At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified.

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.

[3] 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.

The hosts of the qualifying stage and final tournament were announced by OFC on 31 October 2017.

[6] However, it was announced on 10 August 2018 that after heavy rain caused the pitch of Stade Pater to deteriorate, the last two Group A and Group B matches on 11 and 12 August would be moved to Stade Fautaua with earlier kick-off times (12:00 and 15:00 instead of 15:00 and 18:00).