2015–16 OFC Champions League

2015–16 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host countries TBA (final stage)
TBA (preliminary stage)
Dates TBA (Autumn 2015) (preliminary stage)
TBA (Spring 2016) (final stage)
Teams 12 (final stage)
15 (total) (from 11 associations)

The 2015–16 OFC Champions League will be the 15th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name. Auckland City are the five-time defending champions.

The winner of the 2016 OFC Champions League will earn the right to represent the OFC at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup. Both finalists will also earn invitations to participate in the 2016 OFC President's Cup.[1][2]

Teams

A total of 15 teams from all 11 OFC associations enter the competition. The four associations with the best results in the 2014–15 OFC Champions League (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea) are awarded two berths each, and three other associations (Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each. Those teams directly enter the group stage, to be joined by the winner of the preliminary stage, which is contested by teams from the four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga).

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji Fiji 2015 Fiji National Football League champion
TBC
New Caledonia New Caledonia Magenta 2014 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
TBC
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2014–15 ASB Premiership grand final champion
2014–15 ASB Premiership regular season premier
Team Wellington 2014–15 ASB Premiership regular season runner-up
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea 2015 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champion
TBC
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 2015–16 Telekom S-League champion
French Polynesia Tahiti Tefana 2014–15 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu 2015 VFF National Super League champion
Teams entering the preliminary stage
American Samoa American Samoa Utulei Youth 2014 FFAS Senior League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 2014 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Samoa Samoa Kiwi 2013–14 Samoa National League champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai United 2013–14 Tonga Major League champion

See also

References

  1. ↑ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014.

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