OFC U-20 Championship

OFC U-20 Championship
Founded 1974
Region Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams 7
Current champions  New Zealand
Most successful team  Australia - 12 titles
2011 OFC U-20 Championship

The OFC U-20 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the Under-20 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biannual FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Contents

Eligible teams

Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:

Former Participating Teams

Results

Summaries

Year Host Country
Champions Second Place Third Place Fourth Place
1974 Tahiti  Tahiti  New Zealand  New Hebrides  New Caledonia
1978 New Zealand  Australia  Fiji  New Zealand  Papua New Guinea
1980 Fiji  New Zealand  Australia  Fiji  New Caledonia
1982 Papua New Guinea  Australia  New Zealand  Fiji  Papua New Guinea
1985 Australia  Australia  Israel  New Zealand  Chinese Taipei
1987 New Zealand  Australia  Israel  New Zealand  Chinese Taipei
1988 Fiji  Australia  New Zealand  Chinese Taipei  Fiji
1990 Fiji  Australia  New Zealand  Vanuatu  Tahiti
1992 Tahiti  New Zealand  Tahiti  Fiji  Vanuatu
1994 Fiji  Australia  New Zealand  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu
1996 Tahiti  Australia  New Zealand  Fiji  Tahiti
1998 Samoa  Australia  Fiji  New Zealand  Solomon Islands
2001 New Caledonia & Cook Islands  Australia  New Zealand No third place match
2003 Vanuatu & Fiji  Australia  Fiji No third place match
2005 Solomon Islands  Australia  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu  Fiji
2007 New Zealand  New Zealand  Fiji  Solomon Islands  New Caledonia
2008 Tahiti  Tahiti  New Caledonia  New Zealand  Fiji
2011 New Zealand  New Zealand  Solomon Islands  Vanuatu  Fiji

Performances by Countries

Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place
 Australia 12 1 (1980) - -
 New Zealand 4 (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011) 7 (1974, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2001) 4 -
 Tahiti 2 (1974, 2008) 2 (1992) - 2
 Fiji - 4 (1978, 1998, 2003, 2007) 4 4
 Solomon Islands - 2 (2005, 2011) 2 1
 Israel - 2 (1985, 1987) - -
 New Caledonia - 1 (2008) 1 2
 Vanuatu - - 3 2
 Chinese Taipei - - 1 2
 Papua New Guinea - - - 2

^ This 1973 third place was achieved by Vanuatu under its former name New Hebrides.

FIFA U-20 World Cup Performances

Team
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1985

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1995

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1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011
Total
 Australia QF R1 R1 R1 4th 4th QF R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 12
 New Zealand R1 R1 1
 Tahiti R1 1

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