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The 2019 OFC Champions League was the 18th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 13th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

In the final, Hienghène Sport defeated Magenta 1–0, becoming the first team from New Caledonia to win the tournament. As the winners of the 2019 OFC Champions League, they qualified for the 2019 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Team Wellington were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Hienghène Sport in the semi-finals.

Teams

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) are awarded two berths each in the group stage.
• The four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.

Teams entering the group stage

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Fiji	Lautoka	2018 Fiji Premier League champions
	Ba	2018 Fiji Premier League runners-up
New Caledonia	Hienghène Sport	2017 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions
	Magenta	2017 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up
New Zealand	Auckland City	2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship finals series champions 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premiers
	Team Wellington	2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runners-up
Papua New Guinea	Toti City	2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League playoffs champions 2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League regular season premiers
	Morobe Wawens	2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League regular season runners-up
Solomon Islands	Solomon Warriors	2018 Solomon Islands S-League champions
	Henderson Eels	2018 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up
Tahiti	Central Sport	2017–18 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
	Tefana	2017–18 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Vanuatu	Erakor Golden Star	2018 VFF National Super League grand final champions
	Malampa Revivors	2018 VFF National Super League grand final runners-up

Teams entering the qualifying stage

Association	Team	Qualifying method
American Samoa	Pago Youth	2017 FFAS Senior League champions
Cook Islands	Tupapa Maraerenga	2018 Cook Islands Round Cup champions
Samoa	Kiwi	2018 Samoa National League champions
Tonga	Lotohaʻapai United	2018 Tonga Major League champions

Schedule

The schedule of the competition was as follows. For this season, all ties in the knockout stage were played as a single match.

Qualifying stage

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 13 November 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The champions of the host association (Cook Islands) were allocated to Position 1, and the champions of the three remaining developing associations were drawn to determine the fixtures (first team drawn allocated to Position 2, second team drawn allocated to Position 3, third team drawn allocated to Position 4). The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants. Matches were played between 26 January – 1 February 2019 in the Cook Islands.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TUP	KIW	LOT	PAG
1	Tupapa Maraerenga (H)	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Group stage		—	4–1	4–1	2–1
2	Kiwi	3	2	0	1	14	8	+6	6			—	—	—	4–3
3	Lotohaʻapai United	3	1	0	2	7	14	−7	3			—	1–9	—	—
4	Pago Youth	3	0	0	3	5	11	−6	0			—	—	1–5	—

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 13 November 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. 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 the following mechanism:

• The champions of the four host associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu) were drawn into Position 1 of Groups A–D.
• The champions of the three remaining developed associations, and the runners-up of New Zealand, by virtue of having the best second team in the 2018 OFC Champions League, were drawn into Position 2 of Groups A–D.
• The runners-up of the six developed associations apart from New Zealand were drawn into Position 3 of Groups A–D and Position 4 of Groups A–B (first team drawn to Groups A–B allocated to Position 3, second team drawn to Groups A–B allocated to Position 4). Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
• The winners and runners-up of the qualifying stage, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were drawn into Position 4 of Groups C–D.

The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage. Matches were played on the following dates and venues:

• Group A matches were played between 10–16 February 2019 in New Caledonia.
• Group B matches were played between 10–16 February 2019 in Fiji.
• Group C matches were played between 23 February – 1 March 2019 in Vanuatu.
• Group D matches were played between 24 February – 2 March 2019 in the Solomon Islands.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HIE	TOT	TEF	MAL
1	Hienghène Sport (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage		—	1–1	1–0	—
2	Toti City	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5			—	—	3–3	—
3	Tefana	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2			—	—	—	3–3
4	Malampa Revivors	3	0	1	2	5	12	−7	1			0–5	2–4	—	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CEN	HEN	LAU	MOR
1	Central Sport	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Knockout stage		—	3–2	—	—
2	Henderson Eels	3	2	0	1	15	8	+7	6			—	—	—	7–0
3	Lautoka (H)	3	1	1	1	12	8	+4	4			2–2	5–6	—	—
4	Morobe Wawens	3	0	0	3	0	19	−19	0			0–7	—	0–5	—

