The OFC Men's U-16 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 16. The tournament decides the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Between 1983 and 2017, the tournament was open to teams under-17 years of age and was called the OFC U-17 Championship. Since 2018, the age limit was reduced to under 16 years of age, the tournament is called the OFC U-16 Championship.

Eligible teams

All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were:

Results

The list of winners:

Ed.YearHostsWinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
11983New ZealandAustralia–New ZealandChinese Taipei–New Caledonia
21986TaiwanAustralia–New ZealandChinese Taipei–Papua New Guinea
31989AustraliaAustralia–New ZealandChinese Taipei–Fiji
41991New ZealandAustralia–New ZealandFiji—N/a
51993Solomon IslandsAustralia3–0Solomon IslandsNew Zealand5–1Fiji
61995VanuatuAustralia1–0New ZealandVanuatu3–0Solomon Islands
71997New ZealandNew Zealand1–0AustraliaSolomon Islands3–0Fiji
81999FijiAustralia5–0FijiSolomon IslandsbeatNew Caledonia
92001Samoa & VanuatuAustralia9–0New Zealand–
102003American Samoa, Australia & New CaledoniaAustralia7–1New Caledonia–
112005New CaledoniaAustralia1–0VanuatuSolomon Islands3–1New Caledonia
122007TahitiNew Zealand–TahitiFiji–New Caledonia
132009New ZealandNew Zealand–TahitiNew Caledonia–Vanuatu
142011New ZealandNew Zealand2–0TahitiSolomon Islands2–0Vanuatu
152013VanuatuNew Zealand–New CaledoniaVanuatu–Fiji
162015American Samoa & SamoaNew Zealand1–1 (5–4 p)TahitiVanuatu6–0New Caledonia
172017TahitiNew Zealand7–0New CaledoniaSolomon Islands and Papua New Guinea
182018Solomon IslandsNew Zealand0–0 (5–4 p)Solomon IslandsTahiti2–1Fiji
192023FijiNew Zealand1–0New CaledoniaTahiti3–0Fiji
202024TahitiNew Zealand3–1FijiNew Caledonia1–1 (5–4 p)Tahiti
212025Solomon IslandsNew Zealand2–0New CaledoniaFiji1–0Papua New Guinea
222026Papua New GuineaTo be determined

Performances by country

TeamTitlesRunners-upThird placeFourth place
New Zealand11 (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025)6 (1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2001)1 (1993)—
Australia10 (1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)1 (1997)——
New Caledonia—5 (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023, 2025)2 (2009, 2024)5 (1983, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2015)
Tahiti—4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)2 (2018, 2023)1 (2024)
Solomon Islands—2 (1993, 2018)4 (1997, 1999, 2005, 2011)1 (1995)
Fiji—2 (1999, 2024)3 (1991, 2007, 2025)6 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2018, 2023)
Vanuatu—1 (2005)3 (1995, 2013, 2015)2 (2009, 2011)
Chinese Taipei——3 (1983, 1986, 1989)—
Papua New Guinea———2 (1986,2025)

* = As hosts

Note: no third or fourth place finishes in 1991 (no fourth place finish only), 2001, 2003 and 2017.

Participating nations

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finalists
  • GS – Group stage
  • PR – Preliminary Round
  • × – Did not participate
  • × – Withdrew
  • – Hosts
  • – Not affiliated to OFC
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
TeamNew Zealand 1983Taiwan 1986Australia 1989New Zealand 1991Solomon Islands 1993Vanuatu 1995New Zealand 1997Fiji 1999Samoa Vanuatu 2001American Samoa Australia New Caledonia 2003New Caledonia 2005French Polynesia 2007New Zealand 2009New Zealand 2011Samoa Vanuatu 2013American Samoa Samoa 2015Samoa French Polynesia 2017Tonga Solomon Islands 2018Fiji 2023Tonga French Polynesia 2024Tonga Solomon Islands 2025Total
American Samoa×××××××GSGSGS×××GSPRGSPRPRGSPRPR10
Australia1st1st1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st1st1stAFC member11
Chinese Taipei3rd3rd3rdAFC member3
Cook Islands××××××GSGS×GSGS××GSGSGSPRPRQFGSGS11
FijiGSGS4th3rd4thGS4th2ndGSGSGS3rd×GS4thGSGS4th4th2nd3rd19
New Caledonia4th××××××4th×2nd4th4th3rdGS2nd4th2ndGS2nd3rd2nd13
New Zealand2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd2nd1st×2ndGS×1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st18
Papua New Guinea×4th×××××GSGS×GS××GSGSGSSFGS×PR4th10
Samoa××××××GSGSGSGS××××PRGSGSGSQFGSGS10
Solomon Islands××××2nd4th3rd3rdGSGS3rd××3rd×GSSF2nd×GSGS12
TahitiGS×××GS×GSGSGSGSGS2nd2nd2nd×2ndGS3rd3rd4thGS15
Tonga×××××××GSGSGSGS××GSPRGSPRPRQFPRPR11
Vanuatu××GS×GS3rdGSGSGSGS2nd×4th4th3rd3rdGSGSQFGSPR16

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2
  • R1 – Round 1
  • – Hosts
  • – Not affiliated to OFC
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
TeamChina 1985Canada 1987Scotland 1989Italy 1991Japan 1993Ecuador 1995Egypt 1997New Zealand 1999Trinidad and Tobago 2001Finland 2003Peru 2005South Korea 2007Nigeria 2009Mexico 2011United Arab Emirates 2013Chile 2015India 2017Brazil 2019Indonesia 2023Qatar 2025Total
AustraliaQFQFR1QFQFQF2ndQFR1R1AFC member10
FijiQ1
New CaledoniaR1R1Q3
New ZealandR1R1R1R2R2R1R2R1R1R1Q11
Solomon IslandsR11

Awards

Best player

EditionPlayer
2015New Zealand Logan Rogerson
2017New Zealand Charles Spragg
2018Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i
2023New Caledonia Nolhann Alabete
2024New Zealand Aaron Cartwright
2025New Zealand Ethan Dyer

Best Goalkeeper

EditionPlayer
2015French Polynesia Vaiarii Halligan
2017New Zealand Zac Jones
2018New Zealand Alex Paulsen
2023New Zealand Matt Foord
2024New Caledonia Nicolas Kutran
2025New Caledonia Sylvain Ipeze

Topscorers

EditionPlayerGoals
2007New Zealand Kosta Barbarouses5
2009New Zealand Andrew Milne French Polynesia Heirarii Tevenae3
2011New Caledonia Renaldo Nonmeu8
2013New Zealand Stuart Holthusen New Zealand Monty Patterson6
2015Solomon Islands Larry Zama13
2017New Zealand Charles Spragg7
2018Solomon Islands Raphael Lea'i8
2023New Zealand Luke Supyk French Polynesia Titouan Guillemant6
2024New Zealand Aaron Cartwright7
2025New Zealand Ben Perez Baldoni6

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