| Tourney Name: | OFC U-20 Championship |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Fiji |
| Dates: | 7–13 December |
| Num Teams: | 6 |
| Champion: | NZL |
| Count: | 1 |
| Second: | AUS |
| Third: | FJI |
| Fourth: | NCL |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | french |
| Prevseason: | 1978 |
| Nextseason: | 1982 |
The OFC U-20 Championship 1980 was held in Fiji. It also served as qualification for the intercontinental play-off for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship.
The following teams entered the tournament:
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| 7 December | 2–2 | ||||||
| 9 December | 5–0 | ||||||
| 11 December | 4–2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 December | 1–0 | ||||||
| 9 December | 1–2 | ||||||
| 11 December | 1–6 |
Tournament winners New Zealand failed to qualify for the 1981 FIFA World Youth Championship. They did not win in an intercontinental play-off group with Argentina and Israel. Matches were played at José Amalfitani Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
| 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 | 7 | 0 | +7 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | –4 | 1 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 March | 0–0 | ||||||
| 20 March | 1–0 | ||||||
| 22 March | 1–0 | ||||||
| 25 March | 1–2 | ||||||
| 27 March | 3–0 | ||||||
| 29 March | 2–0 |