1987 Oceania Club Championship

1987 Oceania Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	6–15 March 1987
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Adelaide City (1st title)
Runners-up	Mount Wellington
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Goals scored	45 (5 per match)
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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. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Teams

Adelaide City

Ba

Saint-Louis

Mount Wellington

Guria

Koror

Rangers Honiara

AS Jeunes Tahitiens

Tafea

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Location of teams of the 1987 Oceania Club Championship.

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	1987 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Palau	Koror
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

Tournament

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Qualifying final

Elimination final

Final

15 March — Adelaide

Adelaide City (p)

1 (4)

Mount Wellington

1 (1)

12 March

Mount Wellington

6

6 March

Ba

1

Third place qualifying play-off

Rangers Honiara

2

8 March

10 March

Guria

0

Rangers Honiara (p)

2 (4)

CA Saint-Louis

4

6 March

CA Saint-Louis

2 (2)

Tafea

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

Tafea

6

Koror

2

Final

15 March 1987

Adelaide City	1–1	Mount Wellington
Mullen 15'	Report	Whiteveen 20'
Penalties
	4–1

Hindmarsh Stadium , Adelaide

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)

Adelaide City

Mount Wellington

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

References

1. "Oceania (Qantas Pacific) Champions' Cup 1987". rsssf.org. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 6 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
2. "▶️ YouTube video: Adelaide City v Mount Wellington, 1987 Oceania Champions Cup final". youtube.com. YouTube – published by user Luca Cetta. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
3. "O-League and OFC Club Championship all champions (1987 until 2011)". web.archive.org/. Wayback Machine. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2025.