2026 OFC U-19 Championship
| 2026 OFC U-19 siamupini | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host countries | Qualifying stage: Cook Islands Final tournament: Samoa |
| Dates | Qualifying stage: 6–12 June 2026 Final tournament: 1–14 July 2026 |
| Teams | Final tournament: 8 Total: 10 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
← 2024 2028 → | |
The 2026 OFC U-19 Men's Championship will be the 25th 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 top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan as the OFC representatives.[1] New Zealand are the defending champions.
Teams
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
Starting from 2022, this marked the return of the four-team qualifying stage after absent from 2022.
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016, 2018 and 2024).
| Team | Stage | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiji | Final tournament (Group stage) |
24th | Champions (2014) |
| New Zealand | 24th | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024) | |
| New Caledonia | 15th | Runners-up (2008, 2024) | |
| Samoa (hosts) | 12th | Quarter-finals (2022, (2024) | |
| Solomon Islands | 12th | Runners-up (2005, 2011) | |
| Tahiti | 14th | Champions (1974, 2008) | |
| Vanuatu | 18th | Runners-up (2014, 2016) | |
| Cook Islands | Qualifying stage | 6th | Group stage (2001, 2016) |
| Papua New Guinea | 17th | Fourth place (1978, 1982) | |
| Tonga | 9th | Group stage (1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2018) |
Venues
| Apia |
|---|
| FFS Football Stadium |
| Capacity: 3,500 |
Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 February with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2024 OFC U-19 Championship.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand New Caledonia | Solomon Islands Fiji Tahiti Samoa | Vanuatu Qualifying Winner[a] |
Qualifying stage
The draw for the group stage was held 25 February 2026.
Tiebreakers
| Tie-breaking criteria for group play |
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The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
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Qualifying group
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualify for Final tournament | — | 6 Jun | 9 Jun | |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 12 Jun | ||
| 3 | Cook Islands (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — |
Group stage
All times are local, WST (UTC+13).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Samoa (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th place match |
| 4 | Qualifying Winner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th place match |
| Solomon Islands | v | Qualifying Winner |
|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia | v | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| New Caledonia | v | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying Winner | v | Samoa |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying Winner | v | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Samoa | v | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th place match |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7th place match |
| Fiji | v | Vanuatu |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | v | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | v | Fiji |
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| Tahiti | v | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | v | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
5th place match
| Group A 3rd Place | v | Group B 3rd Place |
|---|---|---|
7th place match
| Group A 4th Place | v | Group B 4th Place |
|---|---|---|
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 12 September – Apia | ||||||
| Group A Winner | ||||||
| 14 September – Apia | ||||||
| Group B Runner-up | ||||||
| Semi-Final Winner 1 | ||||||
| 12 September – Apia | ||||||
| Semi-final Winner 2 | ||||||
| Group B Winner | ||||||
| Group A runner-up | ||||||
| Third place match | ||||||
| 14 September – Apia | ||||||
| Semi-final Loser 1 | ||||||
| Semi-final Loser 2 | ||||||
Semi-finals
Winners will qualify for 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| Group A Winner | v | Group B Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Group B Winner | v | Group A Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
3rd place match
| Loser SF 01 | v | Loser SF 02 |
|---|---|---|
Final
| Winner SF 01 | v | Winner SF 02 |
|---|---|---|
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following two teams from OFC will qualify for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2026 | ||
| 12 September 2026 |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Broadcasting
All games were streamed live and free on FIFA+.
Notes
- ^ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw
References
- ^ "FIFA Council calls for peace and takes key decisions on football governance". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 3 October 2025.