1978 OFC U-20 Championship

April 2019 April 2019 OFC U-20 Championship 1978 250px New Zealand 11–16 November 4 AUS 1 FJI NZL PNG 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. Teams The following teams entered the tournament: 20 AUS 20 FJI 20 NZL (host) 20 PNG Standings main WDL RSSSF 2 AUS, FIJ, NZL, PNG complete 3 0 0 16 2 1 1 1 6 6 1 1 1 6 3 H 0 0 3 0 17 20 AUS AUS 20 FIJ FIJ 20 NZL NZL 20 PNG PNG Q PO green1 Advance to Inter-continental qualification It is unclear why Fiji finished second in this group, with a lesser goal difference than New Zealand. Matches 11 November20 AUS9–020 PNG20 FJI1–120 NZL14 November20 NZL4–020 PNG20 AUS5–120 FJI16 November20 FJI4–020 PNG20 NZL1–220 AUS fb 1978 OFC U-20 Championship Australia First 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. main WDL RSSSF 2 PAR, ISR, AUS complete 4 0 0 10 1 0 2 2 1 5 0 2 2 0 5 20 PAR 20 ISR 20 AUS Q Q green1 Qualification for 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship 7 February20 PAR2–020 AUS9 February20 ISR0–020 AUS11 February20 PAR3–020 ISR14 February20 AUS0–020 ISR16 February20 PAR3–020 AUS18 February20 PAR2–120 ISR External links Results by RSSSF 1978 U-20 Championship U-20 Championship U-20 Championship Category:1978 in New Zealand association football 1978 1978 Category:November 1978 sports events in Oceania