The 2019 OFC Champions League was the 18th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 13th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Qualifying stage: Cook Islands Group stage: Vanuatu Fiji Solomon Islands New Caledonia |
| Dates | Qualifying stage: 26 January – 1 February 2019 Competition proper: 10 February – 11 May 2019 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 18 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Hienghène Sport (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Magenta |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 37 |
| Goals scored | 206 (5.57 per match) |
| Attendance | 88,884 (2,402 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Ross Allen (11 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Bertrand Kaï |
| Best goalkeeper | Rocky Nyikeine |
| Fair play award |  Auckland City |
In the final, Hienghène Sport defeated Magenta 1–0, becoming the first team from New Caledonia to win the tournament. As the winners of the 2019 OFC Champions League, they qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Team Wellington were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Hienghène Sport in the semi-finals.
Teams edit
Teams entering the group stage; (H) Group stage host
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage hostA total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.
- The seven developed associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded two berths each in the group stage.
- The four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|
 American Samoa
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Pago Youth | 2017 FFAS Senior League champions |
 Cook Islands
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Tupapa Maraerenga | 2018 Cook Islands Round Cup champions |
 Samoa
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Kiwi | 2018 Samoa National League champions |
 Tonga
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Lotohaʻapai United | 2018 Tonga Major League champions |
Schedule edit
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For this season, all ties in the knockout stage were played as a single match.
| Stage | Draw date | Match dates |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifying stage | 13 November 2018 (Auckland, New Zealand) |
26 January – 1 February 2019 (Cook Islands) |
| Group stage |
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| Quarter-finals | 5 March 2019 (Auckland, New Zealand) |
6–7 April 2019 |
| Semi-finals | 28 April 2019 | |
| Final | 11 May 2019 |
Qualifying stage edit
The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 13 November 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The champions of the host association (Cook Islands) were allocated to Position 1, and the champions of the three remaining developing associations were drawn to determine the fixtures (first team drawn allocated to Position 2, second team drawn allocated to Position 3, third team drawn allocated to Position 4).[2] The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants. Matches were played between 26 January – 1 February 2019 in the Cook Islands.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUP | KIW | LOT | PAG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tupapa Maraerenga (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Group stage | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Kiwi
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | — | — | — | 4–3 | ||
| 3 | Lotohaʻapai United
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | — | 1–9 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Pago Youth
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | — | — | 1–5 | — |
Group stage edit
The draw for the group stage was held on 13 November 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The 16 teams (14 teams entering the group stage and two teams advancing from the qualifying stage) were drawn into four groups of four, with the following mechanism:[2]
- The champions of the four host associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) were drawn into Position 1 of Groups A–D.
- The champions of the three remaining developed associations, and the runners-up of New Zealand, by virtue of having the best second team in the 2018 OFC Champions League, were drawn into Position 2 of Groups A–D.
- The runners-up of the six developed associations apart from New Zealand were drawn into Position 3 of Groups A–D and Position 4 of Groups A–B (first team drawn to Groups A–B allocated to Position 3, second team drawn to Groups A–B allocated to Position 4). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
- The winners and runners-up of the qualifying stage, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were drawn into Position 4 of Groups C–D.
The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage. Matches were played on the following dates and venues:
- Group A matches were played between 10–16 February 2019 in New Caledonia.
- Group B matches were played between 10–16 February 2019 in Fiji.
- Group C matches were played between 23 February – 1 March 2019 in Vanuatu.
- Group D matches were played between 24 February – 2 March 2019 in the Solomon Islands.
