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 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.
TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
10th
11th
19th
13th
18th
10th,
10th
10th
15th
11th
16th

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:
  1. Total points;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Head-to-head result between tied teams;
  5. # Points in matches among the tied teams;
  6. # Goal difference in matches among the tied teams;
  7. # Goals scored in matches among the tied teams;
  8. Fair play points in all group matches :
  9. *One yellow card: −1 point;
  10. *Two yellow cards : −3 points;
  11. *Direct red card: −4 points;
  12. *Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
  13. Drawing of lots.

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.

Group stage

All times are local, TAHT.

Group A


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Group B


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Knockout stage

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.

Broadcasting

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

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
AwardPlayer
Golden Ball|

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.
TeamQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA U-17 World Cup[|1]
7 8 2024
7 8 20240
10 8 2024