2017 OFC Champions League

The 2017 OFC Champions League was the 16th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 11th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

2017 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host countriesQualifying stage:
 Tonga
Group stage:
 New Caledonia
 New Zealand
 Tahiti
DatesQualifying stage:
28 January – 3 February 2017
Competition proper:
25 February – 7 May 2017
TeamsCompetition proper: 16
Total: 18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (9th title)
Runners-upNew Zealand Team Wellington
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored161 (4.47 per match)
Attendance26,100 (725 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Ryan De Vries
England Tom Jackson
Portugal João Moreira
(6 goals each)
Best player(s)Spain Ángel Berlanga
Best goalkeeperSpain Eñaut Zubikarai
Fair play awardNew Zealand Auckland City

In the final, Auckland City defeated Team Wellington 5–0 on aggregate and won the OFC Champions League seven years in a row and nine times in total, and qualified as the OFC representative at the 2017 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.[1]

Format change

The OFC decided to expand the tournament and change the format for the 2017 edition:[2]

  • The competition consisted of four stages: qualifying stage, group stage, semi-finals, and final.
  • For the qualifying stage, like in the previous season, four teams took part in this stage, which included one team each from the four developing associations. The stage was played in round-robin format at a single venue, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage (instead of only the group winners).
  • For the group stage, 16 teams took part in this stage (increased from 12 teams), which included two teams each from the seven developed associations, plus the qualifying stage winners and runners-up. They were drawn into four groups of four teams (increased from three groups), where each group was played in round-robin format at a different venue (instead of all groups played at a single venue), with the group winners advancing to the semi-finals.
  • For the semi-finals, the four teams were drawn into two ties, which were played in home-and-away format over two legs (instead of a single match).
  • For the final, the tie was played in home-and-away format over two legs (instead of a single match).

Teams
Location of teams of the 2017 OFC Champions League.
Teams entering the group stage; (H) Group stage host
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host

A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.

  • The seven developed associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) were awarded two berths each in the group stage.
  • The four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) were awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.
Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji Fiji Ba 2016 Fiji National Football League champions
Rewa 2016 Fiji National Football League runners-up
New Caledonia New Caledonia Magenta 2015 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions
Hienghène Sport 2015 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up
New Zealand New Zealand Team Wellington 2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champions
Auckland City 2015–16 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premiers
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Champions League runners-up
Madang 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League fifth place[Note PNG]
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Marist 2016 Solomon Islands S-League champions
Western United 2016 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up
French Polynesia Tahiti Tefana 2015–16 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
Central Sport 2015–16 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Vanuatu Vanuatu Malampa Revivors 2015 VFF National Super League runners-up
Erakor Golden Star 2016 Port Vila Top Four Super League winners
Teams entering the qualifying stage
American Samoa American Samoa Utulei Youth 2015 FFAS Senior League champions
Cook Islands Cook Islands Puaikura 2016 Cook Islands Round Cup champions
Samoa Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 2014–15 Samoa National League champions
Tonga Tonga Veitongo 2015 Tonga Major League champions
Notes
  1. ^
    Papua New Guinea (PNG): On 2 February 2017, the OFC announced that Hekari United, the 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Champions League winners, had been disqualified after the Papua New Guinea Football Association filed a formal complaint due to the team's dispute with the football association.[3] On 8 February 2017, the OFC announced that they would be replaced by Madang, the 2015–16 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League Northern Zone third place, which was the next best team in the league to accept participation.[4]

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows.

