1978 OFC U-20 Championship

1978 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
Dates	11–16 November
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Papua New Guinea
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The 1978 OFC U-20 Championship was a soccer tournament held in New Zealand. As in common with other biennial OFC U-20 Championships it also served as a qualification for an intercontinental play-off. In this case the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•   Australia
•   Fiji
•   New Zealand (host)
•   Papua New Guinea

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	6	Advance to Inter-continental qualification
2	Fiji	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	3
3	New Zealand (H)	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	3
4	Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

It is unclear why Fiji finished second in this group, with a lesser goal difference than New Zealand.

Matches

11 November	Australia	9–0	Papua New Guinea
	Fiji	1–1	New Zealand
14 November	New Zealand	4–0	Papua New Guinea
	Australia	5–1	Fiji
16 November	Fiji	4–0	Papua New Guinea
	New Zealand	1–2	Australia

1978 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia First title

Inter-continental qualification

Australia failed to qualify for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. They finished last in an inter-continental qualification group with Paraguay and Israel. Matches were played in Asunción, Paraguay.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	4	4	0	0	10	1	+9	8	Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship
2	Israel	4	0	2	2	1	5	−4	2
3	Australia	4	0	2	2	0	5	−5	2

Source: RSSSF

7 February	Paraguay	2–0	Australia
9 February	Israel	0–0	Australia
11 February	Paraguay	3–0	Israel
14 February	Australia	0–0	Israel
16 February	Paraguay	3–0	Australia
18 February	Paraguay	2–1	Israel

External links

• Results by RSSSF