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Revision as of 11:00, 16 April 2017

2017 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
 Tonga
Group stage:
 New Caledonia
 New Zealand
 Tahiti
DatesQualifying stage:
28 January – 3 February 2017
Competition proper:
25 February – 6 May 2017
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 18 (from 11 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored146 (4.56 per match)
Attendance22,350 (698 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Guilherme Guedes
New Zealand Tom Jackson
Vanuatu Tony Kaltack
France Nicolas Marin
(5 goals each)
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 8 April 2017.

The 2017 OFC Champions League is the 16th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 11th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

The winners of the 2017 OFC Champions League will qualify as the OFC representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Auckland City are the six-time defending champions.

Format change

The OFC decided to expand the tournament and change the format for the 2017 edition:[1]

  • The competition consists of four stages: qualifying stage, group stage, semi-finals, and final.
  • For the qualifying stage, like in the previous season, four teams take part in this stage, which include one team each from the four developing associations. The stage is played in round-robin format at a single venue, with the winner and runner-up advancing to the group stage (instead of only the group winner).
  • For the group stage, 16 teams take part in this stage (increase from 12 teams), which include two teams each from the seven developed associations, plus the qualifying stage winner and runner-up. They are drawn into four groups of four teams (increase from three groups), where each group is played in round-robin format at a different venue (instead of all groups played at a single venue), with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals.
  • For the semi-finals, the four teams are drawn into two ties, which are played in home-and-away format over two legs (instead of a single match).
  • For the final, the tie is played in home-and-away format over two legs (instead of a single match).

Teams

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Location of teams of the 2017 OFC Champions League.
Teams entering the group stage; (H) Group stage host
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host

A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations enter 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 winner and runner-up advancing to the group stage.
Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji Fiji Ba 2016 Fiji National Football League champion
Rewa 2016 Fiji National Football League runner-up
New Caledonia New Caledonia Magenta 2015 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Hienghène Sport 2015 New Caledonia Super Ligue runner-up
New Zealand New Zealand Team Wellington 2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Auckland City 2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Champions League runner-up
Madang 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League Northern Zone third place[Note PNG]
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Marist 2016 Solomon Islands S-League champion
Western United 2016 Solomon Islands S-League runner-up
French Polynesia Tahiti Tefana 2015–16 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Central Sport 2015–16 Tahiti Ligue 1 runner-up
Vanuatu Vanuatu Malampa Revivors 2015 VFF National Super League runner-up
Erakor Golden Star 2016 Port Vila Top Four Super League winner
Teams entering the qualifying stage
American Samoa American Samoa Utulei Youth 2015 FFAS Senior League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Puaikura 2016 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Samoa Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 2014–15 Samoa National League champion
Tonga Tonga Veitongo 2015 Tonga Major League champion
Notes
  1. ^
    Papua New Guinea (PNG): On 2 February 2017, the OFC announced that Hekari United, the 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Champions League winner, had been disqualified after the Papua New Guinea Football Association filed a formal complaint due to the team's dispute with the football association.[2] On 8 February 2017, the OFC announced that they would be replaced by Madang, the 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League Northern Zone third place, which was the next best team in the league to accept participation.[3]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.

Stage Host cities Dates Matchday Matches
Qualifying stage Nukuʻalofa, Tonga 28 January – 3 February 2017 Matchday 1
  • Team 4 vs. Team 1
  • Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2
  • Team 1 vs. Team 3
  • Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3
  • Team 1 vs. Team 2
  • Team 3 vs. Team 4
Group stage
  • Group A: 25 February – 3 March 2017
  • Group B: 26 February – 4 March 2017
  • Group C: 11–18 March 2017
  • Group D: 11–17 March 2017
 Matchday 1
  • Team 4 vs. Team 1
  • Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2
  • Team 1 vs. Team 3
  • Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3
  • Team 1 vs. Team 2
  • Team 3 vs. Team 4
Semi-finals No fixed venue
(home-and-away) 		8–16 April 2017 First leg
  • Semi-finalist 1 vs. Semi-finalist 2
  • Semi-finalist 3 vs. Semi-finalist 4
Second leg
  • Semi-finalist 2 vs. Semi-finalist 1
  • Semi-finalist 4 vs. Semi-finalist 3
Final No fixed venue
(home-and-away) 		29 April – 7 May 2017 First leg Finalist 1 vs. Finalist 2
Second leg Finalist 2 vs. Finalist 1