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIE | TOT | TEF | MAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hienghène Sport (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 |  Toti City
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | — | — | 3–3 | — | ||
| 3 |  Tefana
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3–3 | ||
| 4 |  Malampa Revivors
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | — | — |
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CEN | HEN | LAU | MOR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Sport
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | 3–2 | — | — | |
| 2 |  Henderson Eels
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 6 | — | — | — | 7–0 | ||
| 3 |  Lautoka (H)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 4 | 2–2 | 5–6 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Morobe Wawens
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | 0–7 | — | 0–5 | — |
Group C edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WEL | BAF | ERA | KIW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Wellington
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Ba
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | — | — | — | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | Erakor Golden Star (H)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Kiwi
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | 0–13 | — | 0–2 | — |
Group D edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | MAG | SWA | TUP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland City
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | — | |
| 2 | Magenta
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | — | — | — | 10–1 | ||
| 3 | Solomon Warriors (H)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Tupapa Maraerenga
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | −33 | 0 | 0–15 | — | 1–10 | — |
Knockout stage edit
The eight teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match.
Bracket edit
The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final), which was held on 5 March 2019 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[3][4]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||
| Central Sport | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 April | ||||||||||
| Magenta | 8 | |||||||||
| Magenta | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| Auckland City | 1 | |||||||||
| Auckland City | 4 | |||||||||
| 11 May | ||||||||||
| Toti City | 0 | |||||||||
| Magenta | 0 | |||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| Hienghène Sport | 1 | |||||||||
| Hienghène Sport (a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 April | ||||||||||
| Ba | 1 | |||||||||
| Hienghène Sport | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||
| Team Wellington | 0 | |||||||||
| Team Wellington | 6 | |||||||||
| Henderson Eels | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the match, and the matchups decided by draw. The quarter-finals were played between 6–7 April 2019.[5]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Central Sport
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0–8 | Magenta
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| Auckland City
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4–0 | Toti City
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| Hienghène Sport
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2–1 (a.e.t.) | Ba
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| Team Wellington
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6–1 | Henderson Eels
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Semi-finals edit
In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and host teams decided by draw. The semi-finals were played on 28 April 2019.[6]
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Hienghène Sport
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2–0 | Team Wellington
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| Magenta
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2–1 | Auckland City
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Final edit
In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the host team decided by draw. The final was played on 11 May 2019.
| Magenta | 0–1 | Hienghène Sport |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
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Top goalscorers edit
| Rank | Player | Team | QS1 | QS2 | QS3 | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | QF | SF | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ross Allen
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Team Wellington
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1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 2 | David Browne
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Auckland City
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2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| Yorick Hnautra
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Magenta
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4 | 2 | |||||||||
| Kevin Nemia
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Magenta
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2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Paulo Scanlan
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Kiwi
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2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | Sylvain Graglia
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Central Sport
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1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Micah Lea'alafa
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Auckland City
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1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Maro Bonsu-Maro
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Auckland City
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4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Nigel Dabinyaba
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Toti City
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2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Raymond Gunemba
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Toti City
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1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bertrand Kaï
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Hienghène Sport
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3 | 1 | |||||||||
| Richard Sele
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Magenta
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1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Jack-Henry Sinclair
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Team Wellington
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2 | 2 | |||||||||
 Fabrizio Tavano
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Auckland City
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3 | 1 | |||||||||
Awards edit
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[7]
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Bertrand Kaï
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Hienghène Sport
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| Golden Boot | Ross Allen
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Team Wellington
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| Golden Glove | Rocky Nyikeine
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Hienghène Sport
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| Fair Play Award | — | Auckland City
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References edit
- ^ a b "Draw reveals 2019 OFC Champions League journey". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 November 2018.
- ^ a b "2019 OFC Champions League Official Draw". YouTube. 15 November 2018.
- ^ "Champions League knockout fixtures confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2019.
- ^ "OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2019 QUARTER-FINALS DRAW". YouTube. 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Quarter Finals kick-off times confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2019.
- ^ "Semi Final double-header in Noumea". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 April 2019.
- ^ @OFCfootball (May 11, 2019). "Awards | Fair Play Award: Auckland City FC, Golden Boot Award: Ross Allen, Team Wellington, Golden Gloves Award: Rocky Nyikeine, Golden Ball Award: Bertrand Kai, Hienghéne Sport" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 May 2019 – via Twitter.
External links edit
- OFC Champions League 2019, oceaniafootball.com
- News > 2019 OFC Champions League Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine