2006 OFC Club Championship

2006 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates6 February – 21 May 2006
Teams11 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-upFrench Polynesia Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played22
Goals scored96 (4.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)Solomon Islands Benjamin Totori
(7 goals)
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2007 →

The 2006 OFC Club Championship was the 5th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the last tournament before it was rebranded as the OFC Champions League. The qualifying round was held at Govind Park in Ba, Fiji, from 6 February until 10 February 2006, with the main competition taking place at the North Harbour Stadium in Albany, New Zealand from 10 May until 21 May 2006.

The tournament was the first of its kind to not have a representative from Australia competing, due to the nation's migration to the Asian Football Confederation, meaning that Sydney FC could not defend their 2005 title and the winners of the competition would for the first time be from a nation outside of Australia.

Australia's departure from the OFC meant that qualification for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was under question – in March 2006 it was reported that the Oceania champions would have to play a preliminary match against the J. League champions for a place in the main competition. However, later that month, it was announced that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had been unable to get the necessary support for the new format and as a result Oceania retained direct entry to 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA reviewed the format the following year.[1]

The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat AS Pirae of Tahiti in the final.

Participants

Location of teams of the 2006 OFC Champions League.
Automatic entrants
Preliminary round entrants

The following teams entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
New Caledonia New Caledonia AS Magenta 2004–05 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
YoungHeart Manawatu 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Sobou FC 2005 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Makuru FC 2006 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
French Polynesia Tahiti AS Pirae 2004–05 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea FC 2005 Vanuatu National Super League champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa American Samoa PanSa[a] 2005 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak 2005 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji Fiji Nokia Eagles 2006 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
Samoa Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 2005 Samoa National League champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai United 2005 Tonga Major League champion
Notes
  1. ^ PanSa withdrew from the competition.

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held to determine the 8th and final participant in the final. The format was a group stage, with each team playing each other once. The winner of the group would qualify for the main draw.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Fiji Nokia Eagles 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7 Advance to group stage
2 Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3 Tonga Lotohaʻapai 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
4 Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: RSSSF
Nikao Sokattak Cook Islands1–2Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
  • Tisam 15'
 Report
Lotohaʻapai Tonga1–5Fiji Nokia Eagles
  • Vaihu 31'
 Report
Lotohaʻapai Tonga3–1Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak
  • Moala 54'
  • Makasini 61'
  • Uhatahi 67'
 Report
  • Willis 10'
Nokia Eagles Fiji2–1Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
 Report
Lotohaʻapai Tonga1–1Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
  • Uhatahi 85'
 Report
  • Esau 32'
Nokia Eagles Fiji0–0Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak
Report

Group stage

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progressed to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Zealand Auckland City 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 French Polynesia AS Pirae 3 2 0 1 17 2 +15 6
3 Solomon Islands Marist 3 1 0 2 9 14 −5 3
4 Papua New Guinea Sobou 3 0 0 3 1 21 −20 0
Source: RSSSF
Marist Solomon Islands1–10French Polynesia AS Pirae
  • Iniga 90+'
 Report
Auckland City New Zealand7–0Papua New Guinea Sobou
 Report
Auckland City New Zealand3–1Solomon Islands Marist
 Report
  • Misiga 68'
AS Pirae French Polynesia7–0Papua New Guinea Sobou
 Report
Sobou Papua New Guinea1–7Solomon Islands Marist
  • Wate 45+'
 Report
  • Samani 31', 37' (pen.), 43'
  • Iniga 45'
  • Wayne 54'
  • Wagiro 74'
  • Misiga 82'

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2 Fiji Nokia Eagles 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
3 Vanuatu Tafea 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
4 New Caledonia AS Magenta 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
Source: RSSSF
Nokia Eagles Fiji2–2New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu
  • Turuva 18' (pen.)
  • Namaqa 75'
 Report
Tafea Vanuatu0–4Fiji Nokia Eagles
Report
  • Namaqa 57'
  • Vakatalasu 79'
  • Hassan 83', 90'
Tafea Vanuatu3–3New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu
 Report

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 May – Auckland
 
 
New Zealand Auckland City9
 
21 May – Auckland
 
Fiji Nokia Eagles1
 
New Zealand Auckland City3
 
19 May – Auckland
 
French Polynesia AS Pirae1
 
New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu1
 
 
French Polynesia AS Pirae2
 
Third place play-off
 
 
21 May – Auckland
 
 
Fiji Nokia Eagles0
 
 
New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu4

Semi-finals

Auckland City New Zealand9–1Fiji Nokia Eagles
  • Sykes 37'
  • Seaman 52'
  • Jordan 55'
  • Young 61', 62'
  • Hayne 68'
  • Bunce 84'
  • Little 89', 90+'
 Report

Third place play-off

Nokia Eagles Fiji0–4New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu
Report

Final

The final was played on 21 May 2006 at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.[3]

Auckland City New Zealand3–1French Polynesia AS Pirae
 Report

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b Originally to set to take place at North Harbour Stadium's main pitch, it was relocated to Domain 3 of North Harbour Stadium, due to heavy rainfall.[2]
  2. ^ a b Originally set to play at North Harbour Stadium, the match was relocated to Bill McKinlay Park, due to heavy rainfall.[2]

References

  1. ^ Maddaford, Terry (31 March 2006). "Soccer: Oceania winner retains direct entry to club champs". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "OFC - WET WEATHER CONTINUES TO PLAGUE CLUB CHAMPS". 15 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006.
  3. ^ "OFC - AUCKLAND CITY CROWNED CLUB CHAMPS". 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006.
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