# 2022 OFC U-19 Championship

The 2022 OFC U-19 Championship was the 23rd 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 OFC announced on 4 March 2022 that the 2021 OFC U-20 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-19 Championship), which would have been hosted by Samoa, had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Samoa would be retained to host the next edition in 2022. On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced the tournament had been moved to August from July.
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the OFC representatives. New Zealand the defending champions, won the title for the eighth time, and qualified together with runners-up Fiji.

## Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament.
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| American Samoa | 6th | Group stage (1998, 2011, 2014) |
| Cook Islands | 4th | Group stage (2001, 2016) |
| Fiji | 22nd | Champions (2014) |
| New Caledonia | 13th | Runners-up (2008) |
| New Zealand | 22nd | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018) |
| Papua New Guinea | 15th | Fourth place (1978, 1982) |
| Samoa | 10th | Group stage (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007) |
| Solomon Islands | 10th | Runners-up (2005, 2011) |
| Tahiti (hosts) | 12th | Champions (1974, 2008) |
| Tonga | 7th | Group stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018) |
| Vanuatu | 16th | Runners-up (2014, 2016) |

## Venues

| PiraePapeete | Pirae | Papeete |
| PiraePapeete | Stade Fautaua | Stade Pater |
| PiraePapeete | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 11,700 |

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 19 July with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| New Zealand Tahiti New Caledonia | Solomon Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Vanuatu | Tonga Samoa Cook Islands American Samoa |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

## Group stage

All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | +23 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tahiti (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 4 | Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Caledonia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Samoa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Knockout stage |

### Ranking of third-placed teams

Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | B | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 1 | C | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | A | Cook Islands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | | | |
| New Zealand | 5 | | | |
| New Zealand | 5 | 21 September – Pirae | 21 September – Pirae | | |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | 21 September – Pirae | 21 September – Pirae | |
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | New Zealand | 2 | |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | | New Zealand | 2 | |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | Tahiti | 0 | |
| Tahiti | 1 | Tahiti | 0 | |
| Tahiti | 1 | | | | 24 September – Pirae | 24 September – Pirae |
| Vanuatu | 0 | | | | 24 September – Pirae | 24 September – Pirae |
| Vanuatu | 0 | | | | New Zealand | 3 |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | | | | | New Zealand | 3 |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | | | | Fiji | 0 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | | | | Fiji | 0 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 21 September – Pirae | 21 September – Pirae | | | |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | 21 September – Pirae | 21 September – Pirae | | | |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | New Caledonia | 0 | | | |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | | New Caledonia | 0 | | | |
| 18 September – Pirae | 18 September – Pirae | Fiji | 1 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Fiji | 4 | Fiji | 1 | | Third place match | Third place match |
| Fiji | 4 | | | | 24 September – Pirae | 24 September – Pirae |
| Samoa | 1 | | | | 24 September – Pirae | 24 September – Pirae |
| Samoa | 1 | | | | Tahiti | 1 (4) |
| | | | | | New Caledonia (p) | 1 (5) |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

### Final
## Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| Fiji | 21 September 2022 | 1 (2015) |
| New Zealand | 21 September 2022 | 6 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player |
| Golden Ball | Jay Herdman |
| Golden Boot | Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers |
| Golden Gloves | Henry Gray |

## Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
9 goals
* Oliver Colloty
* Kian Donkers
4 goals
* William Read
* Francis Paul
3 goals
* Melvin Mani
* Jay Herdman
* Mathis Boube
2 goals
* Dalziel Beal
* Nabil Begg
* Paul Jone
* Charlie Beale
* Dan McKay
* Adam Supyk
* Alden Suri
* Manuarii Shan
1 goal
* Silas Tregu
* Ngametau Tuakana
* Mustafa Mohammed
* Mohammed Raheem
* Peniasi Rotidara
* Fin Conchie
* Oliver Fay
* Isaac Hughes
* Jackson Manuel
* Everton O'Leary
* Finn Surman
* Victor Leddy
* Selwyn Hou
* Barrie Limoki
* Junior Rocky
* Herehau Bennett
* Kamalani Bennett
* Hauroa Morgant
* Kahutia Pautu
* Tekaki Sangue