OFC Youth Development Tournament

The OFC Youth Development Tournament is an international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

Youth Development Tournament

In the first edition of the Youth Development Tournament in 2019, a total of six men's under-18 national teams, including four from Oceania and two from outside Oceania (one from Asia and one from Europe), were invited to participate in the cross-confederation event.[1]

A women's tournament was originally scheduled for May 2020, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Men's
Year Host Final Third Place Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2019
Details
Vanuatu		 India  2–0  Tahiti Estonia  1–0  New Caledonia 6

Women's
Year Host Final Third Place Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Youth Futsal Tournament

The OFC Youth Futsal Tournament was held for the first time in 2017 to find representatives to attend the futsal tournament at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] OFC intends to hold a tournament every two years, but the next edition has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

Men's
Year Host Final Third Place Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2017
Details
New Zealand		 Solomon Islands  Round-robin  New Zealand Vanuatu  Round-robin  New Caledonia 7

Women's
Year Host Final Third Place Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
2017
Details
New Zealand		 New Zealand  Round-robin  Tonga Samoa  Round-robin Auckland Football Federation 4

Youth Champions League

The inaugural OFC Youth Champions League was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

References
  1. "OFC Youth Tournament set to kick-off". Oceania Football Conferdation. 7 August 2019.
  2. "OFC tournaments update". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 July 2020.
  3. "QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2017.
  4. "OFC aiming to host international futsal sides in 2021". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 October 2020.
  5. "OFC Champions League 2020 cancelled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 September 2020.
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