The 2026 OFC U-19 Men's Championship will be the 25th edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship , the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania.
2026 OFC U-19 Men's Championship 2026 OFC U-19 siamupini Host countries Qualifying stage: Final tournament: Dates Qualifying stage: Final tournament: Teams Final tournament: 8Total: 10 (from 1 confederation)Venue 1 (in 1 host city)
The top two teams of the tournament will qualify for the 2027 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan as the OFC representatives.[ 1] New Zealand are the defending champions.
All 11 FIFA -affiliated national teams from the OFC are eligible to enter the tournament.
Starting from 2022, this marked the return of the four-team qualifying stage after absent from 2022.
Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage (2016, 2018 and 2024).
Team
Stage
Appearance
Previous best performance
Fiji Final tournamentGroup stage )
24th
Champions 2014 )
New Zealand 24th
Champions 1980 , 1992 , 2007 , 2011 , 2013 , 2016 , 2018 , 2022 , 2024 )
New Caledonia 15th
Runners-up (2008 , 2024 )
Samoa (hosts)12th
Quarter-finals (2022 , (2024 )
Solomon Islands 12th
Runners-up (2005 , 2011 )
Tahiti 14th
Champions 1974 , 2008 )
Vanuatu 18th
Runners-up (2014 , 2016 )
Cook Islands Qualifying stage 6th Group stage (2001 , 2016 )
Papua New Guinea 17th
Fourth place (1978 , 1982 )
Tonga 9th Group stage (1998 , 2001 , 2002 , 2005 , 2018 )
The draw for the group stage was held on 25 February with teams seeded into pots based upon their ranking at the 2024 OFC U-19 Championship .
The draw for the group stage was held 25 February 2026.
The ranking of teams in the group stage was determined as follows:
Total points;
Goal difference in all group matches;Goals scored in all group matches;
Head-to-head result between tied teams;
Points in matches among the tied teams;
Goal difference in matches among the tied teams;
Goals scored in matches among the tied teams;
Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction per player, per match):
One yellow card: −1 point;
Two yellow cards (indirect red card): −3 points;
Direct red card: −4 points;
Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;
Drawing of lots.
First match(es) will be played: 6 June 2026. Source:
OFC (H) Hosts
All times are local, WST (UTC+13 ).
First match(es) will be played: 1 September 2026. Source:
OFC (H) Hosts
First match(es) will be played: 2 September 2026. Source:
OFC
Semi-finals Final
12 September – Apia
Group A Winner
14 September – Apia
Group B Runner-up
Semi-Final Winner 1
12 September – Apia
Semi-final Winner 2
Group B Winner
Group A runner-up
Third place match
14 September – Apia
Semi-final Loser 1
Semi-final Loser 2
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
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All games will be streamed live and free on FIFA+ .
↑ The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw
Fiji
New Zealand
New Caledonia
Samoa (hosts)
Solomon Islands
Tahiti
Vanuatu
Cook Islands
Papua New Guinea
Tonga
Qualifying winner