The OFC U-19 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the under-19 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biennial
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members’ men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 whe ...
.
Between 1974 and 2012, the competition was open to teams under 20 years of age and called the OFC U-20 Championship. Since 2014, the age limit was darkreduced to under 19 years of age,
and since 2018, the tournament name was changed to the OFC U-19 Championship.
Eligible teams
Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:
*
*
*
* (not a member of
FIFA)
*
*
* (not a member of
FIFA)
*
*
*
* (
French Polynesia)
*
* (not a member of
FIFA)
*
Former teams
*
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
(now is
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
member)
* (now is
AFC member)
* (now is
AFC member)
Results
Summaries
;Notes
Performances by team
:
* = ''As hosts''
;Notes
Participating nations
;Legend
* – Champions
* – Runners-up
* – Third place
* – Fourth place
* – Semi-finals
*5th–7th – Fifth to Seventh place
*QF – Quarter-finals
*GS – Group stage
*PR – Preliminary round
*q – Qualified
* — Hosts
*
•• – Qualified but withdrew
*
× – Did not enter
*
• – Did not qualify
*
× – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
* — Country not affiliated to OFC at that time
* — Country did not exist or national team was inactive
*
– Not affiliated to FIFA
FIFA U-20 World Cup performances
;Legend
*
1st – Champions
*
2nd – Runners-up
*
3rd – Third place
*
4th – Fourth place
*QF – Quarterfinals
*R2 – Round 2
*R1 – Round 1
*
– Hosts
*
– Not affiliated to OFC
*Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
References
External links
OFC Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament
Under-20 association football
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