia  1–1  Tahiti
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Penalties
5–4
Attendance: 500[24]

Final

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New Zealand  3–1  Fiji
 Report
Attendance: 200[25]

Broadcasting

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All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+.[6]

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[26]

Award Player
Golden Ball   Aaron Cartwright
Golden Boot   Aaron Cartwright
Golden Gloves   Nicolas Kutran
Fair Play   Tahiti

Goalscorers

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Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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The following three teams from OFC qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup1
  New Zealand 7 August 2024 10 (1997, 1999, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
  Fiji 7 August 2024 0 (Debut)
  New Caledonia 10 August 2024 2 (2017, 2023)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

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  1. ^ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw

References

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  1. ^ Final tournament statistics
  2. ^ "Qatar appointed as host of FIFA U-17 World Cup™ annually from 2025 to 2029". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "New Zealand's pathway to future FIFA U-17 World Cups gets easier". friendsoffootballnz.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "DRAWS CONFIRMED FOR OFC U-16 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP AND QUALIFYING". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Draw made for OFC U-16 Men's Championship tournament in Tahiti". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  7. ^ "REGULATIONS OFC U-16 Men's Championship 2024" (PDF). Oceania Football. p. 22. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ "OFC U-16 Men's Championship 2024 - Qualifying". Oceania Football. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ "New Zealand vs Vanuatu". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Fiji vs Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  11. ^ "New Zealand vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Cook Islands vs New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Vanuatu vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ^ "New Caledonia vs Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Tahiti vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  16. ^ "Solomon Islands vs Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  17. ^ "New Caledonia vs Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  18. ^ "Solomon Islands vs New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Samoa vs Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Vanuatu vs Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  21. ^ "Cook Islands vs Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  22. ^ "New Zealand vs New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  23. ^ "Tahiti vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  24. ^ "New Caledonia vs Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  25. ^ "New Zealand vs Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  26. ^ "New Zealanders among award winners at end of OFC U-17 Championship". friendsoffootballnz.com. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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