2006 OFC Club Championship

2006 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates February 6, 2006 – May 21, 2006
Teams 11 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up French Polynesia Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played 22
Goals scored 96 (4.36 per match)
Top scorer(s) Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori 7 goals

The 2006 OFC Club Championship was the 5th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the last tournament before it was rebranded as the OFC Champions League. The qualifying round was held at Govind Park in Ba, Fiji, from 6 February until 10 February 2006, with the main competition taking place at the North Harbour Stadium in Albany, New Zealand from 10 May until 21 May 2006.

The tournament was the first of its kind to not have a representative from Australia competing, due to the nation's migration to the Asian Football Confederation, meaning the winners of the competition would for the first time be from a nation outside of Australia.

Australia's departure from the OFC meant that qualification for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was under question – in March 2006 it was reported that the Oceania champions would have to play a preliminary match against the J. League champions for a place in the main competition. However, later that month, it was announced that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had been unable to get the necessary support for the new format and as a result Oceania retained direct entry to 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA reviewed the format the following year.[1]

The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat AS Pirae of Tahiti in the final.

Participants

Location of teams of the 2006 OFC Champions League.
Automatic entrants
Preliminary round entrants

The following teams entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
New Caledonia New Caledonia AS Magenta 2004–05 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
YoungHeart Manawatu 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Sobou FC 2005 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Makuru FC 2006 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
French Polynesia Tahiti AS Pirae 2004–05 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea FC 2005 Vanuatu National Super League champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa American Samoa PanSa1 2005 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak 2005 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji Fiji Nokia Eagles 2006 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
Samoa Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 2005 Samoa National League champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai United 2005 Tonga Major League champion
Notes

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held to determine the 8th and final participant in the final. The format was a group stage, with each team playing each other once. The winner of the group would qualify for the main draw.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fiji Nokia Eagles 32107257
Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 31114404
Tonga Lotoha'apai 311157−24
Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack 301225−31

6 February 2006
Lotoha'apai Tonga 1–5 Fiji Nokia Eagles
Vaihu  31' (Report) Tamanisau  17'
Nawatu  41'
Duguca  59'
Sabutu  81', 88'
Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

6 February 2006
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands 1–2 Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
Tisam  15' (Report) Fa'aiuaso  72', 77'
Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

8 February 2006
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands 1–3 Tonga Lotoha'apai
Willis  10' (Report) Moala  54'
Makasini  61'
Uhatahi  67'
Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

8 February 2006
Nokia Eagles Fiji 2–1 Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
Tamanisau  55'
Bolaitoga  77'		 (Report) Fa'aiuaso  27'
Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

10 February 2006
Lotoha'apai Tonga 1–1 Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
Uhatahi  85' (Report) Esau  32'
Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

10 February 2006
Nokia Eagles Fiji 0–0 Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack
(Report)
Govind Park, Ba, Fiji
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Final round

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals. This Final Round was held in Albany, New Zealand.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand Auckland City 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9
French Polynesia Pirae 3 2 0 1 17 2 +15 6
Solomon Islands Marist 3 1 0 2 9 14 −5 3
Papua New Guinea Sobou 3 0 0 3 1 21 −20 0
Date Match Result
May 10 Marist – Pirae 1–10
May 10 Auckland City – Sobou 7–0
May 13 Auckland City – Marist 3–1
May 14 Pirae – Sobou 7–0
May 16 Sobou – Marist 1–7
May 16 Pirae – Auckland City 0–1

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
Fiji Nokia Eagles 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
Vanuatu Tafea 3 1 1 1 4 7 -3 4
New Caledonia Magenta 3 1 0 2 1 4 -3 3

Match Schedule

Date Match Result
May 11 Magenta – Tafea 0–1
May 11 Nokia Eagles – YoungHeart Manawatu 2–2
May 13 Magenta – YoungHeart Manawatu 0–3
May 14 Tafea – Nokia Eagles 0–4
May 16 Tafea – YoungHeart Manawatu 3–3
May 16 Nokia Eagles – Magenta 0–1

Knockout Stage

Semi Finals

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

May 19, 2006
Auckland City New Zealand 9–1 Fiji Nokia Eagles
Sykes  37'
Seaman  52'
Jordan  55'
Young  61',  62'
Hayne  68'
Bunce  84'
Little  89',  90'+		 (Report) Tiwa  17'
North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Third Place Playoff

Final

May 21, 2006
Auckland City New Zealand 3–1 French Polynesia Pirae
Jordan  23', 41', 63' (pen.) (Report) Fa'aiuaso  84'

Auckland City are the 2006 Oceania Club Champions and qualify for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Maddaford, Terry (31 March 2006). "Soccer: Oceania winner retains direct entry to club champs". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
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