1997 OFC U-20 Championship

1997 OFC U-20 Championship
Championnat d'Océanie de football des moins de 20 ans 1997
Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
Dates	4 January - 10 January
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (8th title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Tahiti

The OFC U-20 Championship 1997 was held in Tahiti. It also served as qualification for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Australia
Fiji
New Zealand
Tahiti (host)

Group Stage

Teams	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	23	0	+23	9
New Zealand	3	2	1	8	4	+4	6
Fiji	3	1	2	5	15	–10	3
Tahiti	3	0	3	2	19	–17	0


4 January	Australia	10–0	Fiji
	Tahiti	0–5	New Zealand
6 January	Australia	3–0	New Zealand
	Tahiti	2–4	Fiji
8 January	New Zealand	3–1	Fiji
	Tahiti	0–10	Australia

Third Place Match

Fiji v Tahiti

10 January 1997

Fiji	1 – 1	Tahiti

	Penalties
	5 – 4

Tahiti

Final

Australia v New Zealand

10 January 1997

Australia	2 – 1	New Zealand

Tahiti

1997 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia Eighth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The tournament winner qualified for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Australia

External links

Results by RSSSF

OFC U-20 Championship

Tournaments	Tahiti 1974 New Zealand 1978 Fiji 1980 Papua New Guinea 1982 Australia 1985 New Zealand 1986 Fiji 1988 Fiji 1990 Tahiti 1992 Fiji 1994 Tahiti 1997 Samoa 1998 New Caledonia/Cook Islands 2001 Vanuatu/Fiji 2002 Solomon Islands 2005 New Zealand 2007 Tahiti 2008 New Zealand 2011 Fiji 2013 Fiji 2014 Vanuatu 2016

Squads	1974 1978 1980 1982 1985 1987 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2001 2003 2005 2007 2008 2011 2013 2014 2016

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