Draw

The draw of the qualifying stage and group stage was held on 24 August 2016, 12:30 NZST (UTC+12), at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5]

For the qualifying stage, the four teams were drawn into each of the four positions 1–4 to determine the fixtures.

Qualifying stage draw
Pot 1

For the group stage, the 16 teams (14 teams which entered the group stage and two qualifiers from the qualifying stage) were drawn into four groups of four, with each group containing one team from each of the four pots 1–4, which also represented the positions in each group to determine the fixtures. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. The teams were seeded based on the following:

  • The teams seeded 1–11 were based on the team results of the 2016 OFC Champions League.
  • The teams seeded 12–14 were based on the association results of the 2016 OFC Champions League.
  • The teams seeded 15–16 were the qualifying stage winner and runner-up respectively, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw.
Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1. Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star[note 1]
  2. Solomon Islands Western United[note 1]
  3. Qualifying stage winner
  4. Qualifying stage runner-up
Notes
  1. ^ a b c d e f g The identity of the teams from Cook Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu were not known at the time of the draw.
  2. ^ Hekari United were included as part of the draw, but were disqualified and replaced by Madang after the draw.

Qualifying stage

In the qualifying stage, the four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The winner and runner-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants.

Matches took place between 28 January – 3 February 2017 in Tonga. All times were local, TOT (UTC+13). Template:2017 OFC Champions League Qualifying stage

Utulei Youth American Samoa3–4Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Veitongo Tonga0–4Cook Islands Puaikura
Report
Attendance: 350
Puaikura Cook Islands2–1Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
 Report
Attendance: 100
Veitongo Tonga3–1American Samoa Utulei Youth
 Report
Attendance: 300
Puaikura Cook Islands3–1American Samoa Utulei Youth
 Report
Attendance: 100
Lupe o le Soaga Samoa1–1Tonga Veitongo
 Report
Attendance: 350

Group stage

In the group stage, the four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis. The four group winners advanced to the semi-finals.

The hosts of each group were announced on 10 October 2016.[6] The schedule was confirmed on 17 January 2017.[7]

Group A

Matches took place between 25 February – 3 March 2017 in New Caledonia. All times were local, NCT (UTC+11). Template:2017 OFC Champions League Group A

Madang Papua New Guinea3–7French Polynesia Central Sport
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Lupe o le Soaga Samoa1–2New Caledonia Magenta
 Report
Attendance: 1,750
Lupe o le Soaga Samoa3–4Papua New Guinea Madang
 Report
Attendance: 200
Magenta New Caledonia4–2French Polynesia Central Sport
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Central Sport French Polynesia3–0Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
 Report
Attendance: 500
Magenta New Caledonia5–0Papua New Guinea Madang
 Report
Attendance: 2,000

Group B

Matches took place between 26 February – 4 March 2017 in New Caledonia. All times were local, NCT (UTC+11). Template:2017 OFC Champions League Group B

Puaikura Cook Islands1–4New Zealand Team Wellington
 Report
Attendance: 400
Ba Fiji1–1New Caledonia Hienghène Sport
 Report
Attendance: 850
Puaikura Cook Islands0–1Fiji Ba
Report
Attendance: 200
Team Wellington New Zealand3–1New Caledonia Hienghène Sport
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Team Wellington New Zealand8–0Fiji Ba
 Report
Attendance: 200
Hienghène Sport New Caledonia3–1Cook Islands Puaikura
 Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)

