1988 OFC U-20 Championship

1988 OFC U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Dates3–10 September
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Australia (5th title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Taiwan
Fourth place Fiji
← 1986
1990 →

The OFC U-20 Championship 1988 was held in Suva, Fiji. It also served as qualification for the intercontinental play-offs for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

Group stage

Group 1

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 New Zealand 3 3 0 0 19 0 +19 6
 Fiji 3 1 1 1 11 4 +7 3
 Papua New Guinea 3 1 1 1 6 2 +4 3
 Western Samoa 3 0 0 3 1 31 –30 0


3 September Fiji  0–2  New Zealand
Western Samoa  0–5  Papua New Guinea
5 September Fiji  1–1  Papua New Guinea
New Zealand  16–0  Western Samoa
6 September Fiji  10–1  Western Samoa
New Zealand  1–0  Papua New Guinea

Group 2

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 2 2 0 0 11 1 +10 4
 Taiwan 2 1 0 1 4 8 –4 2
 Vanuatu 2 0 0 2 2 8 –6 0


3 September Taiwan  3–2  Vanuatu
5 September Australia  5–0  Vanuatu
6 September Australia  6–1  Taiwan

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Australia 4–2 Fiji
New Zealand 2–1 Taiwan

Third place play-off

Taiwan 2–0 Fiji

Final

Australia 1–0 New Zealand
Zoran Ilic 26'


 1988 OFC U-20 Championship 

Australia
Fifth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

Australia and New Zealand both failed to qualify for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. They finished 3rd and 4th in an intercontinental play-off group with Syria and Qatar. All matches were played in Aleppo, Syria.

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Syria 3 2 1 0 3 0 +3 5
 Qatar 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 4
 Australia 3 1 1 1 4 2 +2 3
 New Zealand 3 0 0 3 0 6 –6 0


18 January Australia  3–0  New Zealand
Qatar  0–0  Syria
20 January Australia  1–1  Qatar
Syria  2–0  New Zealand
22 January Qatar  1–0  New Zealand
Syria  1–0  Australia