2007 OFC Champions League

2007 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates January 21, 2007 - April 29, 2007
Teams (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Waitakere United (1st title)
Runners-up 4R Electrical Ba
Tournament statistics
Matches played 14
Goals scored 43 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s) Commins Menapi 5 goals

The Oceania Champions League 2007 was held in January 2007 with six clubs from five member associations of the Oceania Football Confederation: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. The six clubs were split into two groups of three for home and away matches.

Auckland City qualified as the reigning champions of the OFC Champions Cup. The other 5 teams gained their qualifications due to their domestic league performances. Following the withdrawal of Vanuatu’s Port Vila Sharks, the OFC awarded a second berth to Waitakere United, the leader after the first round of the current New Zealand Football Championship.

The two group winners met in a home and away grand-final at April 21 and 28, 2007. The winner claimed Oceania’s US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan the following December.

Contents

Participants

 

Did not enter

Group stage

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
Waitakere United 8 4 2 2 0 13 5 +8
Auckland City 8 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6
Mont-Dore 0 4 0 0 4 1 15 -14
Date Home Team Result Away Team
Jan 21 Mont-Dore 0 - 2 Auckland City
Jan 24 Waitakere United 2 - 2 Auckland City
Feb 20 Waitakere United 6 - 1 Mont-Dore
Feb 23 Auckland City 4 - 0 Mont-Dore
Mar 31 Mont-Dore 0 - 3 Waitakere United
Apr 4 Auckland City 2 - 2 Waitakere United

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
4R Electrical Ba 10 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4
Temanava 4 4 1 1 2 3 5 -2
Marist 3 4 1 0 3 5 7 -2
Date Home Team Result Away Team
Mar 12 4R Electrical Ba 3 - 2 Marist
Mar 4 Temanava 2 - 1 Marist
Feb 19 Marist 0 - 2 4R Electrical Ba
Feb 23 Temanava 1 - 1 4R Electrical Ba
Mar 19 4R Electrical Ba 1 - 0 Temanava
Mar 22 Marist 2 - 0 Temanava

Final

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
4R Electrical Ba 2–2 (a) Waitakere United 2–1 0–1
April 21, 2007 1st Leg
4R Electrical Ba 2–1 Waitakere United Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: 23000
Referee: ?
Ronald Chandra  7'
Josaia Bukalidi  74'
(Report) Commins Menapi  54'
April 29, 2007 2nd Leg
Waitakere United 1–0 4R Electrical Ba Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance: 45000
Referee: ?
Allan Pearce  55' (Report)

Champion

OFC Champions League
2007 Winners
Waitakere United
First Title

Top goal-scorers

# Player Team Goals
1 Commins Menapi Waitakere United 5
2 Daniel Koprivcic Waitakere United 4
3 Paul Urlovic Auckland City 3
Grant Young (footballer) Auckland City
Joe Luwi Marist
Last updated April 29, 2007

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