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1978 OFC U 20 Championship

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Host country
  
New Zealand

Champions
  
Australia (1st title)

Third place
  
New Zealand

Teams
  
4

Runners-up
  
Fiji

Dates
  
11 November - 16 November

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.

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Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

    • Matches

    It is unclear why Fiji finished second in this group, with a lesser goal difference than New Zealand.

    Qualification to World Youth Championship

    Australia failed to qualify for the 1979 FIFA World Youth Championship. They finished last in an intercontinental play-off group with Paraguay and Israel. Matches were played in Asunción, Paraguay.

    References

    1978 OFC U-20 Championship Wikipedia
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