The 2019 OFC Champions League was the 18th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship,
Oceania
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's premier club
football tournament organized by the
Oceania Football Confederation
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(OFC), and the 13th season under the current
OFC Champions League
The OFC Champions League, also known as the O-League, is the premier men's club soccer competition in Oceania. It is organised by the OFC, Oceania's football governing body. Beginning as the Oceania Club Championship (1987–2006), it has been ...
name.
In the
final
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** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
,
Hienghène Sport defeated
Magenta
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1–0, becoming the first team from
New Caledonia to win the tournament. As the winners of the 2019 OFC Champions League, they qualified for the
2019 FIFA Club World Cup
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in
Qatar
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.
Team Wellington were the defending champions, but were eliminated by
Hienghène Sport in the semi-finals.
Teams
A total of 18 teams from all 11
OFC member associations entered the competition.
*The seven developed associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded two berths each in the group stage.
*The four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.
Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows. For this season, all ties in the knockout stage were played as a single match.
Qualifying stage
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Top goalscorers
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
References
External links
OFC Champions League 2019 oceaniafootball.com
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