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1980 OFC U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates7–13 December
Teams6
Final positions
Champions  New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up  Australia
Third place  Fiji
Fourth place  New Caledonia
← 1978
1982 →

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:

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 4–3  New Caledonia

Final

New Zealand 2–0  Australia


 1980 OFC U-20 Championship 

New Zealand
First title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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 at José Amalfitani Stadium 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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