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Organising body | OFC |
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Founded | 1983 |
Region | Oceania |
Number of teams | 11 |
Current champions | ![]() (9th title) |
Most successful team(s) | ![]() (10 titles) |
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The OFC 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.
All member nations of the Oceania Football Confederation are allowed to enter a team. Teams that have participated in the tournament so far were:
The list of winners:[1]
U17 format
U16 format
Edition | Year | Host | Final | Third Place Match | ||||||
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Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | |||||
1 | 2018 Details |
Honiara, Solomon Islands[5] | ![]() New Zealand |
0–0 (5–4 pen.) |
![]() Solomon Islands [note 1] |
![]() Tahiti |
2–1 | ![]() Fiji |
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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10 (1983, 1986, 1989*, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003*, 2005) | 1 (1997) | — | — |
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9 (1997*, 2007, 2009*, 2011*, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2023) | 6 (1983*, 1986, 1989, 1991*, 1995, 2001) | 1 (1993*) | — |
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— | 4 (2007*, 2009, 2011, 2015) | 2 (2018, 2023) | — |
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— | 4 (2003*, 2013, 2017, 2023) | 1 (2009) | 5 (1983, 1999, 2005*, 2007, 2015) |
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— | 2 (1993, 2018*) | 4 (1997, 1999, 2005, 2011) | 1 (1995) |
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— | 1 (2005) | 3 (1995*, 2013*, 2015) | 2 (2009, 2011) |
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— | 1 (1999*) | 2 (1991, 2007) | 6 (1989, 1993, 1997, 2013, 2018, 2023) |
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— | — | 3 (1983, 1986*, 1989) | — |
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— | — | — | 1 (1986) |
Note: no third or fourth place finishes in 1991 (no fourth place finish only), 2001, 2003 and 2017.
Team | ![]() 1983 |
![]() 1986 |
![]() 1989 |
![]() 1991 |
![]() 1993 |
![]() 1995 |
![]() 1997 |
![]() 1999 |
![]() ![]() 2001 |
![]() ![]() ![]() 2003 |
![]() 2005 |
![]() 2007 |
![]() 2009 |
![]() 2011 |
![]() 2013 |
![]() ![]() 2015 |
![]() 2017 |
![]() 2018 |
![]() 2023 |
Total |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | PR | GS | 9 |
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1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | AFC member | 11 | |||||||
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3rd | 3rd | 3rd | AFC member | 3 | |||||||||||||||
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× | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | PR | PR | QF | 10 |
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GS | GS | 4th | 3rd | 4th | GS | 4th | 2nd | GS | GS | GS | 3rd | × | GS | 4th | GS | GS | 4th | 4th | 18 |
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4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | 4th | × | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | GS | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | GS | 2nd | 12 |
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2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | × | 2nd | GS | × | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 17 |
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× | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | × | GS | × | × | GS | GS | GS | SF | GS | × | 9 |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | × | × | PR | GS | GS | GS | QF | 9 |
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× | × | × | × | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | 3rd | × | × | 3rd | × | GS | SF | 2nd | × | 11 |
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GS | × | × | × | GS | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | × | 2nd | GS | 3rd | 3rd | 14 |
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× | × | × | × | × | × | × | GS | GS | GS | GS | × | × | GS | PR | GS | PR | PR | QF | 10 |
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× | × | GS | × | GS | 3rd | GS | GS | GS | GS | 2nd | × | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | GS | GS | QF | 15 |
Team | ![]() 1985 |
![]() 1987 |
![]() 1989 |
![]() 1991 |
![]() 1993 |
![]() 1995 |
![]() 1997 |
![]() 1999 |
![]() 2001 |
![]() 2003 |
![]() 2005 |
![]() 2007 |
![]() 2009 |
![]() 2011 |
![]() 2013 |
![]() 2015 |
![]() 2017 |
![]() 2019 |
![]() 2023 |
Total |
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QF | QF | R1 | QF | QF | QF | 2nd | QF | R1 | R1 | AFC member | 10 | ||||||||
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R1 | R1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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R1 | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 10 | |||||||||
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R1 | 1 |