1998 OFC U-20 Championship

1998 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Samoa
Dates	15 August - 24 August
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runners-up	Fiji
Third place	New Zealand
Fourth place	Solomon Islands

The OFC U-20 Championship 1998 was held in Apia, Samoa. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

•  Australia
•  American Samoa
•  Fiji
•  New Zealand
•  Samoa (host)
•  Solomon Islands
•  Tonga
•  Vanuatu

Group Stage

Group A

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9
Fiji	3	2	0	1	11	3	+8	6
Samoa	3	1	0	2	1	12	–11	3
Tonga	3	0	0	3	1	16	–15	0

15 August	Australia	2–0	Fiji
	Samoa	1–0	Tonga
18 August	Australia	8–0	Tonga
	Fiji	4–0	Samoa
20 August	Samoa	0–8	Australia
	Tonga	1–7	Fiji

Group B

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Solomon Islands	3	2	1	0	24	0	+24	7
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	16	0	+16	7
Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	15	9	+6	3
American Samoa	3	0	0	3	0	46	–46	0

15 August	New Zealand	8–0	Vanuatu
	American Samoa	0–23	Solomon Islands
17 August	New Zealand	8–0	American Samoa
	Vanuatu	0–1	Solomon Islands
19 August	New Zealand	0–0	Solomon Islands
	American Samoa	0–15	Vanuatu

Semifinals

Australia  v  New Zealand

22 August 1998

Australia	3 – 2 (aet)	New Zealand

Apia

Solomon Islands  v  Fiji

22 August 1998

Solomon Islands	1 – 2	Fiji

Apia

Third Place Match

New Zealand  v  Solomon Islands

24 August 1998

New Zealand	2 – 1	Solomon Islands

Apia

Final

Australia  v  Fiji

24 August 1998

Australia	2 – 0	Fiji
Simon Colosimo  39', 78'

Apia

1998 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia Ninth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The tournament winner qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.

•  Australia

External links

• Results by RSSSF