New Zealand’s game against Paraguay in the final of the FIFA Youth Series in Switzerland will be streamed live and free by FIFA+.
The final brings together the only two teams to come through the U-16 men’s tournament unbeaten.
The match, at FIFA’s headquarters in Zurich, kicks off at 2.30am (NZT) on Friday May 23, 2025.
How to watch
Click on the following link to watch the game live:
How they reached the final
New Zealand
Beat Switzerland 3-2
Beat Guatemala 2-1
Paraguay
Beat Malaysia 1-0
Beat Tunisia 4-2
New Zealand squad
Aidan Adams – Western United (St Monica’s College), Australia
Oliver Anderson – Brighton & Hove Albion (Brighton College), England
Max Carmichael – Seattle Sounders (Eastside Academics School), United States
Zach Cashmore – Miramar Rangers (Scots College), New Zealand
Grayson Cattle – Palmerston North Marist (Palmerston North Boys’ High School), New Zealand
Joseph Chalabi – Wellington Phoenix (Te Kura), New Zealand
Willem Des Tombe – Wellington Phoenix (St Patrick’s College), New Zealand
Zane Donaghy – Bristol Rovers, England
Ethan Dyer – Sydney FC (Endeavour Sports High School), Australia
Nicholas Ferguson – Preston North End (Birkdale High School), England
Gethyn Foster – Cambridge FC (Cambridge High School), New Zealand
Cailean Hamilton – Wellington Phoenix (Upper Hutt College), New Zealand
Jack Hocken – Christchurch United (Rolleston College), New Zealand
Sean Kane – Eastern Suburbs (Saint Kentigern College), New Zealand
Joe McIntyre – Wellington Phoenix (Hutt International Boys’ School), New Zealand
Matias Nunez – Auckland United (Mount Albert Grammar School), New Zealand
Benjamin Perez Baldoni – Ellerslie AFC (Selwyn College), New Zealand
Alexander Taylor – Macarthur FC (Redlands School), Australia
Oliver Thompson-Henderson – Dunedin City Royals (Otago Boys’ High School), New Zealand
Ben Trenberth – Wellington Phoenix (Hutt International Boys’ School), New Zealand
Sena Vesty – Christchurch United (Burnside High School), New Zealand
John Woldegiorgis – Western United (The Grange P-12 College), Australia
Tournament format
The FIFA Youth Series is designed to provide U-16 players the chance to train, compete, and showcase their skills on the international stage ahead of participating in annual U-17 FIFA tournaments.
For New Zealand, the tournament is a warm-up ahead of the 2025 OFC Men’s U-16 Championship, the qualifying tournament for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which kicks off in August in the Solomon Islands.
Result
Game played on Thursday May 22, 2025 (NZT)
Play-off for fifth
Guatemala 0
Malaysia 1 (Iman 90+1′)
Fixtures
Play-off for third
Switzerland v Tunisia
FIFA Headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland, 9pm (NZT)
Game to be played on Friday May 23, 2025 (NZT)
Tournament final
New Zealand v Paraguay
FIFA Headquarters, Zurich, Switzerland, 2.30am (NZT)
This story was first published on May 22, 2025.