Group C

Matches took place between 11–18 March 2017 in New Zealand. All times were local, NZDT (UTC+13). Template:2017 OFC Champions League Group C

Malampa Revivors Vanuatu2–5Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Western United Solomon Islands1–2New Zealand Auckland City
 Report
Attendance: 600
Western United Solomon Islands2–1Vanuatu Malampa Revivors
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rakesh Chandra (Fiji)
Auckland City New Zealand2–0Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
 Report
Attendance: 250
Lae City Dwellers Papua New Guinea3–5Solomon Islands Western United
 Report
Attendance: 100
Auckland City New Zealand11–0Vanuatu Malampa Revivors
 Report
Attendance: 300

Group D

Matches took place between 11–17 March 2017 in Tahiti. All times were local, TAHT (UTC−10). Template:2017 OFC Champions League Group D

Marist Solomon Islands4–2Fiji Rewa
 Report
Attendance: 250
Erakor Golden Star Vanuatu2–4French Polynesia Tefana
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Erakor Golden Star Vanuatu2–1Solomon Islands Marist
 Report
Attendance: 500
Tefana French Polynesia2–0Fiji Rewa
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Rewa Fiji2–1Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star
 Report
Attendance: 250
Tefana French Polynesia2–2Solomon Islands Marist
 Report
Attendance: 1,500

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the four teams play on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

The draw for the knockout stage was held on 20 March 2017, 11:30 NZDT (UTC+13), at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, to decide the matchups and the order of legs of the semi-finals, and the order of legs of the final.[8]

Bracket

Semi-finals Final
          
1 French Polynesia Tefana 0 0 0
4 New Zealand Auckland City 2 2 4
New Zealand Auckland City
New Zealand Team Wellington
3 New Caledonia Magenta 2 1 3
2 New Zealand Team Wellington 2 7 9

Semi-finals

Matches took place on 8 and 16 April 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tefana French Polynesia 0–4 New Zealand Auckland City 0–2 0–2
Magenta New Caledonia 3–9 New Zealand Team Wellington 2–2 1–7
Tefana French Polynesia0–2New Zealand Auckland City
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Auckland City New Zealand2–0French Polynesia Tefana
Report

Auckland City won 4–0 on aggregate.

Magenta New Caledonia2–2New Zealand Team Wellington
 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Team Wellington New Zealand7–1New Caledonia Magenta
Report

Team Wellington won 9–3 on aggregate.

Final

Matches will take place on 29–30 April and 6–7 May 2017.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Auckland City New Zealand – New Zealand Team Wellington 29–30 Apr 6–7 May
Auckland City New ZealandvNew Zealand Team Wellington

Top goalscorers

As of 8 April 2017

Rank Player Team  Q  GS SF  F  Total
1 Brazil Guilherme Guedes Solomon Islands Marist 5 5
New Zealand Tom Jackson New Zealand Team Wellington 4 1
Vanuatu Tony Kaltack Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star 5
France Nicolas Marin New Caledonia Magenta 4 1
5 Chile César Castillo French Polynesia Central Sport 4 4
New Zealand Ryan De Vries New Zealand Auckland City 4
New Caledonia Bertrand Kaï New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 4
8 Samoa Suivai Ataga Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 3 3
Cook Islands Maro Bonsu-Maro Cook Islands Puaikura 3
New Zealand Cherbel Khouchaba Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 3
New Zealand Clayton Lewis New Zealand Auckland City 2 1
Portugal João Moreira New Zealand Auckland City 3
Samoa Lapalapa Toni Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 2 1

Players in bold still active in competition.

See also

References

  1. ^ "New expanded format for 2017". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Hekari United disqualified". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Madang FC complete lineup". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Live draw for expanded Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Group make-up revealed for Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 24 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Group hosts named for 2017". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 October 2016.
  7. ^ "2017 Champions League Match Schedule confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Re-matches on as semi-finals confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 March 2017.
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