2001 OFC Club Championship

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2001 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates9–22 January 2001
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-up Tafea
Third place Napier City Rovers
Fourth place AS Vénus
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored160 (6.96 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sasho Petrovski (Wollongong Wolves)
13 goals
1999
2005

The 2001 OFC Club Championship was the third season of Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by OFC.

Contents

Wollongong Wolves defeated Tafea 1–0 in the final, which was played at Lloyd Robines Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. As winners, Wollongong Wolves qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was however cancelled.

South Melbourne were the defending champions, but did not qualify for the tournament.

Participants

A total of 11 teams from 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.

AssociationTeamQualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa PanSa 2000 ASFA Soccer League champion
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Wollongong Wolves 1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 2000 Fiji National Football League champion
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Napier City Rovers 2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Unitech 2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa Titavi 2000 Samoa National League champion
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Islands Laugu United 2000 Honiara FA League champion
Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti Vénus 1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga Lotoha'apai 2000 Tonga Club Championship champion
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu Tafea 2000 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Schedule

Schedule for 2001 OFC Club Championship
PhaseRoundDates
Group stageMatchday 19–10 January 2001
Matchday 211–12 January 2001
Matchday 313–14 January 2001
Matchday 415–16 January 2001
Matchday 517–18 January 2001
Knockout stageSemi-finals20 January 2001
Third place play-off22 January 2001
Final

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong Wolves 5500380+3815Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers 5311162+1410
3 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Laugu United 53111914+510
4 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Unitech 5203101996
5 Flag of Fiji.svg Foodtown Warriors 5104717103
6 Flag of Tonga.svg Lotohaʻapai 5005442380
Source: RSSSF

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea 4400221+2112Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Vénus 4301187+119
3 Flag of Samoa.svg Titavi 420251166
4 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa 4103321183
5 Flag of American Samoa.svg PanSa 40040880
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
20 January – Port Moresby
 
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong Wolves 4
 
22 January – Port Moresby
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Vénus 2
 
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong Wolves 1
 
20 January – Port Moresby
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea 0
 
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea 4
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers 2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
22 January – Port Moresby
 
 
Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Vénus 2
 
 
Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers 3

Semi-finals

Team 1 Score Team 2
Wollongong Wolves Flag of Australia (converted).svg 4–2 Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Vénus
Tafea Flag of Vanuatu.svg 4–2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers

Third place play-off

AS Vénus Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2–3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers
Report

Final

The final was played on 22 January 2001 at Lloyd Robson Stadium in Port Moresby.

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