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 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Tahiti |
Dates | 7–24 September |
Teams | 11 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 18 |
Goals scored | 71 (3.94 per match) |
Attendance | 5,410 (301 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() ![]() (9 goals each) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
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
editAll 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 |
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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
editPirae | Papeete | |
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Stade Fautaua | Stade Pater | |
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 11,700 | |
Draw
editThe 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 |
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New Zealand Tahiti New Caledonia | Solomon Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Vanuatu | Tonga Samoa Cook Islands American Samoa |
Squads
editPlayers born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete in the tournament.
Group stage
editAll times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).
Group A
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Group B
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Fiji | 3–0 (w/o)[a] | Papua New Guinea |
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Report |
Group C
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
New Caledonia | 3–0 (w/o)[a] | Vanuatu |
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Report |
Samoa | 0–4 | New Caledonia |
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Ranking of third-placed teams
editDue to groups having a different number of teams, the results against the fourth-placed teams in four-team groups were not considered for this ranking.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Knockout stage
editBracket
editQuarter-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
editSemi-finals
editWinners qualify for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Fiji | 1–0 | New Caledonia |
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New Zealand | 2–0 | Tahiti |
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Third place match
editNew Caledonia | 1–1 | Tahiti |
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Penalties | ||
5–4 |
Final
editFiji | 0–3 | New Zealand |
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Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
editThe 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.
Awards
editThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | Jay Herdman |
Golden Boot | Oliver Colloty Kian Donkers |
Golden Gloves | Henry Gray |
Goalscorers
editThere 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
edit- ^ 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]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Tonga did not turn up to the stadium before the scheduled kickoff time and hence, Papua New Guinea were awarded a 3–0 win.[16][17]
References
edit- ^ "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tonga v Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 September 2022.
- ^ "Tonga v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 September 2022.
- ^ "OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Vanuatu v Samoa; Tahiti v Papua New Guinea will not be played". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Tahiti v Fiji". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
- ^ "OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Group B fixture Papua New Guinea v Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 September 2022.
- ^ "OFC U-19 Championship 2022: Papua New Guinea awarded 3-0 wins". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 September 2022.
- ^ "Samoa v New Caledonia". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Fiji and New Zealand look to make U-20 history for Oceania". FIFA. 22 September 2022.