OFC Champions League 2016

OFC Champions League 2016
Cup winners	Auckland City FC (8th title)
Beginning	January 26, 2016
final	April 23, 2016
Final stadium	North Harbor Stadium , Auckland
Teams	12 (15 with qualification)
Games	21st
Gates	90  (ø 4.29 per game)
spectator	5,670  (ø 270 per game)
Top scorer	João Moreira (5 goals each)
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The OFC Champions League 2016 was the 15th edition of an oceanic championship competition for club teams in football. The qualification took place between January 26th and 30th, 2016 in the Cook Islands . The group stage began on April 8, 2016. The mode changes made for the OFC Champions League 2013/14 will be retained. The actual group stage with eleven clubs from the seven best-performing countries (two each from Fiji , New Caledonia , New Zealand and Papua New Guinea , and one each from the Solomon Islands , Tahiti and Vanuatu ) is a qualifying round with the champions from American Samoa , the Cook Islands , Samoa and Tonga upstream. These four teams played the twelfth participant in the group stage in a round-robin tournament everyone against everyone.

In the group stage, twelve teams in three groups of four played the semi-finals, for which the three group winners and the best runner-up qualified. The group stage took place in the form of a tournament in New Zealand in April 2016.

The Auckland City FC won the title for the sixth time in a row and the eighth time overall and qualified for the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Attendees

Nadi Suva magenta Loessi Auckland City (A) Team Wellington Hekari United Lae City FC Solomon Warriors Tefana Amicale Utulei Youth Tupapa (a) Kiwi FC Veitongo

Participation card of the OFC Champions League 2016. Participation in the group stage Participation in the qualification (A) Organizer of the group stage (a) Organizer of the qualification

country	society	Qualified by
Clubs in the group stage
Fiji	Nadi FC	Master of the National Football League 2015
	Suva FC	Runner-up in the National Football League 2015
New Caledonia	AS magenta	Champion of the Division d'Honneur 2014
	AS Lössi	Vice champion of the Division d'Honneur 2014
New Zealand	Auckland City FC	Winner of the ASB Premiership Final 2014/15. First of the ASB Premiership 2014/15 group stage
	Team Wellington	Second in the ASB Premiership 2014/15 group stage
Papua New Guinea	Lae City FC	Champion of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League 2015
	Hekari United FC	First of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League 2015 group stage
Solomon Islands	Solomon Warriors FC	Champion of the Telekom S-League 2015/16
Tahiti	AS Tefana	Champion of the Tahiti Ligue 1 2014/15
Vanuatu	Amicale FC	2014/15 TVL League champions
Clubs in qualification
American Samoa	Utulei Youth	Master of Ffas Senior League 2014
Cook Islands	Tupapa FC	2014 Cook Islands Round Cup champions
Samoa	Kiwi FC	Champion of the Samoa National League 2013/14
Tonga	Veitongo FC	Master of Tonga Major League 2015

qualification

The qualification phase took place January 26-30 , 2016 in Matavera ( CIFA Academy Field and Takitumu School ), Cook Islands . The draw was held on November 16, 2016 in Auckland , New Zealand. The four clubs played a round-robin tournament and the winner entered the group stage with the other eleven directly qualified participants .

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Kiwi FC	3	3	0	0	015: 400	+11	09
2.	Tupapa FC	3	2	0	1	017: 300	+14	06th
3.	Utulei Youth	3	1	0	2	006:170	−11	03
4th	Veitongo FC	3	0	0	3	003:170	−14	00

January 26, 2016
Utulei Youth	2: 6	Kiwi FC
Veitongo FC	0: 7	Tupapa FC
January 28, 2016
Utulei Youth	3: 2	Veitongo FC
Tupapa FC	1: 2	Kiwi FC
January 30, 2016
Kiwi FC	7: 1	Veitongo FC
Tupapa FC	9: 1	Utulei Youth

Group stage

The group stage took place in New Zealand between April 9 and 17, 2016 . The twelve clubs were divided into three groups of four teams each, with the restriction that clubs from the same country could not be drawn into the same group. In each group the teams played against each other once. The group winners and the best runner-up made it to the semifinals .

All games in the competition were played at North Harbor Stadium in North Shore City , Auckland .

