| Tourney Name: | OFC U-20 Championship |
| Year: | 1982 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Papua New Guinea |
| Dates: | 5–12 December |
| Num Teams: | 4 |
| Champion: | AUS |
| Count: | 2 |
| Second: | NZL |
| Third: | FJI |
| Fourth: | PNG |
| Prevseason: | 1980 |
| Nextseason: | 1985 |
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.
The following teams entered the tournament:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–6 | |||||||
| 7–0 | |||||||
| 2–1 | |||||||
| 1–1 | |||||||
| 6–0 | |||||||
| 0–2 |
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.
| width=165 | Teams | width=20 | Pld | width=20 | W | width=20 | D | width=20 | L | width=20 | GF | width=20 | GA | width=20 | GD | width=20 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | –2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | –7 | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 January | 3–1 | ||||||
| 28 January | 2–0 | ||||||
| 30 January | 1–3 | ||||||
| 1 February | 1–2 | ||||||
| 3 February | 3–0 | ||||||
| 0–0 |