# 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship

The 2024 OFC U-19 Men's Championship was the 24th 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 top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile as the OFC representatives. New Zealand were the defending champions.

## Teams

All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
Starting from 2022, this marked the return of the four-team qualifying stage after absent from 2022.
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| American Samoa | 7th | Group stage (1998, 2011, 2014) |
| Cook Islands | 5th | Group stage (2001, 2016) |
| Fiji | 23rd | Champions (2014) |
| New Zealand | 23rd | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022) |
| New Caledonia | 14th | Runners-up (2008) |
| Papua New Guinea | 16th | Fourth place (1978, 1982) |
| Samoa (hosts) | 11th | Quarter-finals (2022) |
| Solomon Islands | 11th | Runners-up (2005, 2011) |
| Tahiti | 13th | Champions (1974, 2008) |
| Tonga | 8th | Group stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018) |
| Vanuatu | 17th | Runners-up (2014, 2016) |

## Venues

* Apia
* Apia
* FFS Football Stadium
* Capacity: 3,500

## Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 March with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2022 OFC U-19 Championship.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Fiji New Zealand | New Caledonia Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti | Papua New Guinea Vanuatu |

## Squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

## 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 | Vanuatu (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Qualify for Final tournament |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | |

## Group stage

All times are local, WST (UTC+13).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Tahiti | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 0 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | New Caledonia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 July – Apia | 15 July – Apia |
| Solomon Islands | 2 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 18 July – Apia | 18 July – Apia |
| New Caledonia (a.e.t.) | 3 | 18 July – Apia | 18 July – Apia |
| New Caledonia (a.e.t.) | 3 | New Caledonia | 0 |
| 15 July – Apia | 15 July – Apia | | New Caledonia | 0 |
| 15 July – Apia | 15 July – Apia | New Zealand | 4 |
| New Zealand | 1 | New Zealand | 4 |
| Fiji | 0 | | |
| Fiji | 0 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 18 July – Apia | 18 July – Apia |
| | | Solomon Islands | 4 |
| | | Fiji | 2 |

### Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

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

The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Chile.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup |
| New Caledonia | 15 July 2024 | 0 (debut) |
| New Zealand | 15 July 2024 | 7 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) |
    $^1$ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

## Broadcasting

All games were streamed live and free on FIFA+.