2022_OFC_U-19_Championship
2022 OFC U-19 Championship
International football competition
The 2022 OFC U-19 Championship was the 23rd 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.
| Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 19 ans 2022 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Tahiti |
| Dates | 7–24 September |
| Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (8th title) |
| Runners-up |  Fiji |
| Third place |  New Caledonia |
| Fourth place |  Tahiti |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 18 |
| Goals scored | 71 (3.94 per match) |
| Attendance | 5,410 (301 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers (9 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Jay Herdman |
| Best goalkeeper | Henry Gray |
2024 → | |
The OFC announced on 4 March 2022 that the 2021 OFC U-20 Championship (originally the 2020 OFC U-19 Championship), which would have been hosted by Samoa, had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and Samoa would be retained to host the next edition in 2022.[1] On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced the tournament had been moved to August from July.[2]
The top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina as the OFC representatives. New Zealand the defending champions, won the title for the eighth time, and qualified together with runners-up Fiji.
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
Starting from 2020, male youth tournaments no longer have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams compete in one tournament.[3]
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
 American Samoa | 6th | Group stage (1998, 2011, 2014) |
 Cook Islands | 4th | Group stage (2001, 2016) |
| Fiji | 22nd | Champions (2014) |
| New Caledonia | 13th | Runners-up (2008) |
| New Zealand | 22nd | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018) |
 Papua New Guinea | 15th | Fourth place (1978, 1982) |
 Samoa | 10th | Group stage (1988, 1994, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007) |
 Solomon Islands | 10th | Runners-up (2005, 2011) |
| Tahiti (hosts) | 12th | Champions (1974, 2008) |
 Tonga | 7th | Group stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018) |
 Vanuatu | 16th | Runners-up (2014, 2016) |
| Pirae | Papeete | |
|---|---|---|
| Stade Fautaua | Stade Pater | |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 11,700 | |
The draw for the group stage was held on 19 July with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2018 OFC U-19 Championship.[4]
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Tahiti New Caledonia | Solomon Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Vanuatu | Tonga Samoa Cook Islands American Samoa |
Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
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 | 0 | +23 | 9 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Solomon Islands |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Cook Islands |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | American Samoa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
| Solomon Islands | 6–0 | American Samoa |
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| Cook Islands | 0–3 | Solomon Islands |
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| American Samoa | 0–4 | Cook Islands |
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tahiti (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | +11 | 7 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tonga |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 |
| Tonga | 0–8 | Tahiti |
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 6 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Samoa |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 |
Ranking of third-placed teams
Due to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not be considered for this ranking.
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Papua New Guinea |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 1 | C | Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
| 3 | A | Cook Islands |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | −11 | 0 |
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 18 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 5 | |||||||||
| 21 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 2 | |||||||||
| 18 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Tahiti | 0 | |||||||||
| Tahiti | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Vanuatu | 0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 3 | |||||||||
| 18 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 0 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Solomon Islands | 0 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia | 0 | |||||||||
| 18 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Fiji | 1 | Third place match | ||||||||
| Fiji | 4 | |||||||||
| 24 September – Pirae | ||||||||||
| Samoa | 1 | |||||||||
| Tahiti | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| New Caledonia (p) | 1 (5) | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| New Caledonia | 1–0 | Solomon Islands |
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Semi-finals
Winners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Third place match
| New Caledonia | 1–1 | Tahiti |
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| Penalties | ||
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5–4 |
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Final
The following two teams from OFC qualify for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Argentina.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
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| Fiji | 21 September 2022[19] | 1 (2015) |
| New Zealand | 21 September 2022[19] | 6 (2007, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player |
|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Jay Herdman |
| Golden Boot | Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers |
| Golden Gloves | Henry Gray |
There were 71 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
9 goals
Oliver Colloty- Kian Donkers
4 goals
William Read
Francis Paul
3 goals
Melvin Mani- Jay Herdman
Mathis Boube
2 goals
Dalziel Beal- Nabil Begg
- Paul Jone
- Charlie Beale
- Dan McKay
- Adam Supyk
- Alden Suri
- Manuarii Shan
1 goal
- Silas Tregu
- Ngametau Tuakana
- Mustafa Mohammed
- Mohammed Raheem
- Peniasi Rotidara
- Fin Conchie
- Oliver Fay
- Isaac Hughes
- Jackson Manuel
- Everton O'Leary
- Finn Surman
Victor Leddy- Selwyn Hou
- Barrie Limoki
- Junior Rocky
- Herehau Bennett
- Kamalani Bennett
- Hauroa Morgant
- Kahutia Pautu
- Tekaki Sangue
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- "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
- "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
- "OFC U-19 Championship draw set for Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 July 2022.
- "Solomon Islands v American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
- "Cook Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
- "Cook Islands v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
- "New Zealand v American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
- "American Samoa v Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2022.
- "New Zealand v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2022.
- "Tonga v Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
- "Tonga v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
- "Tahiti v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
- "Samoa v New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
- "Fiji and New Zealand look to make U-20 history for Oceania". FIFA. 22 September 2022.