2022 OFC U-19 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 19 ans 2022
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
Dates7–24 September
Teams11 (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 played18
Goals scored71 (3.94 per match)
Attendance5,410 (301 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Oliver Colloty
New Zealand Kian Donkers
(9 goals each)
Best player(s)New Zealand Jay Herdman
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Henry Gray
2024 →

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.

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.

Teams

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)

Venues

Pirae Papeete
Stade Fautaua Stade Pater
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 11,700

Draw

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

Squads

Main article: 2022 OFC U-19 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.

Group stage

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
Source: OFC
Solomon Islands 6–0 American Samoa
  • Limoki 10'
  • Paul 17', 26', 66'
  • Suri 28', 70'
 Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 200[5]
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Cook Islands 0–8 New Zealand
Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 200[6]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Cook Islands 0–3 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Hou 2'
  • Paul 27'
  • Rocky 69'
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 70[7]
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)
New Zealand 9–0 American Samoa
 Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 300[8]
Referee: Keith Kitumbing (Papua New Guinea)
American Samoa 0–4 Cook Islands
Report
  • Tregu 10'
  • Tuakana 19'
  • Beal 78', 88'
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 100[9]
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
New Zealand 6–0 Solomon Islands
  • Donkers 23', 45+1' (pen.)
  • Supyk 55', 70'
  • O'Leary 67'
  • Conchie 87'
 Report
Stade Fautaua, Papeete
Attendance: 120[10]
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

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
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Fiji 3–0 (w/o)[a] Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Tonga 0–8 Tahiti
Report
  • Shan 25'
  • H. Bennett 53'
  • Boube 64', 67', 70'
  • Morgant 79' (pen.)
  • Sangue 86'
  • Pautu 89'
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 600[12]
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Tonga 0–3 Fiji
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 150[13]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
Tahiti 3–0 (w/o)[b] Papua New Guinea
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Tahiti 0–0 Fiji
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 600[15]
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Papua New Guinea 3–0 (w/o)[c] Tonga
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae

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
Source: OFC
New Caledonia 3–0 (w/o)[a] Vanuatu
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Vanuatu 0–3 (w/o)[b] Samoa
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Samoa 0–4 New Caledonia
Report
  • Jone 34'
  • Read 45+2', 66', 77'
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 100[18]
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

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
Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
18 September – Pirae
 
 
 New Zealand5
 
21 September – Pirae
 
 Papua New Guinea0
 
 New Zealand2
 
18 September – Pirae
 
 Tahiti0
 
 Tahiti1
 
24 September – Pirae
 
 Vanuatu0
 
 New Zealand3
 
18 September – Pirae
 
 Fiji0
 
 New Caledonia1
 
21 September – Pirae
 
 Solomon Islands0
 
 New Caledonia0
 
18 September – Pirae
 
 Fiji1 Third place match
 
 Fiji4
 
24 September – Pirae
 
 Samoa1
 
 Tahiti1 (4)
 
 
 New Caledonia (p)1 (5)
 

Quarter-finals

Fiji 4–1 Samoa
  • Mani 35', 45+1', 56' (pen.)
  • Rotidara 86'
 Report
  • Leddy 54'
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
New Caledonia 1–0 Solomon Islands
 Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 120
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
New Zealand 5–0 Papua New Guinea
 Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Tahiti 1–0 Vanuatu
  • Shan 12'
 Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 350
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Fiji 1–0 New Caledonia
 Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 150
Referee: McKenzie Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)
New Zealand 2–0 Tahiti
  • Hughes 2'
  • Donkers 52'
 Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

New Caledonia 1–1 Tahiti
  • Jone 74'
 Report
  • K. Bennett 18' (pen.)
Penalties
  • Upa soccer ball with red X
  • C. Forest soccer ball with check mark
  • Waouka soccer ball with check mark
  • Kugogne soccer ball with check mark
  • S. Forest soccer ball with check mark
  • Boano soccer ball with check mark
 5–4
  • soccer ball with red X Papaura
  • soccer ball with check mark Teihotu
  • soccer ball with check mark K. Bennett
  • soccer ball with check mark Vahirua
  • soccer ball with check mark Teniau
  • soccer ball with red X Malakai
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 500
Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final

Fiji 0–3 New Zealand
Report
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 400
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup

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
 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.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Jay Herdman
Golden Boot New Zealand Oliver Colloty
New Zealand Kian Donkers
Golden Gloves New Zealand Henry Gray

Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.

9 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

  1. ^ a b On 8 September 2022, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea announced they would be unable to play their opening games of the tournament.[11]
  2. ^ a b On 12 September 2022, Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea announced they would be unable to play their second games of the tournament.[14]
  3. ^ Tonga did not turn up to the stadium before the schedueled kickoff time and hence, Papua New Guinea were awarded a 3–0 win.[16][17]

References

  1. ^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
  2. ^ "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
  3. ^ "OFC male youth tournaments continue to evolve". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 April 2020.
  4. ^ "OFC U-19 Championship draw set for Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Solomon Islands v American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Cook Islands v New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Cook Islands v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
  8. ^ "New Zealand v American Samoa". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
  9. ^ "American Samoa v Cook Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2022.
  10. ^ "New Zealand v Solomon Islands". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Statement: Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea U-19 squads to miss first match of the OFC U-19 Championship 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Tonga v Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
  13. ^ "Tonga v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
  14. ^ "OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Vanuatu v Samoa; Tahiti v Papua New Guinea will not be played". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Tahiti v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
  16. ^ "OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Group B fixture Papua New Guinea v Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 September 2022.
  17. ^ "OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Papua New Guinea awarded 3-0 wins". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 September 2022.
  18. ^ "Samoa v New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
  19. ^ a b "Fiji and New Zealand look to make U-20 history for Oceania". FIFA. 22 September 2022.

External links

OFC U-19/U-20 Championship
2022 in Oceanian Football (OFC)
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