2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 7 April to 20 May 2018.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 OFC Champions League.

Qualified teams edit

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group Winners Runners-up
A   Nalkutan   Toti City
B   Dragon   Solomon Warriors
C   Auckland City   Lautoka
D   Team Wellington   Marist

Format edit

The eight teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis. In the quarter-finals, each tie was played as a single match, while in the semi-finals and final, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

Bracket edit

The bracket was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winners host match, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other)
  • QF1
  • QF2
  • QF3
  • QF4
Semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4)
  • SF1
  • SF2
Final (Order of legs decided by draw)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) was held on 5 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
          
  Team Wellington 11
  Toti City 0
  Team Wellington (a) 0 2 2
  Auckland City 0 2 2
  Auckland City 2
  Solomon Warriors 0
  Team Wellington 6 4 10
  Lautoka 0 3 3
  Dragon 1
  Lautoka 2
  Lautoka 1 1 2
  Marist 1 0 1
  Nalkutan 1
  Marist 2

Schedule edit

The schedule of each round was as follows.[4][1]

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 7–8 April 2018
Semi-finals 22 April 2018 29 April 2018
Final 13 May 2018 20 May 2018

Quarter-finals edit

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group cannot play each other), with the group winners hosting the match, and the matchups decided by draw.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Team Wellington   11–0   Toti City
Auckland City   2–0   Solomon Warriors
Dragon   1–2   Lautoka
Nalkutan   1–2   Marist
Team Wellington  11–0  Toti City
Report

Auckland City  2–0  Solomon Warriors
Report
Attendance: 350

Dragon  1–2  Lautoka
Report
Attendance: 3,000

Nalkutan  1–2  Marist
Report

Semi-finals edit

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lautoka   2–1   Marist 1–1 1–0
Team Wellington   2–2 (a)   Auckland City 0–0 2–2
Lautoka  1–1  Marist
Report
Marist  0–1  Lautoka
Report

Lautoka won 2–1 on aggregate.


Team Wellington  0–0  Auckland City
Report
Auckland City  2–2  Team Wellington
Report

2–2 on aggregate. Team Wellington won on away goals.

Final edit

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.

Team Wellington  6–0  Lautoka
Report
Lautoka  3–4  Team Wellington
Report
Attendance: 1,000

Team Wellington won 10–3 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018 KNOCKOUT STAGE" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ "Quarter final fixtures confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT STAGE OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 5 March 2018.
  4. ^ "OFC Champions League schedule revealed". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 January 2018.

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