OFC Champions League 2019

OFC Champions League 2019
Cup winners	Hienghène Sport (1st title)
Beginning	January 26, 2019
final	May 11, 2019
Final stadium	Stade Numa-Daly , Nouméa
Teams	16 (18 with qualification)
Games	31
Gates	170  (ø 5.48 per game)
spectator	87,984  (ø 2,838 per game)
Top scorer	Ross Allen ( Team Wellington , 11 goals)
yellow cards	139  (ø 4.48 per game)
Yellow and red cards	4  (ø 0.13 per game)
Red cards	5  (ø 0.16 per game)
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The 2019 OFC Champions League was the 18th season of the most important oceanic competition for club teams in football . The season began with the qualification on January 26, 2019 and ended with the final on May 11, 2019. Defending champion Team Wellington from New Zealand was eliminated in the semifinals.

The winner for the first time was the club Hienghène Sport , who beat AS Magenta 1-0 in a purely New Caledonian final and thus qualified as a representative of the OFC for the FIFA Club World Cup 2019 in Qatar . The top scorer was the Englishman Ross Allen of Team Wellington with eleven goals.

qualification

The qualification draw took place in Auckland on November 13, 2018 . The four clubs played a round-robin tournament in Rarotonga on the Cook Islands from January 26th to February 1st, 2019 . All games were played at CIFA Academy Field .

The group first and second reached the group stage. The other two teams were eliminated.

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tupapa FC	3	3	0	0	010: 300	+7	09
2.	Kiwi FC	3	2	0	1	014: 800	+6	06th
3.	Lotoha'apai United	3	1	0	2	007:140	−7	03
4th	Pago Youth	3	0	0	3	005:110	−6	00

January 26, 2019
Pago Youth	1: 5	Lotoha'apai United
Tupapa FC	4: 1	Kiwi FC
29 January 2019
Kiwi FC	3: 2	Pago Youth
Tupapa FC	4: 1	Lotoha'apai United
1st February 2019
Lotoha'apai United	1: 9	Kiwi FC
Tupapa FC	2: 1	Pago Youth

Group stage

16 clubs from 9 regional associations took part in the group stage. 14 teams were directly qualified, plus 2 that were able to qualify via the round-robin tournament. The group draw took place on November 13, 2018 in Auckland . The teams were drawn into four groups with four participants each. Teams from the same national association could not be drawn into the same group.

The group winners and runners-up qualified for the quarter-finals, while those placed third and fourth were eliminated from the competition. If two or more teams were tied, the placement was determined by the following criteria.

1. Goal difference from all group matches
2. Number of goals in all group matches
3. Number of points in direct comparison
4. Goal difference in direct comparison
5. Number of goals in direct comparison

Group A

All games took place in the Stade Yoshida in Koné ( New Caledonia ).

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Hienghène Sport	3	2	1	0	007: 100	+6	07th
2.	Lae City FC	3	1	2	0	008: 600	+2	05
3.	AS Tefana	3	0	2	1	006: 700	−1	02
4th	Malampa Revivors	3	0	1	2	005:120	−7	01

February 10, 2019
Lae City Dwellers FC	3: 3	AS Tefana
Malampa Revivors	0: 5	Hienghène Sport
February 13, 2019
Malampa Revivors	2: 4	Lae City Dwellers FC
Hienghène Sport	1-0	AS Tefana
16th February 2019
AS Tefana	3: 3	Malampa Revivors
Hienghène Sport	1: 1	Lae City Dwellers FC

Group B

All games found in the Churchill Park in Lautoka ( Fiji instead).

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	AS Central Sport	3	2	1	0	012: 400	+8	07th
2.	Henderson Eels	3	2	0	1	015: 800	+7	06th
3.	Lautoka FC	3	1	1	1	012: 800	+4	04th
4th	Morobe Wawens	3	0	0	3	000:190	−19	00

February 10, 2019
AS Central Sport	3: 2	Henderson Eels
Morobe Wawens	0: 5	Lautoka FC
February 13, 2019
Morobe Wawens	0: 7	AS Central Sport
Lautoka FC	5: 6	Henderson Eels
16th February 2019
Henderson Eels	7-0	Morobe Wawens
Lautoka FC	2: 2	AS Central Sport

Group C

All games took place at the Korman Stadium in Port Vila ( Vanuatu ).

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Team Wellington	3	3	0	0	018: 000	+18	09
2.	Ba FC	3	1	1	1	006: 400	+2	04th
3.	Erakor Golden Star	3	1	1	1	003: 400	−1	04th
4th	Kiwi FC	3	0	0	3	001:200	−19	00

February 24, 2019
Team Wellington	2-0	Ba FC
Kiwi FC	0: 2	Erakor Golden Star
February 27, 2019
Kiwi FC	00:13	Team Wellington
Erakor Golden Star	1: 1	Ba FC
2nd March 2019
Ba FC	5: 1	Kiwi FC
Erakor Golden Star	0: 3	Team Wellington

Group D

All games found in Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara ( Solomon Islands instead).

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Auckland City FC	3	3	0	0	023: 100	+22	09
2.	AS magenta	3	2	0	1	014: 300	+11	06th
3.	Solomon Warriors FC	3	1	0	2	010:100	± 0	03
4th	Tupapa FC	3	0	0	3	002:350	−33	00

February 24, 2019
Auckland City FC	2: 1	AS magenta
Tupapa FC	01:10	Solomon Warriors FC
February 27, 2019
Tupapa FC	00:15	Auckland City FC
Solomon Warriors FC	0: 3	AS magenta
2nd March 2019
AS magenta	10: 10	Tupapa FC
Solomon Warriors FC	0: 6	Auckland City FC

Final round

Quarter finals

The draw took place on March 5, 2019. A group winner was drawn against a runner-up from another group, with the group winners having home rights. The games were played on April 6th and 7th, 2019.

	Result
AS Central Sport	0: 8	AS magenta
Auckland City FC	4-0	Lae City FC
Hienghène Sport	2: 1 a.d.	Ba FC
Team Wellington	6: 1	Henderson Eels

Semifinals

The games were played on April 28, 2019.

	Result
Hienghène Sport	2-0	Team Wellington
AS magenta	2: 1	Auckland City FC

final

The final took place on May 11, 2019.

	Result
AS magenta	0: 1	Hienghène Sport

Best goal scorers

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

rank	player	club	Gates
1	Ross Allen	Team Wellington	11
2	David Browne	Auckland City FC	6th
	Yorick Hnautra	AS magenta	6th
	Kevin Nemia	AS magenta	6th
5	Sylvain Graglia	AS Central Sport	5
	Micah Lea'alafa	Auckland City FC	5

Web links

• Official OFC Champions League website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Groups confirmed for Champions League . In: OceaniaFootball.com . 2019-27-02. Retrieved February 27, 2019.