title: 1998 OFC U-20 Championship
text: # 1998 OFC U-20 Championship
  
  The OFC U-20 Championship 1998 was held in Apia, Samoa. It also served as qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
  
  ## Teams
  
  The following teams entered the tournament:
  
  * Australia
  * American Samoa
  * Fiji
  * New Zealand
  * Western Samoa (host)
  * Solomon Islands
  * Tonga
  * Vanuatu
  
  ## Group stage
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 |
  | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 6 |
  | Western Samoa | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | –11 | 3 |
  | Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16 | –15 | 0 |
  | 15 August | Australia | 2–0 | Fiji |
  | | Western Samoa | 1–0 | Tonga |
  | 18 August | Australia | 8–0 | Tonga |
  | | Fiji | 4–0 | Western Samoa |
  | 20 August | Western Samoa | 0–8 | Australia |
  | | Tonga | 1–7 | Fiji |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Teams | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Solomon Islands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 7 |
  | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 7 |
  | Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 3 |
  | American Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 46 | –46 | 0 |
  | 15 August | New Zealand | 8–0 | Vanuatu |
  | | American Samoa | 0–23 | Solomon Islands |
  | 17 August | New Zealand | 8–0 | American Samoa |
  | | Vanuatu | 0–1 | Solomon Islands |
  | 19 August | New Zealand | 0–0 | Solomon Islands |
  | | American Samoa | 0–15 | Vanuatu |
  
  ## Final
  
  * 1998 OFC U-20 Championship
  * Australia Ninth title
  
  ## Qualification to World Youth Championship
  
  The tournament winner qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.
  
  * Australia
  