1982 OFC U-20 Championship

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

1982 OFC U-20 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Papua New Guinea
Dates	5–12 December
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Fiji
Fourth place	Papua New Guinea
← 1980 1985 →

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

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

First round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	6	Advance to Final
2	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	13	2	+11	4
3	Papua New Guinea (H)	3	0	1	2	1	9	−8	1	Advance to Third place play-off
4	Fiji	3	0	1	2	1	14	−13	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

	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

12 December 1982 (1982-12-12)

Papua New Guinea	1–2	Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Final

12 December 1982 (1982-12-12)

Australia	4–3 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand
Farina 75', 80' Lowe 92', 98'		Tuaa 10' (pen.), 21' McClennan 110' De Jong  120'

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.^[1] 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