2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage
The 2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 7 April to 20 May 2018.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 OFC Champions League.
Qualified teams
[edit | edit source]The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.
Format
[edit | edit source]The eight teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis. In the quarter-finals, each tie was played as a single match, while in the semi-finals and final, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.
Bracket
[edit | edit source]The bracket was determined as follows:
| Round | Matchups |
|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | (Group winners host match, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other)
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| Semi-finals | (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4)
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| Final | (Order of legs decided by draw)
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The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) was held on 5 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||||
| New Zealand Team Wellington | 11 | ||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea Toti City | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Team Wellington (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand Auckland City | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| New Zealand Auckland City | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| New Zealand Team Wellington | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| Fiji Lautoka | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| French Polynesia Dragon | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fiji Lautoka | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Fiji Lautoka | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Solomon Islands Marist | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Vanuatu Nalkutan | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Solomon Islands Marist | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Schedule
[edit | edit source]The schedule of each round was as follows.[4][1]
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | 7–8 April 2018 | |
| Semi-finals | 22 April 2018 | 29 April 2018 |
| Final | 13 May 2018 | 20 May 2018 |
Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group cannot play each other), with the group winners hosting the match, and the matchups decided by draw.
| Team Wellington New Zealand | 11–0 | Papua New Guinea Toti City |
|---|---|---|
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Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lautoka Fiji | 2–1 | Solomon Islands Marist | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Team Wellington New Zealand | 2–2 (a) | New Zealand Auckland City | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Lautoka won 2–1 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Team Wellington won on away goals.
Final
[edit | edit source]In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.
| Lautoka Fiji | 3–4 | New Zealand Team Wellington |
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Team Wellington won 10–3 on aggregate.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- OFC Champions League 2018, oceaniafootball.com