2011–12 OFC Champions League

2011–12 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates 29 October 2011 – 13 May 2012
Teams 8 (from 7 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 11
Goals scored 40 (3.64 per match)
Top scorer(s) Roy Krishna (5 goals)

The 2011–12 OFC Champions League, also known as the 2012 O-League, is the 11th season of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament and is contested by eight teams from seven countries. The teams are split into two four-team pools, the winner of each pool contesting the title of O-League Champion and the right to represent the Oceania Football Confederation at the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup.

Contents

Participants

Association Team Qualifying method
Fiji Ba 2010 Fiji National Football League champion[1]
New Caledonia Mont-Dore 2010 New Caledonia Division Honneur champion[2]
New Zealand Waitakere United 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship champion and premier[3]
Auckland CityTH 2010–11 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up[4]
Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2010–11 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion[5]
Solomon Islands Koloale 2011 S-League OFC Champions League playoff winner[6]
Tahiti Tefana 2010–11 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion[7]
Vanuatu Amicale 2011 Vanuatu National Soccer League winner[8]

TH Title holders

From the 2011–12 season, the two New Zealand clubs are placed in different groups (in previous tournaments they were placed in the same group) – one is drawn with the club champions of Fiji, New Caledonia and Tahiti while the other compete in the second group with the champions of Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.[9]

Again no preliminary tournament for the 2011–12 O-League is played. Instead, the champion teams from American Samoa, Samoa, Cook Islands and Tonga will take part in a pilot stand-alone tournament. It is proposed that this competition will in future seasons become a preliminary tournament with the winner qualifying to play off for a place in the O-League.[9]

Schedule

The match schedule is as follows.[10]

Round Date
Group stage Matchday 1 29–30 October 2011
Matchday 2 19–20 November 2011
Matchday 3 3–4 December 2011
Matchday 4 18–19 February 2012
Matchday 5 3–4 March 2012
Matchday 6 31 March–1 April 2012
Final First leg 28–29 April 2012
Second leg 12–13 May 2012

Group stage

Based on seeding, sporting reasons and travel considerations, the OFC Executive Committee separated the teams into two groups in June 2011.[11] A draw was held at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 July 2011, 14:30 UTC+12:00, to decide the "position" of each team within those groups, which is used to determine the schedule.[12]

In each group, the teams play each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, with the group winner advancing to the final. If two or more teams are tied on points, the tiebreakers are as follow:[13]

  1. Goal difference
  2. Goals scored
  3. Head-to-head record among teams concerned (points; goal difference; goals scored)
  4. Fair play record
  5. Drawing of lots

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Waitakere United 3 3 0 0 15 0 +15 9
Tefana 3 1 1 1 5 12 −7 4
Ba 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
Mont-Dore 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
  BA MON TEF WAI
Ba – 2–1 31 Mar 4 Mar
Mont-Dore 18 Feb – 1–1 0–1
Tefana 4–1 2 Mar – 17 Feb
Waitakere United 4–0 31 Mar 10–0 –

On the next match days (17-18 February)

29 October 2011
14:00 UTC+13:00
 Waitakere United 10 – 0 Tefana Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Attendance: 900
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Allan Pearce  10' (pen.), 44'
Ryan De Vries  14', 37', 74'
Roy Krishna  33', 40', 49', 70', 89'		 Report
30 October 2011
15:00 UTC+13:00
 Ba 2 – 1 Mont-Dore Govind Park, Ba
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Chris Kerr (New Zealand)
Avinesh Swamy  63', 82'
 Report José Hmaé  35'
12 November 20111
15:00 UTC+11:00
 Mont-Dore 1 – 1 Tefana Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 300
Referee: Jamie Cross (New Zealand)
Michel Hmaé  71' Report Hiva Kamoise  82'
20 November 2011
15:00 UTC+13:00
 Waitakere United 4 – 0 Ba Fred Taylor Park, Auckland
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)
Jone Vesikula  56' (o.g.)
Ross McKenzie  61'
Chris Bale  71'
Sean Lovemore  90+4'		 Report
3 December 2011
15:00 UTC+11:00
 Mont-Dore 0 – 1 Waitakere United Stade Numa-Daly Magenta, Nouméa
Attendance: 400
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Report Chris Bale  39'
2 December 2011
19:30 UTC−10:00
 Tefana 4 – 1 Ba Stade Louis Ganivet, Faaa
Attendance: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Referee: 117
Tetiamana Marmouyet  21' (pen.)
Roihau Degage  38', 77'
Axel Williams  86'		 Report Jone Vesikula  58' (pen.)
4 March 2012
15:00 UTC+12:00
 Ba v Waitakere United Govind Park, Ba
31 March 2012
15:00 UTC+12:00
 Ba v Tefana Govind Park, Ba
Notes

