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2024 OFC Champions League

The 2024 OFC Champions League was the 23rd edition of the Oceanian club championship. Organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), it is Oceania's premier club football tournament. The 2024 edition of the tournament was the 18th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

The tournament winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. By winning the 2022 OFC Champions League and the 2023 OFC Champions League, Auckland City earned the right to play at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States before even playing the 2024 OFC Champions League.[2]

Teams

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

2024 OFC Champions League is located in Oceania
Lautoka
Rewa
Rewa
Auckland City
Wellington Olympic
Port Moresby
Port Moresby
Honiara
Honiara
Port Moresby teams: Hekari United Southern Strikers Honiara teams: Solomon Warriors Central Coast Nouméa teams AS Magenta ASC Gaïca
Nouméa
Nouméa
Pirae
AS Tefana
Ifira Black Bird
Classic FC
Classic FC
Vaiala Tongan
Tupapa Maraerenga
Vaivase-Tai
Veitongo (h)
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Location of teams of the 2024 OFC Champions League.
Teams entering the National playoffs
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host

Schedule

Qualifying stage

Preliminary group

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 17 January 2024 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[4][5]The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue (in Nuku'alofa, Tonga). The winners advanced to the group stage to join the seven winners from the national playoffs.[4]

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

National play-offs

Seven sets of national playoffs took place to determine which side from those nations would take part in this year's Champions League.[5]

Group stage

The group stage matches took place in Tahiti between 11 and 20 May 2024.[3][6]

Group A

Source: OFC

Group B

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

Knockout stage

The four teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match at Stade Pater.

Bracket

Semi-finals

Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final was played on 24 May 2024.

Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 819
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Statistics

Top goalscorers


Awards

Qualification to 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

On 17 December 2023 FIFA confirmed the sporting criteria for the four-year ranking used to determine the OFC representative in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, awarding 3 points for a win, one point for a draw, and three points for "advanced phase" in the Confederations primary club competition. On the same day, FIFA confirmed Auckland City as the OFC representative.[7] As champions of the previous two iterations of the OFC Champions League, there was no mathematical possibility for Auckland City to be overtaken by another club during the 2024 OFC Champions League.

The four-year rankings is as follows:[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oceania football confirms key venues, dates for 2024 competitions". Radio New Zealand. 4 December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ "FIFA Council confirms key details for FIFA Club World Cup 2025". FIFA. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b "FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS CAUSE FURTHER SCHEDULE CHANGES AT OFC MEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Draw Confirmed For OFC Men's Champions League 2024 And OFC Men's Champions League 2024 – Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.
  5. ^ a b "OFC Men's Champions League 2024 – Qualifying Draw". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.
  6. ^ "OFC Competition Calendars Confirmed for 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. December 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  7. ^ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/fifa-club-world-cup/articles/fifa-council-confirms-key-details-club-world-cup-2025
  8. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup 2025 Confederations ranking".

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