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1989 OFC U-17 Championship
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
Dates21–29 January 1989
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Venue(s)1
Final positions
Champions Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Chinese Taipei
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored85 (8.5 per match)
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International football competition

The 1989 OFC U-17 Championship was the third edition of the OFC U-16/U-17 Championship, the international youth football championship organised by OFC for the men's under-17 national teams of Oceania. This doubled as the qualifiers for the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Australia were the defending champions, and won their third title by two points over New Zealand and subsequently qualified for the 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Teams

Five teams entered the tournament from five confederations.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia (H) 4 4 0 0 35 1 +34 8 Qualification for 1989 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2  New Zealand 4 3 0 1 18 5 +13 6
3  Chinese Taipei 4 2 0 2 23 5 +18 4
4  Fiji 4 1 0 3 9 23 −14 2
5  Vanuatu 4 0 0 4 0 51 −51 0
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matches

Australia 2–0 Chinese Taipei
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New Zealand 9–0 Fiji
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Fiji 2–10 Chinese Taipei
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Australia 24–0 Vanuatu
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Australia 4–0 Fiji
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Vanuatu 0–7 New Zealand
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New Zealand 1–0 Chinese Taipei
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Fiji 7–0 Vanuatu
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Vanuatu 0–13 Chinese Taipei
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Australia 5–1 New Zealand
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References

  1. Garin, Erik (5 November 2003). "Oceania Preliminary Competition for the U-17 World Cup 1989". RSSSF.
  2. Gautier, Lou (1 February 1989). "Joeys Scotland bound". Australian Soccer Weekly. Vol. 10, no. 364. p. 17.

External links

OFC U-16/U-17 Championship
U-17
U-16
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