OFC U-16/U-17 Championship
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The OFC U-16 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 16. The tournament decides the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.
Organising body | OFC |
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Founded | 1983 |
Region | Oceania |
Number of teams | 11 |
Current champions | New Zealand (9th title) |
Most successful team(s) | Australia (10 titles) |
2023 OFC U-17 Championship |
Between 1983 and 2017, the tournament was open to teams under-17 years of age and was called the OFC U-17 Championship. Since 2018, the age limit was reduced to under 16 years of age, the tournament is called the OFC U-16 Championship.
All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were:
- American Samoa
- Cook Islands
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tahiti
- Tonga
- Vanuatu
- Australia (member of AFC since 2007)
- Chinese Taipei (member of AFC since 1989)
The list of winners:[1]
U17 format
U16 format
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
1 | 2018 Details |
Honiara, Solomon Islands[5] | New Zealand |
0–0 (5–4 pen.) |
Solomon Islands [note 1] |
Tahiti |
2–1 | Fiji |
- Notes
- The Solomon Islands, which originally finished second in the 2018 OFC U-16 Championship, were found by the OFC to have deliberately fielded overage player Chris Satu during the tournament. As a result, they had forfeited all results and their place in the 2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup.[6] The decision was appealed by the Solomon Islands Football Federation, and the OFC Executive Committee decided to uphold the appeal on the grounds that the federation had not knowingly broken the rules as Satu had a government issued passport showing his eligibility.[7]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Australia | 10 (1983, 1986, 1989*, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003*, 2005) | 1 (1997) | — | — |
New Zealand | 9 (1997*, 2007, 2009*, 2011*, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023) | 6 (1983*, 1986, 1989, 1991*, 1995, 2001) | 1 (1993*) | — |
Tahiti | — | 4 (2007*, 2009, 2011, 2015) | 2 (2018, 2023) | — |
New Caledonia | — | 4 (2003*, 2013, 2017, 2023) | 1 (2009) | 5 (1983, 1999, 2005*, 2007, 2015) |
Solomon Islands | — | 2 (1993, 2018*) | 4 (1997, 1999, 2005, 2011) | 1 (1995) |
Vanuatu | — | 1 (2005) | 3 (1995*, 2013*, 2015) | 2 (2009, 2011) |
Fiji | — | 1 (1999*) | 2 (1991, 2007) | 6 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2018, 2023) |
Chinese Taipei | — | — | 3 (1983, 1986*, 1989) | — |
Papua New Guinea | — | — | — | 1 (1986) |
- * = As hosts
Note: no third or fourth place finishes in 1991 (no fourth place finish only), 2001, 2003 and 2017.
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- SF – Semi-finalists
- GS – Group stage
- PR – Preliminary Round
- × – Did not participate
- × – Withdrew
- – Hosts
- – Not affiliated to OFC
- Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team | 1983 | 1986 | 1989 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2023 | Total |
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American Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | PR | GS | 9 |
Australia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | AFC member | 11 | |||||||
Chinese Taipei | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | AFC member | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Cook Islands | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | PR | PR | QF | 10 |
Fiji | GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 4th | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | × | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | 18 |
New Caledonia | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | × | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 12 |
New Zealand | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | × | 2nd | GS | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 17 |
Papua New Guinea | × | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | × | 9 |
Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | PR | GS | GS | GS | QF | 9 |
Solomon Islands | × | × | × | × | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | 3rd | × | × | 3rd | × | GS | SF | 2nd | × | 11 |
Tahiti | GS | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | × | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 14 |
Tonga | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | PR | QF | 10 |
Vanuatu | × | × | GS | × | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | × | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | QF | 15 |