# 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. Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.
The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives. New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2023.

## Teams

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. This was reversed for the 2024 tournament.
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

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

## Draw

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.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| New Caledonia New Zealand | Fiji Samoa Tahiti Vanuatu | Cook Islands Solomon Islands |

## Qualifying stage

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

### Tiebreakers

* Tie-breaking criteria for group play
* The 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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | +29 | 9 | Qualify for 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 | |

## 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 | 1 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 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 |

### Group B

| 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 | Knockout stage |
| 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 |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 August – Pirae | 7 August – Pirae |
| New Zealand | 5 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 10 August – Pirae | 10 August – Pirae |
| New Caledonia | 0 | 10 August – Pirae | 10 August – Pirae |
| New Caledonia | 0 | New Zealand | 3 |
| 7 August – Pirae | 7 August – Pirae | | New Zealand | 3 |
| 7 August – Pirae | 7 August – Pirae | Fiji | 1 |
| Tahiti | 1 | Fiji | 1 |
| Fiji | 2 | | |
| Fiji | 2 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 10 August – Pirae | 10 August – Pirae |
| | | New Caledonia (pen.) | 1 (5) |
| | | Tahiti | 1 (4) |

### Semi-finals

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

### Third place match

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

### Final
## Broadcasting

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

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player |
| Golden Ball | Aaron Cartwright |
| Golden Boot | Aaron Cartwright |
| Golden Gloves | Nicolas Kutran |
| Fair Play | Tahiti |

## Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

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 Cup |
| 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.