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1980 OFC U 20 Championship

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Host country
  
Fiji

Runners-up
  
Australia

Teams
  
6

Third place
  
Fiji

Dates
  
7 December - 13 December

Champions
  
New Zealand (1st title)

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.

Contents

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

    • Qualification to World Youth Championship

  •  Australia (host)

    • 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 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    References

    1980 OFC U-20 Championship Wikipedia
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