2018 OFC U-19 Championship
The 2018 OFC U-19 Championship was the 22nd edition of the OFC U-19/U-20 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation for the men's under-19/under-20 national teams of Oceania. The qualifying stage was held in the Cook Islands between 26 May – 1 June 2018, and the final tournament was held in Tahiti between 5–18 August 2018.
Before the tournament in 2016, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. However, the last tournament remained the name U-20 Championship. For this tournament, the name has changed to U-19 Championship. So, players who wanted to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1999. At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified. The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 19 years of age. The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for upcoming World Cups at Under 20 level.
In March 2015, FIFA decided that the OFC gets two slots at every FIFA U-20 and U-17 World Cup. So, the top two teams of the tournament qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Poland as the OFC representatives. New Zealand, the defending champions, won the title for the seventh time, and qualified together with runners-up Tahiti.
Format
The tournament structure was as follows:- Qualifying stage: The four teams from the "developing associations" played in the qualifying stage. The winner of the round-robin tournament qualify for the final tournament.
- Final tournament: A total of eight teams played in the final tournament. For the group stage, they were divided into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each group advance to the knockout stage to decide the winner of the OFC U-19 Championship and the two teams that qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Teams
All 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from the OFC entered the tournament.Note: All appearance statistics include those in the qualifying stage.
| Team | Stage | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| Final tournament | 21st | ||
| Final tournament | 12th | ||
| Final tournament | 21st | ||
| Final tournament | 14th | ||
| Final tournament | 9th | ||
| Final tournament | 11th | ||
| Final tournament | 15th | ||
| Qualifying stage | 5th | ||
| Qualifying stage | 3rd | ||
| Qualifying stage | 9th | ||
| Qualifying stage | 6th |
Venues
The hosts of the qualifying stage and final tournament were announced by OFC on 31 October 2017.- The qualifying stage was played at the CIFA Academy Field in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
- The final tournament was played at the Stade Pater and Stade Fautaua in Pirae, Tahiti.
Squads
Players born on or after [|1] January 1999 are eligible to compete in the tournament. Each team can name a maximum of 20 players.Qualifying stage
The winner advance to the final tournament.All times are local, CKT.
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Group stage
The top two teams of each group advanced to the semi-finals.All times are local, TAHT.
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Third place match
Final
Winners
Goalscorers
In the qualifying stageIn the final tournament
In total,
Awards
The Golden Ball Award was awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award was awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award was awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award was awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.| Award | Recipient |
| Golden Ball |  Joe Bell |
| Golden Glove |  Moana Pito |
| Golden Boot | Max Mata |
| Fair Play Award |
Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 World Cup
The following two teams from OFC qualified for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA U-20 World Cup1 |
| 5 | ||
| 1 |