1978 OFC U-20 Championship
# 1978 OFC U-20 Championship

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:

* 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.

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 6 |
| Fiji | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 3 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | –17 | 0 |
| 11 November | Australia | 9–0 | Papua New Guinea |
| | Fiji | 1–1 | New Zealand |
| 14 November | New Zealand | 4–0 | Papua New Guinea |
| | Australia | 5–1 | Fiji |
| 16 November | Fiji | 4–0 | Papua New Guinea |
| | New Zealand | 1–2 | Australia |

* 1978 OFC U-20 Championship
* Australia First title

## 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.

| Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paraguay | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 8 |
| Israel | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 2 |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | –5 | 2 |
| 7 February | Paraguay | 2–0 | Australia |
| 9 February | Israel | 0–0 | Australia |
| 11 February | Paraguay | 3–0 | Israel |
| 14 February | Australia | 0–0 | Israel |
| 16 February | Paraguay | 3–0 | Australia |
| 18 February | Paraguay | 2–1 | Israel |
