2024 OFC Men's Champions League

2024 OFC Men's Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti (final tournament)
Dates	Qualifying: 8 February – 16 March Competition proper: 11–24 May[1]
Teams	Competition proper: 8 Total: 18 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (12th title)
Runners-up	Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	62 (4.13 per match)
Attendance	3,491 (233 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Germain Haewegene (5 goals) (AS Magenta)
Best player(s)	Liam Gillion (Auckland City FC)
Best goalkeeper	Conor Tracey (Auckland City FC)
Fair play award	Auckland City FC
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The 2024 OFC Men's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the Oceanian club championship. Organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), it is Oceania's premier club football tournament. The 2024 edition of the tournament was the 18th season under the current OFC Men's Champions League name.

The tournament winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. By winning the 2022 OFC Champions League and the 2023 OFC Champions League, Auckland City earned the right to play at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States before even playing the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.[2]

Teams

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

• Seven associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the group stage, after playing a national playoff between the top-two clubs in their league.
• Four associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners advancing to the group stage.

Lautoka

Rewa

Auckland City

Wellington Olympic

Port Moresby

Honiara

Port Moresby teams:
Hekari United
Southern Strikers

Honiara teams:
Solomon Warriors
Central Coast

Nouméa teams
AS Magenta
ASC Gaïca

Nouméa

Pirae

AS Tefana

Ifira Black Bird

Classic FC

Vaiala Tongan

Tupapa Maraerenga

Vaivase-Tai

Veitongo (h)

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Location of teams of the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.
Teams entering the National playoffs
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host

Teams entering the National playoffs

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Fiji (2 berths)	Lautoka	2023 Fiji Premier League champions
	Rewa	2023 Fiji Premier League runners-up
New Caledonia (2 berths)	AS Magenta	2023 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions
	ASC Gaïca	2023 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up
New Zealand (2 berths)	Wellington Olympic	2023 New Zealand National League grand final champions
	Auckland City	2023 New Zealand National League grand final runners-up
Papua New Guinea (2 berths)	Hekari United	2023 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champions
	Southern Strikers	2023 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up
Solomon Islands (2 berths)	Solomon Warriors	2023 Telekom S-League champions
	Central Coast	2023 Telekom S-League runners-up
Tahiti (2 berths)	AS Tefana	2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
	AS Pirae	2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Vanuatu (2 berths)	Ifira Black Bird	2023 VFF Champions League grand final champions
	Classic FC	2023 VFF Champions League grand final runners-up

Teams entering the qualifying stage

Association	Team	Qualifying method
American Samoa (1 berth)	Vaiala Tongan	2023 FFAS Senior League seventh place
Cook Islands (1 berth)	Tupapa Maraerenga	2023 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Samoa (1 berth)	Vaivase-Tai	2023 Samoa National League third place
Tonga (1 berth)	Veitongo	2023 Tonga Major League champion

Schedule

Schedule for 2024 OFC Men's Champions League

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying stage	Preliminary group ( Tonga)	17 January	17 February
			20 February
			23 February
	National Play-off		8 February – 12 March	11 February – 16 March
Group stage[3]	Matchday 1		11–12 & 20 May
	Matchday 2		14–16 May
	Matchday 3		17–18 May
Knockout phase	Semi-finals		22 May
	Final		24 May

Qualifying stage

Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Champions League qualifying stage

Preliminary group

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 17 January 2024 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5] The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue (in Nuku'alofa, Tonga). The winners advanced to the group stage to join the seven winners from the national playoffs.[4]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VPN	TUP	VEI	RYP
1	Vaivase-Tai FC	3	2	1	0	18	0	+18	7	Advance to Group stage		—	4–0	—	—
2	Tupapa Maraerenga	3	2	0	1	17	6	+11	6			—	—	3–2	14–0
3	Veitongo (H)	3	1	1	1	15	3	+12	4			0–0	—	—	13–0
4	Vaiala Tongan	3	0	0	3	0	41	−41	0			0–14	—	—	—

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

National play-offs

Seven sets of national playoffs took place to determine which side from those nations would take part in this year's Champions League.[5]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rewa	3–2	Lautoka	0–0	3–2 (a.e.t.)
ASC Gaïca	1–2	AS Magenta	1–2	0–0
Auckland City	4–3	Wellington Olympic	1–0	3–3
Port Moresby Strikers	0–5	Hekari United	0–2	0–3
Central Coast	1–2	Solomon Warriors	0–1	1–1
Pirae	2–2 (6–5 p)	Tefana	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Classic	2–3	Ifira Black Bird	1–2	1–1

Final tournament

Qualified teams

Teams qualified from the National playoff[a]	Teams qualified from the qualifying round
Rewa AS Magenta Auckland City Hekari United Solomon Warriors Pirae Ifira Black Bird	Vaivase-Tai FC[b]

Seeding

Draw result

Group A Pos Team A1 Solomon Warriors A2 Hekari United A3 Rewa A4 Auckland City

Group B Pos Team B1 Pirae B2 Vaivase-Tai FC B3 Ifira Black Bird B4 AS Magenta

Venues

Final tournament venues being played in Tahiti in two host cities in Papeete and Pāʻea.

