The OFC U-19 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the under-19 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biennial FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Between 1974 and 2012, the competition was open to teams under 20 years of age and called the OFC U-20 Championship. Since 2014, the age limit was darkreduced to under 19 years of age, and since 2018, the tournament name was changed to the OFC U-19 Championship.

Eligible teams

Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

Former teams

Results

Summaries

Ed.YearHostsWinnersScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
11974TahitiTahiti2–0New ZealandNew Hebrides–New Caledonia
21978New ZealandAustralia–FijiNew Zealand–Papua New Guinea
31980FijiNew Zealand2–0AustraliaFiji4–3New Caledonia
41982Papua New GuineaAustralia4–3 (a.e.t.)New ZealandFiji2–1Papua New Guinea
51985AustraliaAustralia–IsraelNew Zealand–Chinese Taipei
61986New ZealandAustralia–IsraelNew Zealand–Chinese Taipei
71988FijiAustralia1–0New ZealandChinese Taipei2–0Fiji
81990FijiAustralia–New ZealandVanuatu–Tahiti
91992TahitiNew Zealand–TahitiFiji–Vanuatu
101994FijiAustralia1–0New ZealandSolomon Islands0–0 (4–2 p)Vanuatu
111997TahitiAustralia2–1New ZealandFiji1–1 (5–4 p)Tahiti
121998SamoaAustralia2–0FijiNew Zealand2–1Solomon Islands
132001Cook Islands & New CaledoniaAustralia4–3New Zealand–
142002Fiji & VanuatuAustralia15–0Fiji–
152005Solomon IslandsAustralia3–0Solomon IslandsVanuatu4–1Fiji
162007New ZealandNew Zealand–FijiSolomon Islands–New Caledonia
172008TahitiTahiti–New CaledoniaNew Zealand–Fiji
182011New ZealandNew Zealand3–1Solomon IslandsVanuatu2–0Fiji
192013FijiNew Zealand–FijiVanuatu–New Caledonia
202014FijiFiji–VanuatuNew Caledonia–Solomon Islands
212016VanuatuNew Zealand5–0VanuatuNew Caledonia and Solomon Islands
222018TahitiNew Zealand1–0TahitiNew Caledonia4–1Solomon Islands
232022TahitiNew Zealand3–0FijiNew Caledonia1–1 (5–4 p)Tahiti
242024SamoaNew Zealand4–0New CaledoniaSolomon Islands4–2Fiji
252026SamoaTo be determined

Performances by team

TeamChampionsRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place
Australia12 (1978, 1982, 1985*, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005)1 (1980)––
New Zealand9 (1980, 1992, 2007*, 2011*, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)7 (1974, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2001)5 (1978*, 1985, 1986*, 1998, 2008)–
Tahiti2 (1974*, 2008*)2 (1992*, 2018*)–3 (1990, 1997*, 2022*)
Fiji1 (2014*)6 (1978, 1998, 2002*, 2007, 2013*, 2022)4 (1980*, 1982, 1992, 1997)5 (1988*, 2005, 2008, 2011, 2024)
Vanuatu–2 (2014, 2016*)5 (1974, 1990, 2002*, 2007, 2013)2 (1992, 1994)
New Caledonia–2 (2008, 2024)3 (2014, 2018, 2022)4 (1974, 1980, 2007, 2013)
Solomon Islands–2 (2005*, 2011)3 (1994, 2007, 2024)3 (1998, 2014, 2018)
Israel–2 (1985, 1986)––
Chinese Taipei––1 (1988)2 (1985, 1986)
Papua New Guinea–––2 (1978, 1982*)

* = As hosts

Notes

Participating nations

Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • SF – Semi-finals
  • 5th–7th – Fifth to Seventh place
  • QF – Quarter-finals
  • GS – Group stage
  • PR – Preliminary round
  • q – Qualified
  • — Hosts
  • •• – Qualified but withdrew
  • × – Did not enter
  • • – Did not qualify
  • × – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  • — Country not affiliated to OFC at that time
  • — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
  • – Not affiliated to FIFA
TeamFrench Polynesia 1974New Zealand 1978Fiji 1980Papua New Guinea 1982Australia 1985New Zealand 1986Fiji 1988Fiji 1990French Polynesia 1992Fiji 1994French Polynesia 1997Samoa 1998New Caledonia Cook Islands 2001Vanuatu Fiji 2002Solomon Islands 2005New Zealand 2007French Polynesia 2008New Zealand 2011Fiji 2013Fiji 2014Tonga Vanuatu 2016Cook Islands French Polynesia 2018French Polynesia 2022Vanuatu Samoa 2024Cook Islands Samoa 2026Years
American Samoa×××××××××××GS×××××GS×6thPRPRGSPR×7
Australia×1st2nd1st1st1st1st1st×1st1st1st1st1st1stPart of AFC13
Chinese Taipei××××4th4th3rdPart of AFC3
Cook Islands××××××××××××GS×××××××GSPRGSPRTBD5
Fiji×2nd3rd3rd5th5th4th5th3rdGS3rd2ndGS2nd4th2nd4th4th2nd1stGSGS2nd4thQ24
Israel××××2nd2nd××Part of UEFA2
New Caledonia4th×4th×××××××××GSGSGS4th2ndGS4th3rdSF3rd3rd2ndQ15
New Zealand2nd3rd1st2nd3rd3rd2nd2nd1st2nd2nd3rd2ndGSGS1st3rd1st1st×1st1st1st1stQ24
Papua New Guinea×4th6th4th6th×GS×5thGS××GSGS×××GS5th5thGSGSQFGSTBD16
Samoa××××××GS××GS×GSGSGSGS7th××××PRPRQFGSQ12
Solomon Islands×××××××××3rd×4thGS×2nd3rd×2nd×4thSF4thQF3rdQ12
Tahiti1st×5th××××4th2ndGS4th×GS××5th1st×××GS2nd4thGSQ14
Tonga×××××××××××GSGSGSGS×××××PRGSGSPRTBD8
Vanuatu3rd×××××GS3rd4th4th×GSGSGS3rd6th×3rd3rd2nd2ndGSQFGSQ18

FIFA U-20 World Cup performances

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
TeamTunisia 1977Japan 1979Australia 1981Mexico 1983Soviet Union 1985Chile 1987Saudi Arabia 1989Portugal 1991Australia 1993Qatar 1995Malaysia 1997Nigeria 1999Argentina 2001United Arab Emirates 2003Netherlands 2005Canada 2007Egypt 2009Colombia 2011Turkey 2013New Zealand 2015South Korea 2017Poland 2019Argentina 2023Chile 2025Azerbaijan Uzbekistan 2027Total
AustraliaQFR1R1R14th4thQFR2R1R2R1R1AFC member12
FijiR1R12
New CaledoniaR11
New ZealandR1R1R1R2R2R2R2R18
TahitiR1R12
VanuatuR11

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