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| Nickname(s) | Junior All Whites | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | New Zealand Football | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Chris Greenacre | ||
| Captain | Finn Surman | ||
| Most caps | Ian Hogg (16) | ||
| Top scorer | Oliver Colloty (11) | ||
| FIFA code | NZL | ||
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| First international | |||
 New Zealand 4–2 New Caledonia  (Papeete, French Polynesia; 8 December 1974) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
New Zealand 16–0 Western Samoa  (Suva, Fiji; 5 September 1988) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
New Zealand 0–6 Australia  (Ba, Fiji; 8 September 1990)  United States 6–0 New Zealand (Incheon, South Korea; 1 June 2017) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) | ||
| OFC U-20 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1974) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022) | ||
The New Zealand national under-20 football team also known as Junior All Whites represents New Zealand in youth international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup since 2007 and they hosted the 2015 edition.
Competition record
[change | change source]OFC U-20 Championship
[change | change source]The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| OFC U-20 Championship / OFC U-19 Championship record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
 1974 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 |
Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | — | |
 1980 |
Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | — | |
 1982 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 |
Third place | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | |
| 1988 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | — | |
| 1990 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | — | |
| 1994 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | |
| 1997 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | — | |
  2001 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | — | |
 2002 |
Group stage | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | — | |
 2005 |
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2007 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | Squad | |
| 2008 |
Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Squad | |
| 2011 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | Squad | |
| 2013 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2014 |
Did not enter | |||||||||
 2016 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | Squad | |
| 2018 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | Squad | |
| 2022 |
Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | Squad | |
| 2024 |
To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 8 titles | 22/23 | 91 | 64 | 8 | 19 | 285 | 77 | — | |
FIFA U-20 World Cup
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| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Host | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1977 |  Tunisia |
Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1979 |  Japan |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1981 | Australia
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| 1983 |  Mexico
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| 1985 |  Soviet Union
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| 1987 |  Chile
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| 1989 |  Saudi Arabia
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| 1991 |  Portugal
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| 1993 | Australia
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| 1995 |  Qatar
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| 1997 |  Malaysia
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| 1999 |  Nigeria
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| 2001 |  Argentina
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| 2003 |  United Arab Emirates
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| 2005 |  Netherlands
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| 2007 |  Canada |
Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Squad |
| 2009 |  Egypt |
Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2011 |  Colombia |
Group stage | 17th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
| 2013 |  Turkey |
23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2015 | New Zealand |
Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad |
| 2017 |  South Korea |
16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad | |
| 2019 |  Poland |
11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2023 | Argentina |
14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | Squad | |
| 2025 | Chile |
To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 7/24 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 45 | — | |
References
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