2018 OFC Champions League
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Qualifying stage: American Samoa Group stage: Vanuatu (Group A) Tahiti (Group B) New Zealand (Group C) Solomon Islands (Group D) |
| Dates | Qualifying stage: 20–26 January 2018 Competition proper: 10 February – 20 May 2018 |
| Teams | Competition proper: 16 Total: 18 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Team Wellington (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Fiji Lautoka |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 40 |
| Goals scored | 177 (4.43 per match) |
| Attendance | 91,636 (2,291 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Angus Kilkolly Argentina Emiliano Tade (8 goals each) |
| Best player | New Caledonia Roy Kayara |
| Best goalkeeper | Spain Eñaut Zubikarai |
| Fair play award | Auckland City |
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The 2018 OFC Champions League was the 17th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the 12th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
In the final, Team Wellington defeated Lautoka 10–3 on aggregate and qualified as the OFC representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Auckland City are the defending champions, having won the last seven titles straight, but they were eliminated in the semi-finals.
Format change
[edit | edit source]For this season, the top two teams of each group (instead of only the group winners) in the group stage advanced to the knockout stage, which included a quarter-final round played as a single match hosted by the group winners.[1]
Teams
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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 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 winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|
| American Samoa American Samoa | Pago Youth | 2016 FFAS Senior League champions |
| Cook Islands Cook Islands | Tupapa Maraerenga | 2017 Cook Islands Round Cup champions |
| Samoa Samoa | Lupe o le Soaga | 2017 Samoa National League champions |
| Tonga Tonga | Veitongo | 2017 Tonga Major League champions |
Schedule
[edit | edit source]The schedule of the competition is as follows.[2][3][4]
| Stage | Draw date | Match dates |
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| Qualifying stage | 15 September 2017 (Auckland, New Zealand) |
20–26 January 2018 |
| Group stage |
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| Quarter-finals | 5 March 2018 (Auckland, New Zealand) |
7–8 April 2018 |
| Semi-finals |
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| Final |
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Qualifying stage
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League qualifying stage|Draw}} {{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League qualifying stage|Format}} {{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League qualifying stage|Schedule}}
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUP | LUP | VEI | PAG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Group stage | — | 1–0 | — | — | |
| 2 | Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 6 | — | — | 6–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Tonga Veitongo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 | 2–9 | — | — | 1–1 | ||
| 4 | American Samoa Pago Youth (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | −17 | 1 | 0–5 | 1–13 | — | — |
Group stage
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League group stage|Draw}} {{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League group stage|Format}} {{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League group stage|Schedule}}
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NAL | TOT | BAF | TUP | |
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| 1 | Vanuatu Nalkutan (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | — | |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea Toti City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 6 | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | — | ||
| 3 | Fiji Ba | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | — | — | — | 4–1 | ||
| 4 | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | 0–4 | 2–7 | — | — |
Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | DRA | SOL | ERA | LOS | |
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| 1 | French Polynesia Dragon (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 6 | Knockout stage | — | — | — | 4–0 | |
| 2 | Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | 2–1 | — | — | 6–1 | ||
| 3 | Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | 3–4 | 2–0 | — | — | ||
| 4 | New Caledonia Lössi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | — | — | 2–2 | — |
Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | LAU | VEN | MAD | |
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| 1 | Auckland City (H)
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | 1–0 | — | 5–0 | |
| 2 | Fiji Lautoka | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | — | — | — | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | French Polynesia Vénus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | 0–7 | 1–2 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Papua New Guinea Madang | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | — | — | 1–2 | — |
Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WEL | MAR | MAG | LUP | |
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| 1 | Team Wellington
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | — | 5–1 | 7–1 | |
| 2 | Solomon Islands Marist (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | — | ||
| 3 | New Caledonia Magenta | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 4 | — | — | — | 2–0 | ||
| 4 | Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | — | 1–3 | — | — |
Knockout stage
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Format}}
Bracket
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Bracket}}
Quarter-finals
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Quarter-finals}}
Semi-finals
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Semi-finals}}
Final
[edit | edit source]{{#section-h:2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage|Final}}
Top goalscorers
[edit | edit source]| Rank | Player | Team | QS1 | QS2 | QS3 | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | QF | SF1 | SF2 | F1 | F2 | Total |
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| 1 | Angus Kilkolly
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Team Wellington
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1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||||||
| Argentina Emiliano Tade | Auckland City
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 2 | England Ross Allen | Team Wellington
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3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| England Sean Latimer | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 4 | Samoa Suivai Ataga | Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| Cook Islands Maro Bonsu-Maro | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 7 | French Polynesia Tamatoa Tetauira | French Polynesia Dragon | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 8 | Papua New Guinea Raymond Gunemba | Papua New Guinea Toti City | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Nathanael Hailemariam
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Team Wellington
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1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Vanuatu Azariah Soromon | Vanuatu Nalkutan | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Samoa Lapalapa Toni | Samoa Lupe o le Soaga | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Awards
[edit | edit source]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[5]
| Award | Player | Team |
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| Golden Ball | New Caledonia Roy Kayara | Team Wellington
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| Golden Boot | Angus Kilkolly
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Team Wellington
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| Golden Glove | Spain Eñaut Zubikarai | Auckland City
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| Fair Play Award | — | Auckland City
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Note: Although Angus Kilkolly and Emiliano Tade both scored eight goals in the competition, Kilkolly won the Golden Boot as he played less minutes than Tade.
See also
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External links
[edit | edit source]- OFC Champions League 2018, oceaniafootball.com
- News > 2018 OFC Champions League Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, oceaniafootball.com
- 2018 OFC Champions League
- 2018 in Oceanian men's international football
- OFC Men's Champions League seasons
- International club association football competitions hosted by Vanuatu
- International club association football competitions hosted by French Polynesia
- International club association football competitions hosted by New Zealand
- International club association football competitions hosted by the Solomon Islands