- OFC U-20 Championship
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OFC U-20 Championship Founded 1974 Region Oceania (OFC) Number of teams 7 Current champions New Zealand
Most successful team Australia - 12 titles
2011 OFC U-20 Championship
The OFC U-20 Championship is a tournament held once every two years to decide the Under-20 champions of Oceania and also decides who will represent Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) at the biannual FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Contents
Eligible teams
Fourteen nations are eligible to participate in the tournament, these are:
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
Kiribati
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tahiti (French Polynesia)
Tuvalu
Tonga
Vanuatu
Former Participating Teams
Israel (now is UEFA member)
Chinese Taipei (now is AFC member)
Australia (now is AFC member)
Results
Summaries
Year Host Country Champions Second Place Third Place Fourth Place 1974 Tahiti Tahiti
New Zealand
New Hebrides
New Caledonia
1978 New Zealand Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
1980 Fiji New Zealand
Australia
Fiji
New Caledonia
1982 Papua New Guinea Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
1985 Australia Australia
Israel
New Zealand
Chinese Taipei
1987 New Zealand Australia
Israel
New Zealand
Chinese Taipei
1988 Fiji Australia
New Zealand
Chinese Taipei
Fiji
1990 Fiji Australia
New Zealand
Vanuatu
Tahiti
1992 Tahiti New Zealand
Tahiti
Fiji
Vanuatu
1994 Fiji Australia
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
1996 Tahiti Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Tahiti
1998 Samoa Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Solomon Islands
2001 New Caledonia & Cook Islands Australia
New Zealand
No third place match 2003 Vanuatu & Fiji Australia
Fiji
No third place match 2005 Solomon Islands Australia
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Fiji
2007 New Zealand New Zealand
Fiji
Solomon Islands
New Caledonia
2008 Tahiti Tahiti
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Fiji
2011 New Zealand New Zealand
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
Fiji
Performances by Countries
Team Champions Runners-up Third-place Fourth-place Australia
12 1 (1980) - - New Zealand
4 (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011) 7 (1974, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1996, 2001) 4 - Tahiti
2 (1974, 2008) 2 (1992) - 2 Fiji
- 4 (1978, 1998, 2003, 2007) 4 4 Solomon Islands
- 2 (2005, 2011) 2 1 Israel
- 2 (1985, 1987) - - New Caledonia
- 1 (2008) 1 2 Vanuatu
- - 3 2 Chinese Taipei
- - 1 2 Papua New Guinea
- - - 2 ^ This 1973 third place was achieved by Vanuatu under its former name New Hebrides.
FIFA U-20 World Cup Performances
Team
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997
1999
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011Total Australia
QF R1 R1 R1 4th 4th QF R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 12 New Zealand
R1 R1 1 Tahiti
R1 1 External links
OFC U-20 Championship Tournaments Tahiti 1974 · New Zealand 1978 · Fiji 1980 · Papua New Guinea 1982 · Australia 1985 · New Zealand 1987 · Fiji 1988 · Fiji 1990 · Tahiti 1992 · Fiji 1994 · Tahiti 1996 · Samoa 1998 · New Caledonia/Cook Islands 2001 · Vanuatu/Fiji 2003 · Solomon Islands 2005 · New Zealand 2007 · Tahiti 2008 · New Zealand 2011Squads 1974 · 1978 · 1980 · 1982 · 1985 · 1987 · 1988 · 1990 · 1992 · 1994 · 1996 · 1998 · 2001 · 2003 · 2005 · 2007 · 2008 · 2011OFC competitions National teams OFC Nations Cup · OFC Olympic Qualifying Tournament · OFC U-20 Championship · OFC U-17 Championship · Wantok Cup · Pacific Games · Pacific CupDefunct Clubs Categories:- Under-20 association football
- OFC competitions
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