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		WEL	BAF	ERA	KIW
1	Team Wellington	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Knockout stage		—	2–0	—	—
2	Ba	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4			—	—	—	5–1
3	Erakor Golden Star (H)	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4			0–3	1–1	—	—
4	Kiwi	3	0	0	3	1	20	−19	0			0–13	—	0–2	—

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AUC	MAG	SWA	TUP
1	Auckland City	3	3	0	0	23	1	+22	9	Knockout stage		—	2–1	—	—
2	Magenta	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6			—	—	—	10–1
3	Solomon Warriors (H)	3	1	0	2	10	10	0	3			0–6	0–3	—	—
4	Tupapa Maraerenga	3	0	0	3	2	35	−33	0			0–15	—	1–10	—

Knockout stage

The eight teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match.

Bracket

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final), which was held on 5 March 2019 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	7 April
	Central Sport	0
					28 April
	Magenta	8
					Magenta	2
	6 April
					Auckland City	1
	Auckland City	4
									11 May
	Toti City	0
									Magenta	0
	6 April
									Hienghène Sport	1
	Hienghène Sport (a.e.t.)	2
					28 April
	Ba	1
					Hienghène Sport	2
	7 April
					Team Wellington	0
	Team Wellington	6
	Henderson Eels	1

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group could not play each other), with the group winners hosting the match, and the matchups decided by draw. The quarter-finals were played between 6–7 April 2019.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central Sport	0–8	Magenta
Auckland City	4–0	Toti City
Hienghène Sport	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Ba
Team Wellington	6–1	Henderson Eels

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and host teams decided by draw. The semi-finals were played on 28 April 2019.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Hienghène Sport	2–0	Team Wellington
Magenta	2–1	Auckland City

Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the host team decided by draw. The final was played on 11 May 2019.

Magenta	0–1	Hienghène Sport
	Report	Roine 66'

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	QS1	QS2	QS3	GS1	GS2	GS3	QF	SF	F	Total
1	Ross Allen	Team Wellington				1	6	1	3			11
2	David Browne	Auckland City					2	1	3			6
	Yorick Hnautra	Magenta						4	2
	Kevin Nemia	Magenta						2	3	1
	Paulo Scanlan	Kiwi		2	4
6	Sylvain Graglia	Central Sport				1	4					5
	Micah Lea'alafa	Auckland City				1	2	1		1
8	Maro Bonsu-Maro	Auckland City					4					4
	Nigel Dabinyaba	Toti City				2	1	1
	Raymond Gunemba	Toti City				1	3
	Bertrand Kaï	Hienghène Sport				3			1
	Richard Sele	Magenta				1	2		1
	Jack-Henry Sinclair	Team Wellington						2	2
	Fabrizio Tavano	Auckland City					3	1

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award	Player	Team
Golden Ball	Bertrand Kaï	Hienghène Sport
Golden Boot	Ross Allen	Team Wellington
Golden Glove	Rocky Nyikeine	Hienghène Sport
Fair Play Award	—	Auckland City

References

1. ^ "Draw reveals 2019 OFC Champions League journey". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 November 2018.
2. ^ "2019 OFC Champions League Official Draw". YouTube. 15 November 2018.
3. "Champions League knockout fixtures confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2019.
4. "OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2019 QUARTER-FINALS DRAW". YouTube. 5 March 2019.
5. "Quarter Finals kick-off times confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 March 2019.
6. "Semi Final double-header in Noumea". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 April 2019.
7. @OFCfootball (11 May 2019). "Awards | Fair Play Award: Auckland City FC, Golden Boot Award: Ross Allen, Team Wellington, Golden Gloves Award: Rocky Nyikeine, Golden Ball Award: Bertrand Kai, Hienghéne Sport" (Tweet). Retrieved 11 May 2019 – via Twitter.

External links

• OFC Champions League 2019, oceaniafootball.com
  • News > 2019 OFC Champions League Archived 2020-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

• 2019 OFC Champions League
• 2019 in OFC football
• OFC Champions League seasons
• International club association football competitions hosted by Vanuatu
• International club association football competitions hosted by Fiji
• International club association football competitions hosted by the Solomon Islands
• International club association football competitions hosted by New Caledonia