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New Zealand national under-20 football team

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New Zealand under-20
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Junior All Whites
AssociationNew Zealand Football
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachChris Greenacre
CaptainFinn Surman
Most capsIan Hogg (16)
Top scorerOliver Colloty (11)
FIFA codeNZL
First colours
Second colours
First international
 New Zealand 4–2 New Caledonia 
(Papeete, French Polynesia; 8 December 1974)
Biggest win
 New Zealand 16–0 Western Samoa 
(Suva, Fiji; 5 September 1988)
Biggest defeat
 New Zealand 0–6 Australia 
(Ba, Fiji; 8 September 1990)
 United States 6–0 New Zealand 
(Incheon, South Korea; 1 June 2017)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2007)
Best resultRound of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023)
OFC U-20 Championship
Appearances22 (first in 1974)
Best resultChampions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022)

The New Zealand national under-20 football team also known as Junior All Whites represents New Zealand in youth international football. They have qualified for the FIFA U-20 World Cup since 2007 and they hosted the 2015 edition.

Competition record

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OFC U-20 Championship

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The OFC Under 20 Qualifying Tournament is a tournament held once every two years to decide the two qualification spots for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and its representatives at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

OFC U-20 Championship / OFC U-19 Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
French Polynesia 1974 Runners-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 13 5
Australia 1978 Third place 3rd 3 1 1 1 6 3
Fiji 1980 Champions 1st 3 2 1 0 9 2
Papua New Guinea 1982 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 16 6
Australia 1985 Third place 3rd 5 3 0 2 21 9
New Zealand 1986 Third place 3rd 4 0 3 1 1 4
Fiji 1988 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 21 2
Fiji 1990 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 5 9
French Polynesia 1992 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 8 1
Fiji 1994 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 11 2
French Polynesia 1997 Runners-up 2nd 4 2 0 2 9 6
Samoa 1998 Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 20 4
New Caledonia Cook Islands 2001 Runners-up 2nd 6 5 0 1 10 6
Vanuatu Fiji 2002 Group stage 3rd 4 3 0 1 17 2
Solomon Islands 2005 Group stage 5th 3 1 0 2 8 3 Squad
New Zealand 2007 Champions 1st 6 5 1 0 21 4 Squad
French Polynesia 2008 Third place 3rd 3 1 1 1 6 4 Squad
New Zealand 2011 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 22 1 Squad
Fiji 2013 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 13 2 Squad
Fiji 2014 Did not enter
Tonga Vanuatu 2016 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 15 2 Squad
Cook Islands French Polynesia 2018 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 20 1 Squad
French Polynesia 2022 Champions 1st 6 6 0 0 33 0 Squad
Vanuatu Samoa 2024 To be determined
Total 8 titles 22/23 91 64 8 19 285 77

FIFA U-20 World Cup

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New Zealand (in white) playing Cameroon U20 in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year Host Round Pos Pld W D* L GF GA Squad
1977  Tunisia Did not enter
1979  Japan Did not qualify
1981  Australia
1983  Mexico
1985  Soviet Union
1987  Chile
1989  Saudi Arabia
1991  Portugal
1993  Australia
1995  Qatar
1997  Malaysia
1999  Nigeria
2001  Argentina
2003  United Arab Emirates
2005  Netherlands
2007  Canada Group stage 22nd 3 0 0 3 1 5 Squad
2009  Egypt Did not qualify
2011  Colombia Group stage 17th 3 0 2 1 2 3 Squad
2013  Turkey 23rd 3 0 0 3 1 7 Squad
2015  New Zealand Round of 16 14th 4 1 1 2 6 7 Squad
2017  South Korea 16th 4 1 1 2 3 9 Squad
2019  Poland 11th 4 2 1 1 8 3 Squad
2023  Argentina 14th 4 1 1 2 3 11 Squad
2025  Chile To be determined
Total Round of 16 7/24 25 5 6 14 24 45

References

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