Stage Draw date Match dates Matchday Matches
Qualifying stage 24 August 2016
(Auckland, New Zealand)		 28 January – 3 February 2017 Matchday 1 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Group stage
  • Group A: 25 February – 3 March 2017
  • Group B: 26 February – 4 March 2017
  • Group C: 11–18 March 2017
  • Group D: 11–17 March 2017
 Matchday 1 Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3
Matchday 2 Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3 Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Semi-finals 20 March 2017
(Auckland, New Zealand)		 8–16 April 2017 First leg Semi-finalist 1 vs. Semi-finalist 2, Semi-finalist 3 vs. Semi-finalist 4
Second leg Semi-finalist 2 vs. Semi-finalist 1, Semi-finalist 4 vs. Semi-finalist 3
Final 30 April – 7 May 2017 First leg Finalist 1 vs. Finalist 2
Second leg Finalist 2 vs. Finalist 1

Draw

The draw of the qualifying stage and group stage was held on 24 August 2016, 12:30 NZST (UTC+12), at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6][7]

For the qualifying stage, the four teams were drawn into each of the four positions 1–4 to determine the fixtures.

Qualifying stage draw
Pot 1

For the group stage, the 16 teams (14 teams entering the group stage and two teams advancing from the qualifying stage) were drawn into four groups of four, with each group containing one team from each of the four pots 1–4, which also represented the positions in each group to determine the fixtures. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. The teams were seeded based on the following:

  • The teams seeded 1–11 were based on the team results of the 2016 OFC Champions League.
  • The teams seeded 12–14 were based on the association results of the 2016 OFC Champions League.
  • The teams seeded 15–16 were the qualifying stage winners and runners-up respectively, whose identity were not known at the time of the draw.
Group stage draw
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
  1. Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star[note 1]
  2. Solomon Islands Western United[note 1]
  3. Qualifying stage winners
  4. Qualifying stage runners-up
Notes
  1. The identity of the teams from Cook Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu were not known at the time of the draw.
  2. Hekari United were included as part of the draw, but were disqualified and replaced by Madang after the draw.

Qualifying stage

In the qualifying stage, the four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants.

Matches were played between 28 January – 3 February 2017 in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga. All times were local, TOT (UTC+13).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PUA LUP VEI UTU
1 Cook Islands Puaikura 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9 Group stage — 2–1 — 3–1
2 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 — — 1–1 —
3 Tonga Veitongo (H) 3 1 1 1 4 6 −2 4 0–4 — — 3–1
4 American Samoa Utulei Youth 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0 — 3–4 — —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Utulei Youth American Samoa3–4Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
  • Bourne 12' (pen.)
  • Kerewi 40', 68' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Veitongo Tonga0–4Cook Islands Puaikura
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
Puaikura Cook Islands2–1Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
 Report
  • Ataga 75'
Attendance: 100
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Veitongo Tonga3–1American Samoa Utulei Youth
 Report
  • Bourne 30'
Attendance: 300
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Puaikura Cook Islands3–1American Samoa Utulei Youth
 Report
  • Faatonu 82'
Attendance: 100
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Lupe o le Soaga Samoa1–1Tonga Veitongo
  • Ataga 66'
 Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group stage

In the group stage, the four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis. The four group winners advanced to the semi-finals.

The hosts of each group were announced on 10 October 2016.[8] The schedule was confirmed on 17 January 2017.[9]

Group A

Matches were played between 25 February – 3 March 2017 in Nouméa, New Caledonia. All times were local, NCT (UTC+11).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG CEN MAD LUP
1 New Caledonia Magenta (H) 3 3 0 0 11 3 +8 9 Semi-finals — 4–2 5–0 —
2 French Polynesia Central Sport 3 2 0 1 12 7 +5 6 — — — 3–0
3 Papua New Guinea Madang 3 1 0 2 7 15 −8 3 — 3–7 — —
4 Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 3 0 0 3 4 9 −5 0 1–2 — 3–4 —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Madang Papua New Guinea3–7French Polynesia Central Sport
  • V. Malagian 2' (pen.)
  • Pohei 78'
  • Sengum 84' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Lupe o le Soaga Samoa1–2New Caledonia Magenta
  • Khouchaba 26'
 Report
Attendance: 1,750
Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)
Lupe o le Soaga Samoa3–4Papua New Guinea Madang
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Hamilton Siau (Solomon Islands)
Magenta New Caledonia4–2French Polynesia Central Sport
  • Marin 10', 80'
  • Henessewene 56'
  • Aucher 76'
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Central Sport French Polynesia3–0Samoa Lupe o le Soaga
  • Castillo 28', 34'
  • Estay 48'
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Roger Adams (Papua New Guinea)
Magenta New Caledonia5–0Papua New Guinea Madang
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Group B

