2025 OFC Champions League

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2025 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host country Fiji (final tournament)
DatesQualifying:
8–14 February
Competition proper:
TBC [1]
TeamsCompetition proper: 8
Total: 18 (from 11 associations)
2024
2026

The 2025 OFC Champions League will be the 24th edition of the Oceanian club championship. Organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), it is Oceania's premier club football tournament. The 2025 edition of the tournament will be the 19th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

Contents

The winners of the 2025 OFC Champions League will automatically qualify for the 2025 FIFA Intercontinental Cup and the 2029 FIFA Club World Cup.

Teams

OFC laea location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Honiara
Location of teams of the 2025 OFC Champions League.
Red pog.svg Teams entering the National playoffs
Blue pog.svg Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host

A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.

Teams entering the National playoffs
AssociationTeamQualifying method
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
(2 berths)
Rewa 2024 Fiji Premier League champions
Labasa 2024 Fiji Premier League runners-up
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia
(1 berths)
AS Tiga Sport Canceled 2024 New Caledonia Super Ligue [Note NCL]
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
(2 berths)
(New Zealand 1) 2024 New Zealand National League grand final champions
(New Zealand 2) 2024 New Zealand National League grand final runners-up
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
(2 berths)
(Papua New Guinea 1) 2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League champions
Hekari United [Note PNG] 2024 Papua New Guinea Premier Soccer League premiers
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
(2 berths)
Central Coast 2024 Solomon Islands S-League champions
Solomon Warriors 2024 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti
(2 berths)
AS Tefana 2023–24 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
AS Pirae 2023–24 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
(2 berths)
Ifira Black Bird 2024 VFF Champions League grand final champions
Classic Kapalpal 2024 VFF Champions League grand final runners-up
Teams entering the qualifying stage
AssociationTeamQualifying method
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa (American Samoa 1) 2024 FFAS Senior League champions
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 2024 Cook Islands Round Cup champions
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Vaivase-Tai FC 2024 Samoa National League champions
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga (Tonga 1) 2024 Tonga Major League champions
Notes
  1. New Caledonia (NCL): OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE - OFFICIEL FCF
  2. Papua New Guinea (PNG): Hekari United is already assured of a slot as they won the minor premiership, but they may still qualify as the Premier Soccer League champions. [2]

Schedule

Schedule for 2025 OFC Champions League
PhaseRoundDraw dateFirst legSecond leg
Qualifying stagePreliminary group (Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands)TBC8 February
February
14 February
National Play-offTBCTBC
Group stage [1] Matchday 1TBC
Matchday 2TBC
Matchday 3TBC
Knockout phaseSemi-finalsTBC
FinalTBC

Qualifying stage

Preliminary group

The four teams in the qualifying stage will play each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue (in Cook Islands). The winners will advance to the group stage to join the seven winners from the national playoffs. [1]

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationASACOKSAMTGA
1 Flag of American Samoa.svg (American Samoa 1)00000000 Group stage Feb Feb
2 Flag of the Cook Islands.svg (Cook Islands 1)(H)00000000 Feb
3 Flag of Samoa.svg (Samoa 1)00000000 Feb
4 Flag of Tonga.svg (Tonga 1)00000000 Feb Feb
First match(es) will be played: 8 February 2025. Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Hosts

National play-offs

Seven sets of national playoffs will take place to determine which side from those nations will take part in this year's Champions League.

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Labasa   Flag of Fiji.svg Flag of Fiji.svg   Rewa TBC TBC
(New Zealand 2)  Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg  (New Zealand 1) TBC TBC
Hekari United   Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg   Gulf Komara TBC TBC
Solomon Warriors   Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg   Central Coast TBC TBC
Pirae   Flag of French Polynesia.svg Flag of French Polynesia.svg   Tefana TBC TBC
Classic Kapalpal   Flag of Vanuatu.svg Flag of Vanuatu.svg   Ifira Black Bird TBC TBC

Group stage

The group stage matches will take place in Fiji at the end of March to mid-April 2025. [1]

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