2024 OFC Champions League

2024 OFC Champions League

Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti (final tournament)
Dates	Qualifying: 8 February – 16 March Competition proper: 11 – 24 May[1]
Teams	Competition proper: 8 Total: 18 (from 11 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Goals scored	6 (3 per match)
Attendance	255 (128 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Josaia Sela (2 goals)
← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 11 May 2024.

The 2024 OFC Champions League will be 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 will be 18th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

The tournament winner will qualify 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.

• Seven associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the group stage, after playing a national playoff between the top-two clubs in their league.
• Four associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners advancing to the group stage.

Lautoka

Rewa

Auckland City

Wellington Olympic

Port Moresby

Honiara

Port Moresby teams:
Hekari United
Southern Strikers

Honiara teams:
Solomon Warriors
Central Coast

Nouméa teams
AS Magenta
ASC Gaïca

Nouméa

Pirae

AS Tefana

Ifira Black Bird

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

Teams entering the National playoffs

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Fiji (2 berths)	Lautoka	2023 Fiji Premier League champions
	Rewa	2023 Fiji Premier League runners-up
New Caledonia (2 berths)	AS Magenta	2023 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions
	ASC Gaïca	2023 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up
New Zealand (2 berths)	Wellington Olympic	2023 New Zealand National League grand final champions
	Auckland City	2023 New Zealand National League grand final runners-up
Papua New Guinea (2 berths)	Hekari United	2023 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champions
	Southern Strikers	2023 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up
Solomon Islands (2 berths)	Solomon Warriors	2023 Telekom S-League champions
	Central Coast	2023 Telekom S-League runners-up
Tahiti (2 berths)	AS Tefana	2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
	AS Pirae	2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Vanuatu (2 berths)	Ifira Black Bird	2023 VFF Champions League regular season premiers
	Classic FC	2023 VFF Champions League regular season runners-up

Teams entering the qualifying stage

Association	Team	Qualifying method
American Samoa	Vaiala Tongan	2023 FFAS Senior League seventh place
Cook Islands	Tupapa Maraerenga	2023 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Samoa	Vaivase-Tai	2023 Samoa National League third place
Tonga	Veitongo	2023 Tonga Major League champion

Schedule

Schedule for 2024 OFC Champions League

Phase	Round	Draw date	First leg	Second leg
Qualifying stage	Preliminary group ( Tonga)	17 January	17 February
			20 February
			23 February
	National Play-off		8 February – 12 March	11 February – 16 March
Group stage	Matchday 1		15–16 May
	Matchday 2		18–19 May
	Matchday 3		21–22 May
Knockout phase	Semi-finals		25 May
	Final		28 May

Qualifying stage

Preliminary group

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 17 January 2024 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.^[3][4] 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.^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VPN	TUP	VEI	RYP
1	Vaivase-Tai FC	3	2	1	0	18	0	+18	7	Group stage		—	4–0	—	—
2	Tupapa Maraerenga	3	2	0	1	17	6	+11	6			—	—	3–2	14–0
3	Veitongo (H)	3	1	1	1	15	3	+12	4			0–0	—	—	13–0
4	Vaiala Tongan	3	0	0	3	0	41	−41	0			0–14	—	—	—

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.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rewa	3–2	Lautoka	0–0	3–2 (a.e.t.)
ASC Gaïca	1–2	AS Magenta	1–2	0–0
Auckland City	4–3	Wellington Olympic	1–0	3–3
Port Moresby Strikers	0–5	Hekari United	0–2	0–3
Central Coast	1–2	Solomon Warriors	0–1	1–1
Pirae	2–2 (6–5 p)	Tefana	1–1	1–1 (a.e.t.)
Classic	2−3	Ifira Black Bird	1–2	1−1

Group stage

The Group Stage matches will be played in Tahiti between 15 May and 22 May 2024.^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		HEK	AUC	REW	SOL
1	Hekari United	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	3	Knockout stage		—	—	17 May	—
2	Auckland City	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1			14 May	—	—	17 May
3	Rewa	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1			—	2–2	—	—
4	Solomon Warriors	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2	0			0–2	—	14 May	—

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PIR	IFI	MAG	VPN
1	Pirae (H)	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6	3	Knockout stage		—	15 May	—	6–0
2	Ifira Black Bird	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			—	—	19 May	—
3	AS Magenta	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			17 May	—	—	15 May
4	Vaivase-Tai FC	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6	0			—	17 May	—	—

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Preliminary stage

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Lee Harmon	Tupapa Maraerenga	7
2	Dilo Tumua	Vaivase-Tai FC	6
3	Elias Kendler	Veitongo	5
4	Dylan Connolly	Tupapa Maraerenga	4
	Falaniko Nanumea	Vaivase-Tai FC
	Vaa Taualai	Vaivase-Tai FC
7	Sione Uhatahi	Veitongo	3

Awards

Qualification to 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

On December 17th, 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.^[6] 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.

As of March 16th, 2024, the four-year rankings is as follows:^[7]

Qualification for the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

Rank	Club	2024 Status	TP	CP	MP
1	Auckland City	Active	47	21	26
2	AS Vénus	—	18	9	9
3	Suva		17	9	8
4	AS Pirae	Active	17	9	8
5	Ifira Black Bird	Active	14	9	5
6	Central Coast	—	12	6	6
	Hienghène Sport		12	6	6
8	Hekari United	Active	9	6	3
	Solomon Warriors	Active	9	6	3
	Rewa	Active	9	6	3
11	Galaxy	—	7	3	4
12	Tiga Sport		6	3	3
13	Lae City		4	3	1
14	AS Magenta	Active	3	3	0
	Vaivase-Tai	Active	3	3	0
	Nikao Sokattak	—	3	3	0
	Lupe o le Soaga SC		3	3	0

See also

• 2024 OFC Women's Champions League

References

External links

• Competition Regulation (Archived)