OFC U-20 Championship

OFC U-20 Championship

Founded	1974
Region	Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams	7
Current champions	Fiji (1st title)
Most successful team(s)	Australia (12 titles)
Website	http://www.oceaniafootball.com
2016 OFC U-20 Championship

The OFC U-20 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the Under-20 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. In 2013, the age limit was reduced to under 19 years of age.^[1]

Eligible teams

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

American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue

Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Tuvalu
Tonga
Vanuatu

Former Participating Teams

Israel (now is UEFA member)
Chinese Taipei (now is AFC member)
Australia (now is AFC member)

Results

Summaries

Year	Host Country
Year	Host Country	Champions	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
1974	Tahiti	Tahiti	New Zealand	New Hebrides	New Caledonia
1978	New Zealand	Australia	Fiji	New Zealand	Papua New Guinea
1980	Fiji	New Zealand	Australia	Fiji	New Caledonia
1982	Papua New Guinea	Australia	New Zealand	Fiji	Papua New Guinea
1985	Australia	Australia	Israel	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei
1986	New Zealand	Australia	Israel	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei
1988	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	Fiji
1990	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand	Vanuatu	Tahiti
1992	Tahiti	New Zealand	Tahiti	Fiji	Vanuatu
1994	Fiji	Australia	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu
1997	Tahiti	Australia	New Zealand	Fiji	Tahiti
1998	Samoa	Australia	Fiji	New Zealand	Solomon Islands
2001	New Caledonia & Cook Islands	Australia	New Zealand	No third place match
2002	Vanuatu & Fiji	Australia	Fiji	No third place match
2005	Solomon Islands	Australia	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	Fiji
2007	New Zealand	New Zealand	Fiji	Solomon Islands	New Caledonia
2008	Tahiti	Tahiti	New Caledonia	New Zealand	Fiji
2011	New Zealand	New Zealand	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu	Fiji
2013	Fiji	New Zealand	Fiji	Vanuatu	New Caledonia
2014^{[nb 1]}	Fiji	Fiji	Vanuatu	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands
2016	Vanuatu

Notes

↑ The age restriction was reduced to 19 years of age to ensure those who entered were also eligible for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Performances by Countries

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Australia	12 (1978, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005)	1 (1980)	-	-
New Zealand	5 (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013)	7 (1974, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2001)	4	-
Tahiti	2 (1974, 2008)	1 (1992)	-	2
Fiji	1 (2014)	5 (1978, 1998, 2003, 2007, 2013)	4	4
Solomon Islands	-	2 (2005, 2011)	2	2
Israel	-	2 (1985, 1987)	-	-
New Caledonia	-	1 (2008)	2	3
Vanuatu	-	1 (2014)	4	2
Chinese Taipei	-	-	1	2
Papua New Guinea	-	-	-	2

^ This 1973 third place was achieved by Vanuatu under its former name New Hebrides.

FIFA U-20 World Cup Performances

Team	1981	1983	1985	1987	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Australia	QF	R1	R1	R1	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	AFC member					12
Fiji																	R1	1
New Zealand													R1		R1	R1	R2	4
Tahiti														R1				1

References

↑ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

External links

OFC U-20 Championship

Tournaments	Tahiti 1974 New Zealand 1978 Fiji 1980 Papua New Guinea 1982 Australia 1985 New Zealand 1986 Fiji 1988 Fiji 1990 Tahiti 1992 Fiji 1994 Tahiti 1997 Samoa 1998 New Caledonia/Cook Islands 2001 Vanuatu/Fiji 2002 Solomon Islands 2005 New Zealand 2007 Tahiti 2008 New Zealand 2011 Fiji 2013 Fiji 2014 Vanuatu 2016

Squads	1974 1978 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 2016

OFC competitions

National teams

Men's	OFC Nations Cup OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament OFC U-20 Championship OFC U-17 Championship Pacific Games OFC Futsal Championship OFC Beach Soccer Championship

Women's	OFC Women's Nations Cup OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament OFC U-20 Women's Championship OFC U-17 Women's Championship Pacific Games

Clubs

National teams and/or Clubs

OFC President's Cup

Defunct

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Tournaments	Tunisia 1977 Japan 1979 Australia 1981 Mexico 1983 USSR 1985 Chile 1987 Saudi Arabia 1989 Portugal 1991 Australia 1993 Qatar 1995 Malaysia 1997 Nigeria 1999 Argentina 2001 UAE 2003 Netherlands 2005 Canada 2007 Egypt 2009 Colombia 2011 Turkey 2013 New Zealand 2015 South Korea 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	AFC CAF CONCACAF CONMEBOL OFC UEFA

Squads	1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Book Team appearances

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Women's football

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