| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country |  Tonga (preliminary stage) Vanuatu (final stage) |
| Dates | 21–27 June 2016 (preliminary stage) 3–17 September 2016 (final stage) |
| Teams | 8 (final stage) 11 (total) (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  New Zealand (6th title) |
| Runners-up | Vanuatu |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 21 |
| Goals scored | 67 (3.19 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Dwayne Tiputoa Myer Bevan(5 goals each) |
| Best player(s) | Myer Bevan |
| Best goalkeeper | Michael Woud |
| Fair play award |  Solomon Islands |
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The 2016 OFC U-20 Championship was the 21st edition of the OFC U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 19 and below (despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship). This year, the tournament was held in Vanuatu for the first time by itself (second time overall).
Despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. So players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1997. At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified. The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 19 years of age. The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for upcoming World Cups at Under 20 level.[1]
In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup.[2] So the top two teams qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea.
- ^ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
- ^ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2013. Archived from the original on 2016-09-24. Retrieved 10 December 2013.