2019 OFC Champions League
| 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 | New Caledonia Hienghène Sport (1st title) |
| Runners-up | New Caledonia Magenta |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 37 |
| Goals scored | 206 (5.57 per match) |
| Attendance | 88,884 (2,402 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | England Ross Allen (11 goals) |
| Best player(s) | New Caledonia Bertrand Kaï |
| Best goalkeeper | New Caledonia Rocky Nyikeine |
| Fair play award | New Zealand Auckland City |
← 2018 | |
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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. 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
File:Red pog.svg Teams entering the group stage; (H) Group stage host
File:Blue pog.svg Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host
A 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 |
|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa | Pago Youth | 2017 FFAS Senior League champions |
| File:Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands | Tupapa Maraerenga | 2018 Cook Islands Round Cup champions |
| File:Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa | Kiwi | 2018 Samoa National League champions |
| File:Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga | Lotohaʻapai United | 2018 Tonga Major League champions |
Schedule
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
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage|Draw}} {{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage|Format}} {{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage|Schedule}}
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUP | KIW | LOT | PAG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Group stage | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | |
| 2 | Samoa Kiwi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | — | — | — | 4–3 | ||
| 3 | Tonga Lotohaʻapai United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | — | 1–9 | — | — | ||
| 4 | American Samoa Pago Youth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | — | — | 1–5 | — |
Group stage
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League group stage|Draw}} {{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League group stage|Format}} {{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League group stage|Schedule}}
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HIE | TOT | TEF | MAL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Caledonia Hienghène Sport (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea Toti City | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 | — | — | 3–3 | — | ||
| 3 | French Polynesia Tefana | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 2 | — | — | — | 3–3 | ||
| 4 | Vanuatu Malampa Revivors | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | 0–5 | 2–4 | — | — |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | CEN | HEN | LAU | MOR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French Polynesia Central Sport | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | 3–2 | — | — | |
| 2 | Solomon Islands Henderson Eels | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 6 | — | — | — | 7–0 | ||
| 3 | Fiji Lautoka (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 4 | 2–2 | 5–6 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Papua New Guinea Morobe Wawens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 | 0–7 | — | 0–5 | — |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WEL | BAF | ERA | KIW | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand Team Wellington | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 2–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Fiji Ba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | — | — | — | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Samoa Kiwi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | −19 | 0 | 0–13 | — | 0–2 | — |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | MAG | SWA | TUP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand Auckland City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | +22 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | — | |
| 2 | New Caledonia Magenta | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | — | — | — | 10–1 | ||
| 3 | Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0–6 | 0–3 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 35 | −33 | 0 | 0–15 | — | 1–10 | — |
Knockout stage
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Format}}
Bracket
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Bracket}}
Quarter-finals
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Quarter-finals}}
Semi-finals
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Semi-finals}}
Final
{{#section-h:2019 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Final}}
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | QS1 | QS2 | QS3 | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | QF | SF | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | England Ross Allen | New Zealand Team Wellington | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 11 | |||||
| 2 | Papua New Guinea David Browne | New Zealand Auckland City | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| New Caledonia Yorick Hnautra | New Caledonia Magenta | 4 | 2 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia Kevin Nemia | New Caledonia Magenta | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Samoa Paulo Scanlan | Samoa Kiwi | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 6 | French Polynesia Sylvain Graglia | French Polynesia Central Sport | 1 | 4 | 5 | |||||||
| Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa | New Zealand Auckland City | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 8 | Cook Islands Maro Bonsu-Maro | New Zealand Auckland City | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| Papua New Guinea Nigel Dabinyaba | Papua New Guinea Toti City | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Papua New Guinea Raymond Gunemba | Papua New Guinea Toti City | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia Bertrand Kaï | New Caledonia Hienghène Sport | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| New Caledonia Richard Sele | New Caledonia Magenta | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| New Zealand Jack-Henry Sinclair | New Zealand Team Wellington | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Mexico Fabrizio Tavano | New Zealand Auckland City | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[1]
| Award | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | New Caledonia Bertrand Kaï | New Caledonia Hienghène Sport |
| Golden Boot | England Ross Allen | New Zealand Team Wellington |
| Golden Glove | New Caledonia Rocky Nyikeine | New Caledonia Hienghène Sport |
| Fair Play Award | — | New Zealand Auckland City |
References
- ↑ @OFCfootball (11 May 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
- OFC Champions League 2019, oceaniafootball.com
- News > 2019 OFC Champions League Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine