For everyone claiming that being in Asia would provide age group teams with more and more meaningful games, see above. 3 group games and top team in each group progresses to a quarter final. Our current U20's have lost 5-0 to Australia, 5-3 to Iraq and 3-0 to Uzbekistan meaning it would be unlikely we would progress from the group stage. So every two years we would have 3 group games at NZF's expense if we were in Asia or we could stay in OFC qualify for the WC and have 3 group games at FIFA's expense...
No brainer for me, stay in OFC use the money from senior World Cup qualification to provide the age group teams with some meaningful friendlies.
I think you're missing the qualification process for that tournament. To qualify for the u20 WC, Australia played 4 games to qualify for the AFC u19 champs, 3 group games at the u19 champs and a QF and SF. 9 games in total. Compared to NZs 4 games in total.
Nope I didn't miss the qualifying process for that tournament...
The qualifying games for Aus, which look worse than the NZF Oceania games.. 20 goals for 1 against.. Ok a 1-0 vs Singapore, then 3-0, 4-1 and 12-0. These games are no better than the Oceania games NZF have; 5-0, 1-0, 3-2 and 4-0 last time around.
So the extra games you are claiming would be better would be no bett than what we already get. We would be highly unlikely to qualify for the World Cups so by moving into Asia we would get MAYBE 2 extra decent games per year in the final qualification stage... Once we didn't qualify the whole program would end and no further development would take place. At least in OFC we qualify then have a coup,e of warm up game son route to the WC (Aus and Iraq) then play in the World Cup.
STILL a no brainer for me, stay in Oceania.