2022 OFC Champions League

2022 OFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	4 June – 17 August 2022
Teams	14 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Auckland City (10th title)
Runners-up	Vénus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	47 (3.13 per match)
Attendance	2,340 (156 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Teaonui Tehau (4 goals)
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The 2022 OFC Champions League (officially known as OFC Champions League 2022 ^[1] ) was the 21st edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 16th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

In the final, Auckland City defeated Vénus 3–0 for their tenth title. Hienghène Sport, having won the title in 2019, were the title holders, since the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to border closures throughout the Pacific caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the titles were not awarded, but were eliminated by Vénus in the semi-finals. ^{[2] [3]}

Teams

A total of 14 teams from 8 OFC member associations are eligible to enter the competition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the competition was changed, with all teams entering a qualifying stage consisting of a qualifying tournament and national play-offs, in order to keep travel to a minimum: ^[4]

• The six developed associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded two berths each in the national play-offs, which are either played in a two-legged format or as a single match in their own country between the two teams from each association, with the six winners advancing to the final tournament.
• As the qualifying stages were cancelled due to travel restrictions and logistic challenges, OFC nominated Nikao Sokattak (Cook Islands) based on previous results. ^[5]

Teams from developed associations, eligible to enter the national play-offs

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Fiji	Lautoka	2021 Fiji Premier League champions
	Rewa	2021 Fiji Premier League runners-up
New Caledonia	Hienghène Sport	2021 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions
	Ne Drehu	2021 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up
Papua New Guinea	Lae City	2021 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champions
	Hekari United	2021 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up
Solomon Islands	Central Coast	2021 Solomon Islands S-League champions
	Solomon Warriors	2021 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up
Tahiti	Pirae	2020–21 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
	Vénus	2020–21 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Vanuatu	Galaxy	2021 VFF National Super League champions
	RueRue	2021 VFF National Super League runners-up

Teams from developed association, receiving a bye to the group stage

Association	Team	Qualifying method
New Zealand	Auckland City	2020–21 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premiers

Teams from developing association, receiving a bye to the group stage

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Cook Islands	Nikao Sokattak	2021 Cook Islands Round Cup champions

Schedule

On 4 March 2021, the OFC announced that the qualifying stage, which would have been played in Tonga between 16 and 22 October 2021, had been postponed to early 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ^{[6] [7]} On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament would be moved from its traditional slot at the beginning of the year to August, and a revised format for the event would be presented at the next OFC Executive Committee meeting. ^[3] On 8 October 2021, the OFC announced the new format of the competition. ^[4]

Qualifying stage

National playoffs

On 13 May 2022, OFC announced that 6 sets of national playoffs would take place to determine which side from those nations would take part in this year's Champions League. New Zealand Football announced that they had nominated Auckland City as their sole participant taking part in the competition. ^[8]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ne Drehu	3–4	Hienghène Sport	2–2	1–2
Lautoka	1–5	Rewa	1–1	0–4
RueRue	0–5	Galaxy	0–0	0–5
Solomon Warriors	3–3 (2–4 p)	Central Coast	1–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)
Lae City	2–1	Hekari United
Pirae	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Vénus

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)

15:00 (UTC+11:00)

Ne Drehu	2–2	Hienghène Sport
Wamowe 23' (pen.) Hace 71'	Report	Béaruné 88' Athale 90+4' (pen.)

Stade Yoshida, Koné

Attendance: 308

Referee: Johnny Reboul (New Caledonia)

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)

15:00 (UTC+11:00)

Hienghène Sport	2–1	Ne Drehu
B. Kaï 22', 90+2'	Report	Hmaen 25'

Stade Numa-Daly, Nouméa

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

Hienghène Sport won 4–3 on aggregate.

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14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

20:00 (UTC−10:00)

Pirae	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Vénus
	Report	R. Tehau 111'

Stade Pater, Papeete

Attendance: 688

Referee: Teremoana Roihau (Tahiti)

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17 June 2022 (2022-06-17)

19:30 (UTC+12:00)

Lautoka	1–1	Rewa
Nalaubu 75'	Report	Matarerega 59'

Churchill Park, Lautoka

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)

19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)

15:00 (UTC+12:00)

Rewa	4–0	Lautoka
Matarerega 25', 51' Worworbu 37' Nabenia 81'	Report

ANZ Stadium, Suva

Attendance: 800

Referee: Kavitesh Behari (Fiji)

Rewa won 5–1 on aggregate.

