2023 OFC Women's Champions League

2023 OFC Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates1–10 June 2023[1]
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Caledonia AS Academy (1st title)
Runners-upPapua New Guinea Hekari United
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored44 (4.4 per match)
Attendance18,132 (1,813 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Marie Kaipu (9 goals)
Best player(s)New Caledonia Edsy Matao
Best goalkeeperSolomon Islands Sylvester Maenu’u
Fair play awardPapua New Guinea Hekari United
2024 →

The 2023 OFC Champions League was the inaugural edition of the OFC Women's Champions League, Oceania's premier women's club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

AS Academy won the first ever edition of the tournament after winning all four of their matches.[2][3][4]

Teams

A total of 6 teams from 6 (out of 11)OFC member associations entered the competition.

class=notpageimage|
Location of teams of the 2023 OFC Women's Champions League.
Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji Fiji Labasa 2022 Fiji Women's Super League champions
New Caledonia New Caledonia AS Academy 2022 National Championship champions
New Zealand New Zealand Eastern Suburbs[5] 2022 New Zealand Women's National League grand final champions
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2021–22 Papua New Guinea Women's National Soccer League champions
Samoa Samoa Kiwi 2022 FFS Women's National League champions
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Koloale 2022 Women's Premier League champions

Associations that did not enter a team

Group stage

Originally the six teams were to be split into two groups of three with the two group winners advancing to the final. Eastern Suburbs withdrew after the draw, citing concerns about costs, timing and security.[5] The five remaining teams played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue in Papua New Guinea.[6][7]

The draw of the original group stage was announced by the OFC on 4 May 2023.[8][9] The 6 teams were drawn into two groups of three.

All times were local, PGT (UTC+10).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ASA HEK KOL LAB KIW
1 New Caledonia AS Academy (C) 4 4 0 0 15 3 +12 12 — — — 4–1 5–0
2 Papua New Guinea Hekari United (H) 4 3 0 1 17 2 +15 9 1–2 — — 2–0 —
3 Solomon Islands Koloale 4 2 0 2 4 10 −6 6 1–4 0–5 — — —
4 Fiji Labasa 4 1 0 3 7 7 0 3 — — 0–1 — 6–0
5 Samoa Kiwi 4 0 0 4 1 22 −21 0 — 0–9 1–2 — —
Source: OFC
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Labasa Fiji6–0Samoa Kiwi
 Report
Attendance: 1,232
Hekari United Papua New Guinea1–2New Caledonia AS Academy
 Report
Attendance: 874
Labasa Fiji0–1Solomon Islands Koloale
Report
Attendance: 1,921
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Kiwi Samoa0–9Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Report
Attendance: 1,921
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Kiwi Samoa1–2Solomon Islands Koloale
 Report
Attendance: 1,100
AS Academy New Caledonia4–1Fiji Labasa
 Report
Attendance: 1,100
AS Academy New Caledonia5–0Samoa Kiwi
 Report
Attendance: 2,325
Koloale Solomon Islands0–5Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Report
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Koloale Solomon Islands1–4New Caledonia AS Academy
 Report
Attendance: 2,667
Hekari United Papua New Guinea2–0Fiji Labasa
 Report
Attendance: 2,667

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank[10] Player Team Goals
1 Papua New Guinea Marie Kaipu Papua New Guinea Hekari United 9
2 New Caledonia Christelle Wahnawe New Caledonia AS Academy 6
3 New Caledonia Alice Wenessia New Caledonia AS Academy 4
4 Fiji Unaisi Tuberi Fiji Labasa 3
5 Papua New Guinea Nenny Elipas Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2
Fiji Stella Naivalulevu Fiji Labasa
7 12 players 1

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11][12]

Award Player Team
Golden Ball New Caledonia Edsy Matao New Caledonia AS Academy
Golden Boot Papua New Guinea Marie Kaipu Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Golden Glove Solomon Islands Sylvester Maenu’u Solomon Islands Koloale
Fair Play Award — Papua New Guinea Hekari United

See also

References

  1. ^ "OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESCHEDULED". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "AS Academy Feminine's glorious journey in 2023 OFC Women's Champions League". FIFA.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ "AS Academy Féminine fight back to win inaugural OFC Women's Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Academy Féminine win inaugural OFC Women's Champions League". FootballOceania.com. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Eastern Suburbs pull out of inaugural OFC Women's Champions League". friendsoffootballnz.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. ^ "OFC Competitions 2023 Calendar confirmed 1/01/2023" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ^ "OFC Women's Champions League has new dates set". Oceania Football Center. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ "WATCH: OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2023 DRAW COMPLETED". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Eastern Suburbs to face sides from PNG and Solomon Islands in tournament". friendsoffootballnz.com. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  10. ^ "OFC Women's Champions League 2023". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Inaugural OFC Women's Champions League draws praise from FIFA". friendsoffootballnz.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Football: Fifa delighted with first women's Champions League". New Zealand Herald. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via Radio New Zealand.