Tahiti
Pirae	Pāʻea
Stade Pater Te Hono Nui	Stade Paea
Capacity: 11,700	Capacity: 10,000
Pirae Pāʻea

Group stage

Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Champions League group stage

The group stage matches took place in Tahiti between 11 and 20 May 2024.[3][6]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AUC	REW	HEK	SOL
1	Auckland City	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	1–0	5–0
2	Rewa	3	2	1	0	8	6	+2	7			2–2	—	—	—
3	Hekari United	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3			—	2–3	—	—
4	Solomon Warriors	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0			—	2–3	0–2	—

Source: OFC

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PIR	MAG	IFI	VPN
1	Pirae (H)	3	2	1	0	11	1	+10	7	Advance to Knockout stage		—	—	5–1	6–0
2	AS Magenta	3	2	1	0	10	1	+9	7			0–0	—	—	8–0
3	Ifira Black Bird	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3			—	1–2	—	—
4	Vaivase-Tai FC	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0			—	—	1–5	—

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Champions League knockout stage

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

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 May 2024
	Auckland City	1
					24 May 2024
	AS Magenta	0
					Auckland City	4
	22 May 2024
					Pirae	0
	Pirae (a.e.t.)	4
	Rewa	2

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Auckland City	1–0	AS Magenta
Pirae	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Rewa

Final

Main article: 2024 OFC Men's Champions League final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final was played on 24 May 2024.

24 May 2024 (2024-05-24)

18:00 UTC−10

Auckland City	4–0	Pirae
den Heijer 6' Gillion 30' Ukich 48' Gray 59'	Report

Stade Pater, Pirae

Attendance: 819

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Preliminary stage

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lee Harmon	Tupapa Maraerenga	7
2	Dilo Tumua	Vaivase-Tai FC	6
3	Elias Kendler	Veitongo	5
4	Dylan Connolly	Tupapa Maraerenga	4
	Falaniko Nanumea	Vaivase-Tai FC
	Vaa Taualai	Vaivase-Tai FC
7	Sione Uhatahi	Veitongo	3

Awards

Award	Winner	Team
Golden Ball	Liam Gillion	Auckland City FC
Golden Boot	Germain Haewegene	AS Magenta
Golden Glove	Conor Tracey	Auckland City FC
Fair Play Award	—	Auckland City FC

Qualification to 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

On 17 December 2023 FIFA confirmed the sporting criteria for the four-year ranking used to determine the OFC representative in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, awarding 3 points for a win, one point for a draw, and three points for "advanced phase" in the Confederations primary club competition. On the same day, FIFA confirmed Auckland City as the OFC representative.[7] As champions of the previous two iterations of the OFC Champions League, there was no mathematical possibility for Auckland City to be overtaken by another club during the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.

The four-year rankings is as follows:[8]

Qualification for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Rank	Club	TP	CP	MP
1	Auckland City	66	27	39
2	AS Pirae	31	15	16
3	Rewa	20	9	11
4	AS Vénus	18	9	9
5	Suva	17	9	8
	Ifira Black Bird	17	9	8
7	AS Magenta	13	6	7
8	Central Coast	12	6	6
	Hienghène Sport	12	6	6
	Hekari United	12	6	6
11	Solomon Warriors	9	6	3
12	Galaxy	7	3	4
13	Tiga Sport	6	3	3
14	Lae City	4	3	1
15	Vaivase-Tai	3	3	0
	Nikao Sokattak	3	3	0
	Lupe o le Soaga SC	3	3	0

Notes

1. The identity of the National playoff winners was not known at the time of the final draw
2. The identity of the qualifying winners was not known at the time of the final draw

See also

• 2024 OFC Women's Champions League

References

1. "Oceania football confirms key venues, dates for 2024 competitions". Radio New Zealand. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
2. "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
3. "FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS CAUSE FURTHER SCHEDULE CHANGES AT OFC MEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
4. "Draw Confirmed For OFC Men's Champions League 2024 And OFC Men's Champions League 2024 – Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.
5. "OFC Men's Champions League 2024 – Qualifying Draw". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.
6. "OFC Competition Calendars Confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
7. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/fifa-club-world-cup/articles/fifa-council-confirms-key-details-club-world-cup-2025
8. "FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Confederations ranking".

External links

• Competition Regulation (Archived)