- 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
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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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