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The 1987 Oceania Club Championship (known as the Qantas Pacific Challenge Cup at the time) was held in March 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide City defeated Mount Wellington on penalties.

Teams

A total of 9 teams from 9 OFC member associations enter the competition.

• The highest ranked association (Australia) was awarded one berth directly into the final.
• The second highest ranked association (New Zealand) was awarded one berth into the semi-final.
• The third highest ranked association (Fiji) was awarded one berth into the qualifying tournament semi final.
• The remaining six associations (New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying tournament.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the Final
Australia	Adelaide City	1986 Australian National Soccer League champion
Teams entering the Semi-finals
New Zealand	Mount Wellington	1986 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Teams entering the Qualifying Tournament Semi-finals
Fiji	Ba	1986 Fiji National Football League champion
Teams entering the Qualifying Tournament Quarter-finals
New Caledonia	CA Saint-Louis	1986 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Palau	Koror	1986 Palau Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea	Guria	1986 Papua New Guinea Overall Championship champion
Solomon Islands	Rangers Honiara	1986 Solomon Islands Honiara League champion
Tahiti	AS Jeunes Tahitiens	1987 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Vanuatu	Tafea	1986 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Qualifying stage

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	6 March
	Rangers Honiara	2
					8 March
	Guria	0
					Rangers Honiara (p)	2 (4)
	6 March
					CA Saint-Louis	2 (2)
	CA Saint-Louis (a.e.t.)	4
									10 March
	AS Jeunes Tahitiens	3
									Rangers Honiara	0
									Ba	3
					8 March
					Ba	3
	7 March
					Tafea	2			Third place play-off
	Tafea	6
									10 March
	Koror	2
									CA Saint-Louis	4
									Tafea	2

Knockout stage

	Elimination final				Grand final
					15 March — Adelaide
	12 March				Adelaide City (p)	1 (4)
	University-Mount Wellington	6			University-Mount Wellington	1 (1)
	Ba	1

Final

Adelaide City	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Mount Wellington
Mullen 15'	Report	Whiteveen 20'
Penalties
	4–1

Adelaide City:   Willie McNally   Paul Shillabeer   Bugsy Nyskohus   Neville Flounders   Alex Tobin   Adrian Santrac  73'   Sergio Melta   Charlie Villani   Aurelio Vidmar   Paul Wilde   Joe Mullen Substitutes:   Lemmy Vatsilas  73' Manager: Zoran Matić

Mount Wellington:   Baker   Ricki Herbert   Keith Garland   Glen Adam   Ron Armstrong   Chris Riley   Grant Lightbown  70'   Nigel Debenham  88'   Ian Masson   Billy Wright   Dave Witteveen Substitutes:   Peter Henry  70'   Taylor  88' Manager: Robert Patterson

Champion

Oceania Club Championship 1987 Winners
Adelaide City First title

References

1. "Adelaide wins on penalties". The Age. 16 March 1987. p. 31. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

• 1987 in OFC football
• OFC Champions League seasons
• 1987 in Australian men's soccer
• 1987 in New Zealand association football
• International club association football competitions hosted by Australia