2019 OFC Champions League group stage

The 2019 OFC Champions League group stage was played from 10 February to 2 March 2019.^[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2019 OFC Champions League.

Draw edit

The draw for the group stage was held on 13 November 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.^[2] 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:^[3]

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.

Host teams	Remaining champions & New Zealand runners-up	Remaining runners-up	Teams advancing from qualifying stage
Lautoka Hienghène Sport Solomon Warriors^{[note 1]} Erakor Golden Star	Auckland City Toti City Central Sport Team Wellington	Ba Magenta Morobe Wawens Henderson Eels^{[note 1]} Tefana Malampa Revivors	Qualifying stage winners Qualifying stage runners-up

The following were the winners and runners-up of the qualifying stage which joined the 14 direct entrants in the group stage.

Qualifying stage winners	Qualifying stage runners-up
Tupapa Maraerenga	Kiwi

Format edit

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.

Schedule edit

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.

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.^[1]

Matchday	Dates			Matches
Matchday	Groups A & B	Group C	Group D	Matches
Matchday 1	10 February 2019	23 February 2019	24 February 2019	Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2	13 February 2019	26 February 2019	27 February 2019	Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3
Matchday 3	16 February 2019	1 March 2019	2 March 2019	Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 1 vs. Team 2

Groups edit

Group A edit

All times were local, NCT (UTC+11).^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	HIE	TOT	TEF	MAL
1	Hienghène Sport (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage	—	1–1	1–0	—
2	Toti City	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5	Knockout stage	—	—	3–3	—
3	Tefana	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2		—	—	—	3–3
4	Malampa Revivors	3	0	1	2	5	12	−7	1		0–5	2–4	—	—

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

10 February 2019

14:00

Toti City	3–3	Tefana
Dabinyaba 52', 60' Gunemba 81'	Report	Tuteina 1' Mathon 33' A. Tehau 53'

Stade Yoshida, Koné

Attendance: 200

Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)

10 February 2019