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.

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.