Matches were played between 26 February – 4 March 2017 in Koné, New Caledonia. All times were local, NCT (UTC+11).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification WEL HIE BAF PUA
1 New Zealand Team Wellington 3 3 0 0 15 2 +13 9 Semi-finals — 3–1 8–0 —
2 New Caledonia Hienghène Sport (H) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 — — — 3–1
3 Fiji Ba 3 1 1 1 2 9 −7 4 — 1–1 — —
4 Cook Islands Puaikura 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0 1–4 — 0–1 —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Puaikura Cook Islands1–4New Zealand Team Wellington
 Report
  • Samuela 38' (o.g.)
  • Hailemariam 45+1', 68'
  • Margetts 62'
Attendance: 400
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Ba Fiji1–1New Caledonia Hienghène Sport
 Report
Attendance: 850
Puaikura Cook Islands0–1Fiji Ba
Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Team Wellington New Zealand3–1New Caledonia Hienghène Sport
  • Jackson 12'
  • Moretti 84'
  • Bevin 90+3'
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Team Wellington New Zealand8–0Fiji Ba
  • Jackson 19' (pen.), 56', 59'
  • Harris 32', 51'
  • Barcia 45+8'
  • Zambrano 82'
  • Villa 90+2'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Hienghène Sport New Caledonia3–1Cook Islands Puaikura
  • Kaï 8', 40'
  • Bamy 71'
 Report
  • Estay 29'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)

Group C

Matches were played between 11–18 March 2017 in Auckland, New Zealand. All times were local, NZDT (UTC+13).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUC WES LAE MAL
1 New Zealand Auckland City (H) 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Semi-finals — — 2–0 11–0
2 Solomon Islands Western United 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6 1–2 — — 2–1
3 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 3 — 3–5 — —
4 Vanuatu Malampa Revivors 3 0 0 3 3 18 −15 0 — — 2–5 —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Malampa Revivors Vanuatu2–5Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
 Report
Attendance: 200
Referee: Salesh Chand (Fiji)
Western United Solomon Islands1–2New Zealand Auckland City
 Report
Attendance: 600
Western United Solomon Islands2–1Vanuatu Malampa Revivors
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Rakesh Chandra (Fiji)
Auckland City New Zealand2–0Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers
 Report
Attendance: 250
Lae City Dwellers Papua New Guinea3–5Solomon Islands Western United
 Report
Attendance: 100
Auckland City New Zealand11–0Vanuatu Malampa Revivors
 Report
Attendance: 300

Group D

Matches were played between 11–17 March 2017 in Pirae, Tahiti. All times were local, TAHT (UTC−10). <onyinclude>

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TEF MAR ERA REW
1 French Polynesia Tefana (H) 3 2 1 0 8 4 +4 7 Semi-finals — 2–2 — 2–0
2 Solomon Islands Marist 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 — — — 4–2
3 Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3 2–4 2–1 — —
4 Fiji Rewa 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 — — 2–1 —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Marist Solomon Islands4–2Fiji Rewa
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Erakor Golden Star Vanuatu2–4French Polynesia Tefana
  • T. Kaltack 19', 90+5'
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Erakor Golden Star Vanuatu2–1Solomon Islands Marist
  • T. Kaltack 38', 85'
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Peter Linney (New Zealand)
Tefana French Polynesia2–0Fiji Rewa
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Rewa Fiji2–1Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star
 Report
  • T. Kaltack 58'
Attendance: 250
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Tefana French Polynesia2–2Solomon Islands Marist
 Report
Attendance: 1,500

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, the four teams played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If tied on aggregate, away goals were the first tie-breaker.

