OFC U-16 Championship
Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
Australia 10 ( 1983 , 1986 , 1989* , 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1999 , 2001 , 2003* , 2005 ) 1 ( 1997 ) - -
New Zealand 8 ( 1997* , 2007 , 2009* , 2011* , 2013 , 2015 , 2017 , 2018 ) 6 ( 1983* , 1986 , 1989 , 1991* , 1995 , 2001 ) 1 ( 1993* ) -
Tahiti - 4 ( 2007* , 2009 , 2011 , 2015 ) 1 ( 2018 ) -
New Caledonia - 3 ( 2003* , 2013 , 2017 ) 1 ( 2009 ) 5 ( 1983 , 1999 , 2005* , 2007 , 2015 )
Solomon Islands - 2 ( 1993 , 2018* ) 4 ( 1997 , 1999 , 2005 , 2011 ) 1 ( 1995 )
Vanuatu - 1 ( 2005 ) 3 ( 1995* , 2013* , 2015 ) 2 ( 2009 , 2011 )
Fiji - 1 ( 1999* ) 2 ( 1991 , 2007 ) 5 ( 1989 , 1993 , 1997 , 2013 , 2018 )
Chinese Taipei - - 3 ( 1983 , 1986* , 1989 ) -
Papua New Guinea - - - 1 ( 1986 )
Performances by country
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 competition 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.