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18 June 2022 (2022-06-18)

14:00 (UTC+11:00)

RueRue	0–0	Galaxy
	Report

Luganville Soccer City Stadium, Luganville

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)

25 June 2022 (2022-06-25)

14:00 (UTC+11:00)

Galaxy	5–0	RueRue
Wilson 45' Batick 54' Tangis 73', 84' Kalo 79'	Report

Korman Stadium, Port Vila

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)

Galaxy won 5–0 on aggregate.

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19 June 2022 (2022-06-19)

15:00 (UTC+11:00)

Solomon Warriors	1–1	Central Coast
Alick 36'	Report	Fordney 76'

Lawson Tama Stadium

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)

25 June 2022 (2022-06-25)

15:00 (UTC+11:00)

Central Coast	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Solomon Warriors
Fafale 86', 120+1'	Report	Molea 2' Hou 96'
Penalties
Otainao Oreinima Bala Supa	4–2	Gagame Alick Molea Feni

Lawson Tama Stadium

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

3–3 on aggregate. Central Coast won 4–2 on penalties

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25 June 2022 (2022-06-25)

15:00 (UTC+10:00)

Lae City	2–1	Hekari United
David 87', 90'	Report	Simon 45'

PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Group stage

Main article: 2022 OFC Champions League group stage

Rewa

Hienghène Sport

Auckland City

Lae City

Central Coast

Vénus

Galaxy

Nikao Sokattack

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Location of teams of the 2022 OFC Champions League group stage.
Red: Group A; Blue: Group B

The group stage was held in Auckland, New Zealand on 4-11 August 2022. ^[9] The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue, Ngahue Reserve, Auckland. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.

All of the qualified teams for the group stage are as follows:

• Auckland City
• Nikao Sokattak
• Rewa
• Hienghène Sport
• Vénus
• Galaxy
• Central Coast
• Lae City

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VEN	CCO	GAL	LAE
1	Vénus	3	2	0	1	4	1	+3	6	Knockout stage		—	—	0–1	1–0
2	Central Coast	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6			0–3	—	3–1	—
3	Galaxy	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4			—	—	—	2–2
4	Lae City	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1			—	2–3	—	—

Source: OFC

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		AUC	HIE	REW	NIK
1	Auckland City (H)	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Knockout stage		—	5−0	—	—
2	Hienghène Sport	3	2	0	1	3	5	−2	6			—	—	2–0	—
3	Rewa	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3			0–3	—	—	3–1
4	Nikao Sokattack	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0			1–4	0–1	—	—

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

Main article: 2022 OFC 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 Ngahue Reserve .

Bracket

The bracket was determined as follows:

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 August 2022
	Vénus	4
					17 August 2022
	Hienghène Sport	0
					Vénus	0
	14 August 2022
					Auckland City	3
	Auckland City	2
	Central Coast	0

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vénus	4–0	Hienghène Sport
Auckland City	2–0	Central Coast

Final

Main article: 2022 OFC Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other. The final will be played on 17 August 2022.

17 August 2022 (2022-08-17)

14:00  UTC+12

Vénus	0–3	Auckland City
	Report	Howieson 13' (pen.) Garriga 29' Tade 88'

Ngahue Reserve, Auckland

Attendance: 400

Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)

Statistics

Statistics exclude national play-off rounds.

Top goalscorers

Rank [10]	Player	Team	Goals
1	Teaonui Tehau	Vénus	4
2	Clifford Fafale	Central Coast	3
	Gerard Garriga	Auckland City
	Cameron Howieson	Auckland City
5	Jonathan Allen	Lae City	2
	Junior Fordney	Central Coast
	Mario Ilich	Auckland City
	Tauhiti Keck	Vénus
	Dylan Manickum	Auckland City
	Adam Mitchell	Auckland City
	Fonzy Ranchain	Hienghène Sport
	Emiliano Tade	Auckland City
	Kensi Tangis	Galaxy
	Abbu Zahid	Rewa
15	12 players		1

References

1. "Everything you need to know: OFC Champions League 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 3 August 2022.
2. "OFC Champions League 2020 cancelled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 September 2020.
3. "OFC competitions calendar rescheduled". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 June 2021.
4. "OFC competitions schedule update for 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2021.
5. "OCL Qualifying Stage cancelled, Nikao Sokattak FC nominated for finals stage". Oceania Football Confederation. 7 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
6. "OFC confirms schedule changes". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2021.
7. "OFC Competitions 2021 Calendar (updated 4/06/2021)" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 4 June 2021.
8. "Next stage unveiled in battle for Oceania club supremacy". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
9. "Draw for OFC Champions League 2022 group stage set". Oceania Football Confederation. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
10. "OFC Champions League 2022". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 17 August 2022.

External links

• News > OFC Champions League Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine , oceaniafootball.com