2001 Oceania Club Championship

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2001 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates9 – 22 January 2001
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored160 (5.52 per match)
Top scorer(s) Sasho Petrovski 13 goals
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The 2001 Oceania Club Championships was held in January 2001. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship; however that Club World Championship tournament was cancelled by FIFA. The competition was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, with all matches held at the Lloyd Robson Stadium. The tournament was won by Australian club Wollongong Wolves.

Contents

Participants

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Location of teams of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship.

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

Group stage

The eleven participants were placed in two groups, where each team played the other teams once. The group winners and second placed teams progressed to the semi-finals.

Group A

Results

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wollongong Wolves 5500380+3815
Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers 5311162+1410
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Laugu United 53111914+510
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Unitech 52031019−96
Flag of Fiji.svg Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5104717−103
Flag of Tonga.svg Lotoha'apai 5005442−380
Source: [ citation needed ]

Match schedule

Lotoha'apai 0–16 Wollongong Wolves
Foodtown Warriors Labasa 1–3 Laugu United
Unitech 0–2 Napier City Rovers
Pilcher Soccerball shade.svg12'
Akers Soccerball shade.svg34'

Group B

Results

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea FC 4400221+2112
Flag of French Polynesia.svg AS Vénus 4301187+119
Flag of Samoa.svg Titavi 4202511−66
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg Tupapa Maraerenga 4103321−183
Flag of American Samoa.svg PanSa East FC 400408−80
Source: [ citation needed ]

Match schedule

Vénus Awarded 2–0
(orig 1–1)		 PanSa
Concalves Soccerball shade.svg16'
Tafea 5–1 Titavi
Titavi 0–6 Vénus
PanSa Awarded 0–2
(orig 4–0)		 Tupapa
Tafea Awarded 2–0 PanSa
Vénus 10–1 Tupapa
Tupapa 0–9 Tafea
PanSa Awarded 0–2 Titavi
Titavi 2–0 Tupapa
Tafea 6–0 Vénus

Note: The OFC disciplinary committee ruled that 7 of PanSa's 18 players were not registered according to international transfer rules, some of which had been fielded in their first two matches. The first two matches were thus awarded 2–0 to the opposition, whilst PanSa were unable to field a team in the 3rd match (which was not played, and subsequently awarded 2–0 to Tafea). PanSa then withdrew from the competition, causing their fourth match to be awarded 2–0 to Titavi.

Knockout stage

Semi finals

The top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals.

Wollongong Wolves Flag of Australia (converted).svg 4–2 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Vénus
Report
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Referee: S Maidan Flag of Singapore.svg
Tafea Flag of Vanuatu.svg 4–2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers
Richard Iwai Soccerball shade.svg36', Soccerball shade.svg89'
Etienne Mermer Soccerball shade.svg60'
Haitong Soccerball shade.svg88'		 Report Chris McIvor Soccerball shade.svg45'
Rupert Ryan Soccerball shade.svg90'
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: S M Salle Flag of Malaysia.svg

Third Place Playoff

Vénus Flag of French Polynesia.svg 2–3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Napier City Rovers
Soren Jacobsen Soccerball shade.svg44'
Jacques Ilengo Soccerball shade.svg74'		 Report Rupert Ryan Soccerball shade.svg11'
Martin Akers Soccerball shade.svg23'
David Gearey Soccerball shade.svg86'
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Final

Wollongong Wolves Flag of Australia (converted).svg 1–0 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Tafea
Scott Chipperfield Soccerball shade.svg62' Report
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: ?

Champion

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2001 Winners
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Wollongong Wolves
First title

Wollongong Wolves are the 2001 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship. However, the Club World Championships were cancelled that year.

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