1998 OFC U-20 Championship

1998 OFC U-20 Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySamoa
Dates15–24 August
Teams8
Final positions
Champions Australia (9th title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place New Zealand
Fourth place Solomon Islands
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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:

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

Semifinals

Australia 3–2
(a.e.t.)		 New Zealand
Solomon Islands 1–2 Fiji

Third place match

New Zealand 2–1 Solomon Islands

Final

Australia 2–0 Fiji
Simon Colosimo 39', 78'


 1998 OFC U-20 Championship 

Australia
Ninth title

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The tournament winner qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.