1980 OFC U-20 Championship

1980 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	7 December - 13 December
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	New Caledonia

The OFC U-20 Championship 1980 was held in Fiji. It also served as qualification for the intercontinental play-off for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

Group Stage

Group 1

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	7	2	+5	3
Fiji	2	1	1	0	6	4	+2	3
Papua New Guinea	2	0	0	2	2	9	–7	0

7 December	Fiji	2–2	New Zealand
9 December	New Zealand	5–0	Papua New Guinea
11 December	Fiji	4–2	Papua New Guinea

Group 2

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	4
New Caledonia	2	1	0	1	3	7	–4	2
Tahiti	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2	0

6 December	Australia	1–0	Tahiti
9 December	Tahiti	1–2	New Caledonia
11 December	New Caledonia	1–6	Australia

Third Place Match

Fiji  v  New Caledonia

13 December 1980

Fiji	4 – 3	New Caledonia

Fiji

Final

New Zealand  v  Australia

13 December 1980

New Zealand	2 – 0	Australia

Fiji

1980 OFC U-20 Championship
New Zealand First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

•  Australia (host)

Tournament winners New Zealand failed to qualify for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship. They did not win in an intercontinental play-off group with Argentina and Israel. Matches were played in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Argentina	4	4	0	0	7	0	+7	8
New Zealand	4	1	1	2	2	5	–3	3
Israel	4	0	1	3	1	5	–4	1

18 March	New Zealand	0–0	Israel
20 March	Argentina	1–0	Israel
22 March	Argentina	1–0	New Zealand
25 March	Israel	1–2	New Zealand
27 March	Argentina	3–0	New Zealand
29 March	Argentina	2–0	Israel

External links

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