U-17 Football Oceania Championship
| U-17 Football Oceania Championship | |
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| Association | OFC |
| First edition | 1983 |
| Teams | 10 |
| Game mode |
Round-robin tournament (2 groups of 5 teams each) game for 3rd place / final or league system |
| Title holder |
 New Zealand (7th title)
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| Record winner |
 Australia (10 wins)
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| Website | www.oceaniafootball.com |
| Qualification for | U-17 World Cup |
The U-17 OFC Nations Cup ( English OFC U-17 Championship ) is a football competition between the teams oceanic for male football players under 17 years and is mainly used for qualifying for the U-17 Soccer World Cup. It was first held in 1983, still as a U-16 competition, and is currently held every two years. In principle, all eleven current members of the OFC Oceanic Continental Association are entitled to start.
Australia participated until he moved to the Asian Football Association (AFC) in 2006. Since then, New Zealand has been the undisputed number 1 in Oceania in this age group. Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) was also part of the field at times for (sport) political reasons.
In recent years, the mode has repeatedly changed between a round-robin tournament, in which the game was initially played in two groups and then in the knockout system, and a league system in which everyone played against everyone and there was no actual final.
The tournaments at a glance
Ranking list of winners
| rank | country | title | Year (s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Australia
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10 | 1983, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| 2 |
New Zealand
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8th | 1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 |