New Zealand celebrate winning the OFC U-19 Championship 2022 Final, Fiji v New Zealand, Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti, September 2022. Photo: Shane Wenzlick / www.phototek.nz
After a four-year hiatus, the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship returned for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. It was the twenty-third edition of the tournament and doubled as qualification for 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup™ in Argentina. It was hosted by Tahiti and contested between eleven nations.
New Caledonia’s Ritchie Ausu and Tahiti’s Heinoa Aurentz. OFC U-19 Championship 2022, 3rd & 4th playoff, New Caledonia v Tahiti, Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti, September 2022. Photo: Shane Wenzlick / www.phototek.nz
New Zealand secured their second successive and eighth OFC U-19 Championship title overall with a 3-0 victory over Fiji in the final at Stade Pater in Pirae, inspired by two goals from Oliver Colloty.
New Zealand’s Oliver Colloty scores his first goal. OFC U-19 Championship 2022 Final, Fiji v New Zealand, Stade Pater, Papeete, Tahiti, September 2022. Photo: Shane Wenzlick / www.phototek.nz
