The 2024 OFC U-16 Men's Championship was the 21st edition of the

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, the biennial international youth

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championship organised by the

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(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. 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

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as the OFC representatives.

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successfully defended the title from 2023.

Teams

All 11

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-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament. In 2022 and 2023, male youth OFC tournaments did not have a four-team qualifying stage, and all teams competed in one tournament. This was reversed for the 2024 tournament. ''Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016 and 2018).''

Venues

Qualifying stage

The draw for the group stage was held 5 March 2024.

Tiebreakers

Qualifying group

Draw

The draw for the group stage was held on 5 March with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the

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Group stage

All times are local, TAHT ( UTC-10).

Group A

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Group B

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7th place match

5th place match

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals

Winners qualified for the

Third place match

Winner qualified for the

Final

Broadcasting

All games will be streamed live and free on

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Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalscorers

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup

The following three teams from OFC qualified for the

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¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

Notes

References

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