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Auckland City 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6
Amicale 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2 4
Hekari United 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Koloale 3 0 0 3 2 9 −7 0
  AMI AUC HEK KOL
Amicale – 31 Mar 1–1 2–0
Auckland City 18 Jan – 2–0 18 Feb
Hekari United 18 Feb 3 Mar – 3–1
Koloale 3 Mar 1–4 31 Mar –
29 October 2011
15:00 UTC+11:00
 Amicale 1 – 1 Hekari United PVL, Port Vila
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Fenedy Masauvakalo  45' Report Kema Jack  90+4'
29 October 2011
15:00 UTC+11:00
 Koloale 1 – 4 Auckland City Lawson Tama Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Benjamin Totori  74' (pen.) Report Manel Expósito  22' (pen.), 55'
David Mulligan  85', 90+2'
19 November 2011
14:00 UTC+13:00
 Auckland City 2 – 0 Hekari United Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Attendance: 800
Referee: Rakesh Varman (Fiji)
Manel Expósito  49'
Emiliano Tade  72'		 Report
19 November 2011
15:00 UTC+11:00
 Amicale 2 – 0 Koloale PVL, Port Vila
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Joachim Waroi  3', 50' Report
10 December 20112
15:00 UTC+10:00
 Hekari United 3 – 1 Koloale PMRL Stadium, Port Moresby
Referee: Andrew Achari (Fiji)
Taniela Waqa  6'
Andrew Lepani  16'
Pita Bolatoga  79'		 Report James Naka  82'
31 March 2012
15:00 UTC+11:00
 Amicale v Auckland City PVL, Port Vila
Notes

Final

The winners of groups A and B play in the final over two legs. The hosts of each leg are decided by draw. The away goals rule are applied, and extra time and penalty shootout is used to decide the winner if necessary.[13]

Team 1   Agg.   Team 2   1st leg     2nd leg  
Finalist 1 Finalist 2 28 Apr 13 May

Note: The hosts of each leg yet to be determined.

28 April 2012
15:00
 Finalist 1 v Finalist 2
13 May 2012
15:00
 Finalist 2 v Finalist 1

Top goalscorers

Rank Name Team Goals
1 Roy Krishna Waitakere United 5
2 Manel Expósito Auckland City 3
Ryan de Vries Waitakere United
4 Joachim Waroi Amicale 2
David Mulligan Auckland City
Avinesh Swamy Ba
Chris Bale Waitakere United
Allan Pearce Waitakere United
9 Fenedy Masauvakalo Amicale 1
Emiliano Tade Auckland City
Jone Vesikula Ba
Pita Bolatoga Hekari United
Kema Jack Hekari United
Andrew Lepani Hekari United
Taniela Waqa Hekari United
James Naka Koloale
Benjamin Totori Koloale
José Hmaé Mont-Dore
Michel Hmaé Mont-Dore
Roihau Degage Tefana
Tetiamana Marmouyet Tefana
Hiva Kamoise Tefana
Axel Williams Tefana
Ross McKenzie Waitakere United
Sean Lovemore Waitakere United

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