1978 OFC U-20 Championship

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1978 OFC U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
Dates11–16 November
Teams4
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (1st title)
Runners-upFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Third placeFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Fourth placeFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
1974
1980

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.

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Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Matches

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

TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3300162+146
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 31116603
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 311163+33
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 3003017–170


11 November Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg9–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg1–1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
14 November New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg4–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg5–1Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
16 November Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg4–0Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
 1978 OFC U-20 Championship 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg
Australia
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 4400101+98
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 402215–42
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 402205–52


7 February Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg2–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
9 February Israel  Flag of Israel.svg0–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
11 February Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg3–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
14 February Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg0–0Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
16 February Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg3–0Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
18 February Paraguay  Flag of Paraguay.svg2–1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel

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