Group A

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Auckland City FC	3	3	0	0	009: 200	+7	09
2.	Amicale FC	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Solomon Warriors FC	3	1	0	2	005:110	−6	03
4th	Lae City FC	3	0	0	3	005:100	−5	00

April 10, 2016
Auckland City FC	4-0	Solomon Warriors FC
Lae City Dwellers FC	0: 3	Amicale FC
April 13, 2016
Lae City Dwellers FC	1: 2	Auckland City FC
Amicale FC	03: 0 1	Solomon Warriors FC
17th April 2016
Solomon Warriors FC	5: 4	Lae City Dwellers FC
Auckland City FC	3: 1	Amicale FC

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¹The game originally ended 1-1. After it was discovered that Solomon Warriors FC had used a suspended player, the OFC scored the game 3-0 for Amicale FC.

Group B

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Team Wellington	3	3	0	0	008: 100	+7	09
2.	Hekari United FC	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	06th
3.	Suva FC	3	1	0	2	003: 600	−3	03
4th	AS Lössi	3	0	0	3	003:100	−7	00

April 9, 2016
Team Wellington	2-0	Suva FC
AS Lössi	1: 5	Hekari United FC
April 12, 2016
AS Lössi	1: 2	Team Wellington
Hekari United FC	3-0	Suva FC
April 16, 2016
Suva FC	3: 1	AS Lössi
Team Wellington	4-0	Hekari United FC

Group C

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS magenta	3	3	0	0	009: 200	+7	09
2.	AS Tefana	3	2	0	1	015: 500	+10	06th
3.	Nadi FC	3	1	0	2	005:120	−7	03
4th	Kiwi FC	3	0	0	3	003:130	−10	00

April 8, 2016
Nadi FC	1: 6	AS Tefana
Kiwi FC	0: 2	AS magenta
April 11, 2016
Kiwi FC	3: 4	Nadi FC
AS magenta	4: 2	AS Tefana
April 15, 2016
AS Tefana	7-0	Kiwi FC
Nadi FC	0: 3	AS magenta

Ranking of the runners-up

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Tefana	3	2	0	1	015: 500	+10	06th
2.	Amicale FC	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Hekari United FC	3	2	0	1	008: 500	+3	06th

Knockout phase

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on April 20, 2016 at the North Harbor Stadium in Auckland .

	Result
Auckland City FC	4: 2	AS Tefana
Team Wellington	2-0	AS magenta

final

Auckland City FC		Team Wellington
	April 23, 2016 at 7 p.m. ( NZL ) in Auckland ( North Harbor Stadium ) Result: 3: 0 (1: 0) Spectators: 1,500 Referee: Averii Jacques ( Tahiti )   Match report
	Diego Rivas Rego - Takuya Iwata , Ángel Berlanga , Darren White , Kim Dae-wook - Mario Bilen , Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi , Micah Leaʻalafa - Ryan De Vries , João Moreira (86th Emiliano Tade ), Clayton Lewis Trainer: Ramon Tribulietx ( Spain )	Scott Basalaj - Anthony Hobbs , Bill Robertson , Fergus Neil - Christopher Bale , Leonardo Villa , Mario Barcia (72nd Steven Gulley ), Alex Feneridis - Tom Jackson , Luis Corrales (88th Saul Halpin ), Ben Harris (89th Andrew Bevin ) Coach: Matt Calcott
	1-0 Micah Lea'alafa (2nd) 2-0 Clayton Lewis (67th) 3-0 Micah Lea'alafa (84th)
	Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi (51st), Mario Bilen (82nd)	Mario Barcia (25th), Alex Feneridis (36th), Anthony Hobbs (60th), Christopher Bale (90th)
		Alex Feneridis (83.)

Best goal scorers

Below are the top scorers of the OFC Champions League season (without qualification).

rank	player	club	Gates
1	João Moreira	Auckland City FC	5
2	Anish Khem	Nadi FC	4th
	Micah Lea'alafa	Auckland City FC	4th
4th	Georges Bearune	AS magenta	3
	Adam Dickinson	Amicale FC	3
	Tom Jackson	Team Wellington	3
	Tauhiti Keck	AS Tefana	3
	Clayton Lewis	Auckland City FC	3
	Temarii Tinorua	AS Tefana	3

Web links

• Results and Table of competition (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ OFC Champions League set for New Zealand. (No longer available online.) Oceania Football Confederation , October 28, 2015, archived from the original on November 25, 2015 ; accessed on November 28, 2015 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ OFC Champions League draw reveals all. Oceania Football Confederation , November 16, 2015, accessed on November 28, 2015 .