2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship

2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Tonga
Final tournament:
Tahiti
DatesQualifying stage:
13–19 April 2024
Final tournament:
28 July – 10 August 2024
TeamsFinal tournament: 8
Total: 11 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (10th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place Tahiti
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored77 (4.28 per match)
Attendance3,500 (194 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Aaron Cartwright (7 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Aaron Cartwright
Best goalkeeperNew Caledonia Nicolas Kutran
Fair play award Tahiti
2023
2025

The 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-16/under-17 national teams of Oceania. The final tournament was played in Pirae, Tahiti, from 28 July to 10 August 2024.[1] Players born on or after 1 January 2007 are eligible to compete in the tournament.

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar as the OFC representatives.[2][3] New Zealand successfully defended the title from 2023.

  1. ^ Final tournament statistics
  2. ^ "Qatar appointed as host of FIFA U-17 World Cup™ annually from 2025 to 2029". FIFA. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  3. ^ "New Zealand's pathway to future FIFA U-17 World Cups gets easier". friendsoffootballnz.com. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 19 July 2024.