New Zealand national under-20 football team
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.
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| Nickname(s) | Junior All Whites | ||
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| Association | New Zealand Football | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Chris Greenacre | ||
| Captain | Finn Surman | ||
| Most caps | Ian Hogg (16) | ||
| Top scorer | Oliver Colloty (11) | ||
| FIFA code | NZL | ||
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| First international | |||
| 22x20px New Zealand 4–2 New Caledonia 22x20px (Papeete, French Polynesia; 8 December 1974) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| 22x20px New Zealand 16–0 Western Samoa 22x20px (Suva, Fiji; 5 September 1988) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| 22x20px New Zealand 0–6 Australia 22x20px (Ba, Fiji; 8 September 1990)  United States 6–0 New Zealand 22x20px (Incheon, South Korea; 1 June 2017) | |||
| FIFA U-20 World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2007) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2015, 2017, 2019, 2023) | ||
| OFC U-20 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 22 (first in 1974) | ||
| Best result | Champions (1980, 1992, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2022) | ||
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Competition record
OFC U-20 Championship
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 | ||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | |
 1974 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1978 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1980 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | N/A | |
 1982 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1985 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 9 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1986 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1988 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 2 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1990 | Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | N/A | |
| 1992 |
Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1994 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | N/A | |
| 1997 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 1998 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 4 | N/A | |
| File:Flags of New Caledonia.svg 23x15px 2001 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | N/A | |
| 23x15px 23x15px 2002 | Group stage | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 2 | N/A | |
 2005 |
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | Squad | |
| 23x15px 2007 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | Squad | |
| File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2008 | Third place | 3rd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | Squad | |
| 23x15px 2011 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | Squad | |
| 23x15px 2013 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | Squad | |
| 23x15px 2014 | Did not enter | |||||||||
| 23x15px 23x15px 2016 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | Squad | |
| 23x15px File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2018 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | Squad | |
| File:Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2022 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | Squad | |
| 23x15px 23x15px 2024 | To be determined | |||||||||
| Total | 8 titles | 22/23 | 91 | 64 | 8 | 19 | 285 | 77 | — | |
FIFA U-20 World Cup
File:FIFA U-20WC 2011 CMR-NZL 2011-07-30.jpg
New Zealand (in white) playing Cameroon U20 in the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
| FIFA U-20 World Cup record | ||||||||||
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| Year | Host | Round | Pos | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad |
| 1977 | 22x20px Tunisia | Did not enter | ||||||||
| 1979 | 22x20px Japan | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 1981 | 22x20px Australia | |||||||||
| 1983 |  Mexico
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| 1985 | 22x20px Soviet Union | |||||||||
| 1987 | 22x20px Chile | |||||||||
| 1989 | 22x20px Saudi Arabia | |||||||||
| 1991 | File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | |||||||||
| 1993 | 22x20px Australia | |||||||||
| 1995 | 22x20px Qatar | |||||||||
| 1997 | 22x20px Malaysia | |||||||||
| 1999 | 22x20px Nigeria | |||||||||
| 2001 |  Argentina
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| 2003 | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates | |||||||||
| 2005 | 22x20px Netherlands | |||||||||
| 2007 | 22x20px Canada | Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | Squad |
| 2009 | 22x20px Egypt | Did not qualify | ||||||||
| 2011 | 22x20px Colombia | Group stage | 17th | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Squad |
| 2013 | 22x20px Turkey | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Squad | |
| 2015 | 22x20px New Zealand | Round of 16 | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | Squad |
| 2017 | 22x20px South Korea | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Squad | |
| 2019 | 22x20px Poland | 11th | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | Squad | |
| 2023 | File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina | 14th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | Squad | |
| 2025 | 22x20px Chile | To be determined | ||||||||
| Total | Round of 16 | 7/24 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 45 | — | |
