2016 OFC Champions League

2016 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host countries  New Zealand (final stage)
 Cook Islands (preliminary stage)
Dates 26–30 January 2016 (preliminary stage)
8–23 April 2016 (final stage)
Teams 12 (final stage)
15 (total) (from 11 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 6
Goals scored 41 (6.83 per match)

The 2016 OFC Champions League is the 15th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The tournament will be held in New Zealand for the first time under its current format, with the preliminary stage being held in the Cook Islands.[1]

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.[2][3] Auckland City are the five-time defending champions.

Teams

Location of teams of the 2016 OFC Champions League.
Teams entering the group stage
Teams entering the preliminary stage

A total of 15 teams from all 11 OFC member associations enter the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji Fiji Nadi 2015 Fiji National Football League champion
Suva 2015 Fiji National Football League runner-up
New Caledonia New Caledonia Magenta 2014 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Lössi 2014 New Caledonia Super Ligue runner-up
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 Lae City Dwellers 2015 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League championship playoff champion
Hekari United 2015 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League first stage winner
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors 2015–16 Solomon Islands S-League champion
French Polynesia Tahiti Tefana 2014–15 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Amicale 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 Veitongo 2015 Tonga Major League champion

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[1]

Stage Host country Venues Round Dates
Preliminary stage Cook Islands CIFA Academy Field, Matavera Matchday 1 26 January 2016
Matchday 2 28 January 2016
Matchday 3 30 January 2016
Final stage
(Group stage &
Knock-out stage)		 New Zealand TBA, Auckland
TBA, Wellington		 Matchday 1 8–10 April 2016
Matchday 2 11–13 April 2016
Matchday 3 15–17 April 2016
Semi-finals 20 April 2016
Final 23 April 2016

Preliminary stage

The preliminary stage is scheduled to be played in Matavera, Cook Islands from 26 to 30 January 2016. The draw for the fixtures was held on 16 November 2015, 15:00 NZDT (UTC+13) at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5] The four teams play each other on a round-robin basis. The group winner advances to the group stage to join the 11 automatic qualifiers.

All times are local, CKT (UTC−10).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Samoa Kiwi 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9 Group stage
2 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga (H) 3 2 0 1 17 3 +14 6
3 American Samoa Utulei Youth 3 1 0 2 6 17 −11 3
4 Tonga Veitongo 3 0 0 3 3 17 −14 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host.

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)
14:30
Utulei Youth American Samoa 2–6 Samoa Kiwi
Collins  8'
Tomasi  76' 		Report Saofaiga  32'
Mosquera  34' (pen.), 40', 90+1'
Packer  75', 77'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)
17:00
Veitongo Tonga 0–7 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
Report Colligan  7' (pen.), 13' (pen.), 42', 60'
Simiona  31', 70'
Tiro  90+1'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)
14:30
Utulei Youth American Samoa 3–2 Tonga Veitongo
Kang  13'
Samuelu  34'
Siligi  84' 		Report Polovili  39'
Uele  74' (pen.)
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Robinson Banga (Vanuatu)

28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)
17:00
Tupapa Maraerenga Cook Islands 1–2 Samoa Kiwi
Simiona  75' Report Saofaiga  38'
Mosquera  65'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)
14:30
Tupapa Maraerenga Cook Islands 9–1 American Samoa Utulei Youth
Colligan  16'
Ruka  30'
Best  44', 57', 59'
Karika  74', 88', 90+5'
Harmon  90' 		Report Siligi  62'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)

30 January 2016 (2016-01-30)
17:00
Kiwi Samoa 7–1 Tonga Veitongo
Mason  25', 68', 90+4'
Blackburn  31', 64', 90'
Sutcliffe  48' 		Report Polovili  23'
CIFA Academy Field, Matavera
Referee: Anna-Marie Keighley (New Zealand)

Group stage

The group stage is scheduled to be played in Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from 8 to 17 April 2016. The draw for the group stage was held on 16 November 2015, 15:00 NZDT (UTC+13) at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5] The 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four, with each group containing one team from each of the four pots. The allocation of teams into pots was based on the results of their associations in the previous edition of the OFC Champions League. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1. New Zealand Auckland City
  2. New Zealand Team Wellington
  3. Fiji Nadi
  1. New Caledonia Magenta
  2. Papua New Guinea Hekari United
  3. Vanuatu Amicale
  1. Fiji Suva
  2. French Polynesia Tefana
  3. Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors
  1. New Caledonia Lössi
  2. Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
  3. Samoa Kiwi (Preliminary winner)

In each group, the four teams play each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners and the best runner-up advance to the semi-finals.

All times are local, NZST (UTC+12).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Zealand Auckland City (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knock-out stage
2 Vanuatu Amicale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knock-out stage
3 Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 April 2016. Source: OFC
(H) Host.

8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)
Lae City Dwellers Papua New Guinea v Vanuatu Amicale

11 April 2016 (2016-04-11)
Amicale Vanuatu v Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors

15 April 2016 (2016-04-15)
Auckland City New Zealand v Vanuatu Amicale

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Zealand Team Wellington (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knock-out stage
2 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knock-out stage
3 Fiji Suva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 New Caledonia Lössi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 9 April 2016. Source: OFC
(H) Host.

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
Team Wellington New Zealand v Fiji Suva

9 April 2016 (2016-04-09)
Lössi New Caledonia v Papua New Guinea Hekari United

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)
Lössi New Caledonia v New Zealand Team Wellington

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)
Hekari United Papua New Guinea v Fiji Suva

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)
Suva Fiji v New Caledonia Lössi

16 April 2016 (2016-04-16)
Team Wellington New Zealand v Papua New Guinea Hekari United

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fiji Nadi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knock-out stage
2 New Caledonia Magenta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knock-out stage
3 French Polynesia Tefana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Samoa Kiwi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 10 April 2016. Source: OFC

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)
Nadi Fiji v French Polynesia Tefana

10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)
Kiwi Samoa v New Caledonia Magenta

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)
Kiwi Samoa v Fiji Nadi

13 April 2016 (2016-04-13)
Magenta New Caledonia v French Polynesia Tefana

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)
Tefana French Polynesia v Samoa Kiwi

17 April 2016 (2016-04-17)
Nadi Fiji v New Caledonia Magenta

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A Second place group A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knock-out stage
2 B Second place group B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 C Second place group C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 8 April 2016. Source: OFC

Knock-out stage

The knock-out stage is scheduled to be played in Auckland, New Zealand from 20 to 23 April 2016. The four teams play on a single-elimination basis.

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 April – Auckland
 
 
 
 
23 April – Auckland
 
 
 
 
 
20 April – Auckland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semi-finals

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)
TBD v TBD

20 April 2016 (2016-04-20)
TBD v TBD

Final

23 April 2016 (2016-04-23)
Winner semi-final 1 v Winner semi-final 2

Top goalscorers

Preliminary stage
Rank Player Team Goals
1 New Zealand Jared Colligan Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 5
2 New Zealand Tomas Mosquera Samoa Kiwi 4
3 Cook Islands Campbell Best Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 3
New Zealand Sam Blackburn Samoa Kiwi
Cook Islands Josh Karika Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
New Zealand Jamie Mason Samoa Kiwi
Cook Islands Harlem Simiona Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "OFC Champions League set for New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. October 28, 2015.
  2. ↑ "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2013.
  3. ↑ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Fans benefit from live draw". Oceania Football Confederation. November 16, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "OFC Champions League draw reveals all". Oceania Football Confederation. November 16, 2015.

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