title: 1978 OFC U-20 Championship
text: # 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 |
  