2024 OFC Champions League group stage

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The 2024 OFC Champions League group stage was played from 11 to 20 May 2024. [1] [2] A total of 8 teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2024 OFC Champions League. [3]

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Draw

The draw of the group stage took place at OFC Home of Football in Auckland, New Zealand on 17 January 2024. [4] [5] The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four. None of the teams were known at the time of the draw.

National playoff winnersPreliminary group winner

Format

The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at two centralised venues in Tahiti. [1] The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.

Schedule

Originally, each group was scheduled to host their matchdays on the same day, however flight cancellations for Ifira Black Bird meant the schedule was changed twice to accommodate all their matches. [2] [6] The final schedule for each matchday is shown below: [7]

MatchdayDatesMatches
Group AGroup B
Matchday 111 May 202412 and 20 May 2024Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 214 May 202415 and 16 May 2024Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 317 May 202418 May 2024Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3

Groups

Group A

All times are local, TAH (UTC-10).

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AUC REW HEK SOL
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 321082+67 Knockout stage 1–0 5–0
2 Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa 321086+27 2–2
3 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United 31024403 2–3
4 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Warriors 300321080 2–3 0–2
Source: OFC
Rewa Flag of Fiji.svg 2–2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City
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Report
Stade Paea
Attendance: 105
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
Solomon Warriors Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg 0–2 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Report
Stade Paea
Attendance: 150
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

Auckland City Flag of New Zealand.svg 1–0 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Hekari United
Report
Stade Paea
Attendance: 101
Referee: Tim Danaskos (Australia)
Solomon Warriors Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg 2–3 Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa
Report
Stade Paea
Attendance: 102
Referee: Lachlan Keevers (Australia)

Hekari United Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg 2–3 Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa
Report
Stade Paea
Attendance: 101
Referee: Tim Danaskos (Australia)
Auckland City Flag of New Zealand.svg 5–0 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Solomon Warriors
Report
Stade Paea
Attendance: 105
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

Group B

All times are local, TAH (UTC-10).

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification PIR MAG IFI VPN
1 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Pirae (H)3210111+107 Knockout stage 5–1 6–0
2 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg AS Magenta 3210101+97 0–0 8–0
3 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird 31027813 1–2
4 Flag of Samoa.svg Vaivase-Tai FC 3003119180 1–5
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Pirae Flag of French Polynesia.svg 6–0 Flag of Samoa.svg Vaivase-Tai FC
Report
Stade Pater
Attendance: 288
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Ifira Black Bird Flag of Vanuatu.svg 1–2 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg AS Magenta
Report
Stade Pater
Attendance: 178
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

AS Magenta New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg 8–0 Flag of Samoa.svg Vaivase-Tai FC
Report
Stade Pater
Attendance: 82
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Pirae Flag of French Polynesia.svg 5–1 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird
Report
Stade Pater
Attendance: 335
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

Vaivase-Tai FC Flag of Samoa.svg 1–5 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Ifira Black Bird
Report
Stade Pater
Attendance: 204
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
AS Magenta New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg 0–0 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Pirae
Report
Stade Pater
Attendance: 200
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)

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