1982 OFC U-20 Championship

1982 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Papua New Guinea
Dates	5 December - 12 December
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Papua New Guinea

The OFC U-20 Championship 1982 was held in Papua New Guinea. It also served as qualification for the intercontinental play-off for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

Group Stage

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	6
New Zealand	3	2	0	1	13	2	+11	4
Papua New Guinea	3	0	1	2	1	9	–8	1
Fiji	3	0	1	2	1	14	–13	1

	Papua New Guinea	0–6	New Zealand
	Australia	7–0	Fiji
	Australia	2–1	New Zealand
	Papua New Guinea	1–1	Fiji
	New Zealand	6–0	Fiji
	Papua New Guinea	0–2	Australia

Third Place Match

Papua New Guinea v Fiji

12 December 1982 (1982-12-12)

Papua New Guinea	1 – 2	Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Final

Australia v New Zealand

12 December 1982 (1982-12-12)

Australia	4 – 3 (aet)	New Zealand
75', 80' Farina  92', 98' Lowe		10' (pen.), 21' Tuaa  110' Mcclennan  120' De Jong

Papua New Guinea Referee: Ian Mole (Papua New Guinea)

1982 OFC U-20 Championship
Australia Second title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

Australia qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship by winning an intercontinental play-off against Israel and Costa Rica. Matches were played in Costa Rica.

Teams	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Australia	4	4	0	0	11	3	+8	8
Israel	4	1	1	2	4	6	–2	3
Costa Rica	4	0	1	3	1	8	–7	1

26 January	Australia	3–1	Israel
28 January	Israel	2–0	Costa Rica
30 January	Costa Rica	1–3	Australia
1 February	Israel	1–2	Australia
3 February	Australia	3–0	Costa Rica
	Israel	0–0	Costa Rica

External links

• Results by RSSSF