| Tourney Name: | OFC U-20 Championship |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Size: | 250px |
| Country: | Fiji |
| Dates: | 3–10 September |
| Num Teams: | 7 |
| Champion: | AUS |
| Count: | 5 |
| Second: | NZL |
| Third: | TWN |
| Fourth: | FJI |
| Prevseason: | 1986 |
| Nextseason: | 1990 |
The OFC U-20 Championship 1988 was held in Suva, Fiji. It also served as qualification for the intercontinental play-offs for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship.
The following teams entered the tournament:
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 31 | –30 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September | 0–2 | ||||||
| 0–5 | |||||||
| 5 September | 1–1 | ||||||
| 16–0 | |||||||
| 6 September | 10–1 | ||||||
| 1–0 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | –4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September | 3–2 | ||||||
| 5 September | 5–0 | ||||||
| 6 September | 6–1 |
Australia and New Zealand both failed to qualify for the 1989 FIFA World Youth Championship. They finished 3rd and 4th in an intercontinental play-off group with Syria and Qatar. All matches were played in Aleppo, Syria.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | –6 | 0 |
| width=25% | width=30% | width=15% | width=30% | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 January | 3–0 | ||||||
| 0–0 | |||||||
| 20 January | 1–1 | ||||||
| 2–0 | |||||||
| 22 January | 1–0 | ||||||
| 1–0 |