OFC U-16 Men's Championship

Organiser(s)	OFC
Founded	1983
Region	Oceania
Teams	11
Current champions	New Zealand (11th title)
Most championships	New Zealand (11 titles)
2026 OFC U-16 Men's Championship

The OFC Men's U-16 Championship is a biennial football tournament for players under the age of 16. The tournament decides the only two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which is held every two years.

Between 1983 and 2017, the tournament was open to teams under-17 years of age and was called the OFC U-17 Championship. Since 2018, the age limit was reduced to under 16 years of age, the tournament is called the OFC U-16 Championship.

Eligible teams

All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were:

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Fiji
•  New Caledonia
•  New Zealand
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tahiti
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu
•  Australia (member of AFC since 2007)
•  Chinese Taipei (member of AFC since 1989)

Results

The list of winners:^[1]

Ed.	Year	Hosts	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1	1983	New Zealand	Australia	–[note 1]	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	–[note 1]	New Caledonia
2	1986	Taiwan	Australia	–[note 1]	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	–[note 1]	Papua New Guinea
3	1989	Australia	Australia	–[note 1]	New Zealand	Chinese Taipei	–[note 1]	Fiji
4	1991	New Zealand	Australia	–[note 1]	New Zealand	Fiji	—N/a
5	1993	Solomon Islands	Australia	3–0	Solomon Islands	New Zealand	5–1	Fiji
6	1995	Vanuatu	Australia	1–0	New Zealand	Vanuatu	3–0	Solomon Islands
7	1997	New Zealand	New Zealand	1–0	Australia	Solomon Islands	3–0	Fiji
8	1999	Fiji	Australia	5–0	Fiji	Solomon Islands	beat	New Caledonia
9	2001	Samoa & Vanuatu	Australia	9–0[note 2]	New Zealand	–[note 3]
10	2003	American Samoa, Australia & New Caledonia	Australia	7–1[note 4]	New Caledonia	–[note 3]
11	2005	New Caledonia	Australia	1–0	Vanuatu	Solomon Islands	3–1	New Caledonia
12	2007	Tahiti	New Zealand	–[note 1]	Tahiti	Fiji	–[note 1]	New Caledonia
13	2009	New Zealand	New Zealand	–[note 1]	Tahiti	New Caledonia	–[note 1]	Vanuatu
14	2011	New Zealand	New Zealand	2–0	Tahiti	Solomon Islands	2–0	Vanuatu
15	2013	Vanuatu	New Zealand	–[note 1]	New Caledonia	Vanuatu	–[note 1]	Fiji
16	2015	American Samoa & Samoa	New Zealand	1–1 (5–4 p)	Tahiti	Vanuatu	6–0	New Caledonia
17	2017	Tahiti	New Zealand	7–0	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands and  Papua New Guinea
18	2018	Solomon Islands[note 5]	New Zealand	0–0 (5–4 p)	Solomon Islands	Tahiti	2–1	Fiji
19	2023	Fiji	New Zealand	1–0	New Caledonia	Tahiti	3–0	Fiji
20	2024	Tahiti	New Zealand	3–1	Fiji	New Caledonia	1–1 (5–4 p)	Tahiti
21	2025	Solomon Islands	New Zealand	2–0	New Caledonia	Fiji	1–0	Papua New Guinea
22	2026	Papua New Guinea	To be determined

Performances by country

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
New Zealand	11 (1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023, 2024, 2025)	6 (1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1995, 2001)	1 (1993)	—
Australia	10 (1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005)	1 (1997)	—	—
New Caledonia	—	5 (2003, 2013, 2017, 2023, 2025)	2 (2009, 2024)	5 (1983, 1999, 2005, 2007, 2015)
Tahiti	—	4 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2015)	2 (2018, 2023)	1 (2024)
Solomon Islands	—	2 (1993, 2018)	4 (1997, 1999, 2005, 2011)	1 (1995)
Fiji	—	2 (1999, 2024)	3 (1991, 2007, 2025)	6 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2018, 2023)
Vanuatu	—	1 (2005)	3 (1995, 2013, 2015)	2 (2009, 2011)
Chinese Taipei	—	—	3 (1983, 1986, 1989)	—
Papua New Guinea	—	—	—	2 (1986,2025)

* = As hosts

Note: no third or fourth place finishes in 1991 (no fourth place finish only), 2001, 2003 and 2017.

Participating nations

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• SF – Semi-finalists
• GS – Group stage
• PR – Preliminary Round
•  ×  – Did not participate
•  ×  – Withdrew
•      – Hosts
•      – Not affiliated to OFC
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1983	1986	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2018	2023	2024	2025	Total
American Samoa	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	×	×	×	GS	PR	GS	PR	PR	GS	PR	PR	10
Australia	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	AFC member										11
Chinese Taipei	3rd	3rd	3rd	AFC member																		3
Cook Islands	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	GS	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	PR	PR	QF	GS	GS	11
Fiji	GS	GS	4th	3rd	4th	GS	4th	2nd	GS	GS	GS	3rd	×	GS	4th	GS	GS	4th	4th	2nd	3rd	19
New Caledonia	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	4th	×	2nd	4th	4th	3rd	GS	2nd	4th	2nd	GS	2nd	3rd	2nd	13
New Zealand	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	×	2nd	GS	×	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	18
Papua New Guinea	×	4th	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	GS	×	×	GS	GS	GS	SF	GS	×	PR	4th	10
Samoa	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	×	×	×	PR	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	10
Solomon Islands	×	×	×	×	2nd	4th	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	3rd	×	×	3rd	×	GS	SF	2nd	×	GS	GS	12
Tahiti	GS	×	×	×	GS	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	GS	2nd	2nd	2nd	×	2nd	GS	3rd	3rd	4th	GS	15
Tonga	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	GS	GS	GS	GS	×	×	GS	PR	GS	PR	PR	QF	PR	PR	11
Vanuatu	×	×	GS	×	GS	3rd	GS	GS	GS	GS	2nd	×	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	GS	GS	QF	GS	PR	16

Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

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

Team	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2023	2025	Total
Australia	QF	QF	R1	QF	QF	QF		2nd	QF	R1	R1	AFC member									10
Fiji																				Q	1
New Caledonia																	R1		R1	Q	3
New Zealand							R1	R1				R1	R2	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1	R1	Q	11
Solomon Islands																		R1			1

Awards

Best player

Edition	Player
2015	Logan Rogerson
2017	Charles Spragg
2018	Raphael Lea'i
2023	Nolhann Alabete
2024	Aaron Cartwright
2025	Ethan Dyer

Best Goalkeeper

Edition	Player
2015	Vaiarii Halligan
2017	Zac Jones
2018	Alex Paulsen
2023	Matt Foord
2024	Nicolas Kutran
2025	Sylvain Ipeze

Topscorers

Edition	Player	Goals
2007	Kosta Barbarouses	5
2009	Andrew Milne Heirarii Tevenae	3
2011	Renaldo Nonmeu	8
2013	Stuart Holthusen Monty Patterson	6
2015	Larry Zama	13
2017	Charles Spragg	7
2018	Raphael Lea'i	8
2023	Luke Supyk Titouan Guillemant	6
2024	Aaron Cartwright	7
2025	Ben Perez Baldoni	6

References

External links

• OFC Official Website