2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage

The 2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage was played from 26 January to 1 February 2019.^[1] A total of four teams competed in the qualifying stage to decide two of the 16 places in the group stage of the 2019 OFC Champions League.

Draw edit

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

Host team	Remaining teams
Tupapa Maraerenga	Pago Youth Kiwi^{[note 1]} Lotohaʻapai United^{[note 1]}

Format edit

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.

According to the group stage draw:^[2]

The qualifying stage winners advanced to Group D.
The qualifying stage runners-up advanced to Group C.

Schedule edit

Matches were played between 26 January – 1 February 2019 in the Cook Islands.

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

Matchday	Dates	Matches
Matchday 1	26 January 2019	Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4
Matchday 2	29 January 2019	Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3
Matchday 3	1 February 2019	Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 1 vs. Team 2

Matches edit

All times were local, CKT (UTC−10).^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TUP	KIW	LOT	PAG
1	Tupapa Maraerenga (H)	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Group stage	—	4–1	4–1	2–1
2	Kiwi	3	2	1	14	8	+6	6	Group stage	—	—	—	4–3
3	Lotohaʻapai United	3	1	2	7	14	−7	3		—	1–9	—	—
4	Pago Youth	3	0	3	5	11	−6	0		—	—	1–5	—