The draw for the knockout stage was held on 20 March 2017, 11:30 NZDT (UTC+13), at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand, to decide the matchups and the order of legs of the semi-finals, and the order of legs of the final.[10][11]

Bracket
Semi-finals Final
          
1 French Polynesia Tefana 0 0 0
4 New Zealand Auckland City 2 2 4
New Zealand Auckland City 3 2 5
New Zealand Team Wellington 0 0 0
3 New Caledonia Magenta 2 1 3
2 New Zealand Team Wellington 2 7 9

Semi-finals

Matches were played on 8 and 16 April 2017.[11]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Tefana French Polynesia 0–4 New Zealand Auckland City 0–2 0–2
Magenta New Caledonia 3–9 New Zealand Team Wellington 2–2 1–7
Tefana French Polynesia0–2New Zealand Auckland City
Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Auckland City New Zealand2–0French Polynesia Tefana
 Report
Attendance: 800
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)

Auckland City won 4–0 on aggregate.

Magenta New Caledonia2–2New Zealand Team Wellington
 Report
  • Jackson 61' (pen.)
  • Bevin 81'
Attendance: 3,000
Team Wellington New Zealand7–1New Caledonia Magenta
  • Stevens 7', 72'
  • Robertson 44'
  • Jackson 49'
  • Bevin 63'
  • Zambrano 70'
  • Margetts 90+3'
 Report
  • Cexome 33'
Attendance: 950

Team Wellington won 9–3 on aggregate.

Final
Main article: 2017 OFC Champions League Final

Matches were played on the 30 April and 7 May 2017.[12]

Auckland City New Zealand3–0New Zealand Team Wellington
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Team Wellington New Zealand0–2New Zealand Auckland City
Report
Attendance: 1,000

Auckland City won 5–0 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers

— Team eliminated / inactive for this stage.

Rank Player Team  Q  GS SF  F  Total
1 New Zealand Ryan De Vries New Zealand Auckland City —402 6
England Tom Jackson New Zealand Team Wellington —420
Portugal João Moreira New Zealand Auckland City —312
4 Brazil Guilherme Guedes Solomon Islands Marist —5—— 5
Vanuatu Tony Kaltack Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star —5——
France Nicolas Marin New Caledonia Magenta —41—
7 Chile César Castillo French Polynesia Central Sport —4—— 4
New Caledonia Bertrand Kaï New Caledonia Hienghène Sport —4——
9 Samoa Suivai Ataga Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 30—— 3
New Zealand Andy Bevin New Zealand Team Wellington —120
Cook Islands Maro Bonsu-Maro Cook Islands Puaikura 30——
New Zealand Cherbel Khouchaba Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 03——
New Zealand Clayton Lewis New Zealand Auckland City —210
Argentina Emiliano Tade New Zealand Auckland City —111
Samoa Lapalapa Toni Samoa Lupe o le Soaga 21——

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[13]

Award Player Team
Golden Ball Spain Ángel Berlanga New Zealand Auckland City
Golden Boot Portugal João Moreira New Zealand Auckland City
Golden Glove Spain Eñaut Zubikarai New Zealand Auckland City
Fair Play Award — New Zealand Auckland City

See also

References
  1. "Auckland City into Club World Cup". Stuff. Liam Hyslop.
  2. "New expanded format for 2017". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 June 2016.
  3. "Hekari United disqualified". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 February 2017.
  4. "Madang FC complete lineup". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 February 2017.
  5. "Live draw for expanded Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 August 2016.
  6. "2017 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW". YouTube. 24 August 2016.
  7. "Group make-up revealed for Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 24 August 2016.
  8. "Group hosts named for 2017". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 October 2016.
  9. "2017 Champions League Match Schedule confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2017.
  10. "2017 OCL Semis & Finals Draw". YouTube. 19 March 2017.
  11. "Re-matches on as semi-finals confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 20 March 2017.
  12. "All Kiwi final coming to Auckland and Wellington". Oceania Football Confederation. 19 April 2017.
  13. "Navy Blues claim seventh in-a-row". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 May 2017.
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