2025 OFC Champions League group stage

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The 2025 OFC Champions League group stage will be played from 30 March to 12 April 2025. [1] A total of 8 teams will compete in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2025 OFC Champions League. After originally being planned to be hosted by Fiji, OFC announced Solomon Islands would instead host the tournament due to lack of available venues in Fiji. [2]

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Draw

The draw of the group stage took place at OFC Home of Football in Auckland, New Zealand on 11 December 2024. [3] [4] The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four. Not all teams were known at the time of the draw.

Direct qualfiersPreliminary group winner
  • TBD

Format

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

Schedule

MatchdayDatesMatches
Group AGroup B
Matchday 1TBCTBCTeam 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4
Matchday 2TBCTBCTeam 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2
Matchday 3TBCTBCTeam 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3

Groups

Group A

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification AUC TAH TIG REW
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Auckland City 00000000 Knockout stage TBD TBD
2 Flag of French Polynesia.svg Tahiti Representative00000000 TBD
3 New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg Tiga Sport 00000000 TBD
4 Flag of Fiji.svg Rewa 00000000 TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: March 2025. Source: OFC

Group B

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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualificationVANQUAPNG CEN
1 Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu Representative00000000 Knockout stage TBD TBD
2Flag of None.svg Qualifying winner00000000 TBD
3 Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea Representative00000000 TBD
4 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Central Coast (H)00000000 TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: March 2025. Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

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References

  1. 1 2 "OFC competition hosts confirmed for 2025". Oceania Football Confederation. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
  2. "Switch of venue for 2025 OFC Men's Champions League tournament". friendsoffootballnz.com. 5 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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  4. "Draw made for 2025 OFC Men's Champions League in Solomon Islands". friendsoffootballnz.com. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.