2001 Oceania Club Championship

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2001 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates9 January 2001 – 22 January 2001
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-upVanuatu Tafea
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored160 (5.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sasho Petrovski 13 goals
1999
2005

The 2001 Oceania Club Championships was held in January 2001. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship; however that Club World Championship tournament was cancelled by FIFA. The competition was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, with all matches held at the Lloyd Robson Stadium. The tournament was won by Australian club Wollongong Wolves.

Participants[]

2001 Oceania Club Championship is located in Oceania
PanSa East
PanSa East
Wollongong Wolves
Wollongong Wolves
Napier City Rovers
Napier City Rovers
Unitech
Unitech
Laugu United
Tafea
Tafea
Location of teams of the 2001 Oceania Club Championship.

A total of 11 teams from 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
American Samoa American Samoa PanSa 2000 ASFA Soccer League champion
Australia Australia Wollongong Wolves 1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners
Fiji Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 2000 Fiji National Football League champion
New Zealand New Zealand Napier City Rovers 2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Unitech 2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion
Samoa Samoa Titavi 2000 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 2000 Honiara FA League champion
French Polynesia Tahiti Vénus 1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai 2000 Tonga Club Championship champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea 2000 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Group stage[]

The eleven participants were placed in two groups, where each team played the other teams once. The group winners and second placed teams progressed to the semi-finals.

Group A[]

Results[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Wollongong Wolves 5 5 0 0 38 0 +38 15
New Zealand Napier City Rovers 5 3 1 1 16 2 +14 10
Solomon Islands 5 3 1 1 19 14 +5 10
Papua New Guinea Unitech 5 2 0 3 10 19 −9 6
Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5 1 0 4 7 17 −10 3
Tonga Lotoha'apai 5 0 0 5 4 42 −38 0
Source:[citation needed]

Match schedule[]

Lotoha'apai0–16Wollongong Wolves
Unitech0–2Napier City Rovers
Napier City Rovers1–1
Unitech5–2
Wollongong Wolves5–0Foodtown Warriors Labasa
Foodtown Warriors Labasa1–3Unitech
Lotoha'apai0–9Napier City Rovers
0–10Wollongong Wolves
Foodtown Warriors Labasa0–4Napier City Rovers
Wollongong Wolves6–0Unitech
7–0Lotoha'apai
Unitech2–8
Lotoha'apai2–5
Napier City Rovers0–1Wollongong Wolves

Group B[]

Results[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vanuatu Tafea FC 4 4 0 0 22 1 +21 12
French Polynesia AS Vénus 4 3 0 1 18 7 +11 9
Samoa Titavi 4 2 0 2 5 11 −6 6
Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 4 1 0 3 3 21 −18 3
American Samoa PanSa East FC 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source:[citation needed]

Match schedule[]

VénusAwarded 2–0
(orig 1–1)
PanSa
Tafea5–1Titavi
Titavi0–6Vénus
PanSaAwarded 0–2
(orig 4–0)
Tupapa
TafeaAwarded 2–0PanSa
Vénus10–1Tupapa
Tupapa0–9Tafea
PanSaAwarded 0–2Titavi
Titavi2–0Tupapa
Tafea6–0Vénus

Note: The OFC disciplinary committee ruled that 7 of PanSa's 18 players were not registered according to international transfer rules, some of which had been fielded in their first two matches. The first two matches were thus awarded 2–0 to the opposition, whilst PanSa were unable to field a team in the 3rd match (which was not played, and subsequently awarded 2–0 to Tafea). PanSa then withdrew from the competition, causing their fourth match to be awarded 2–0 to Titavi.

Knockout stage[]

Semi finals[]

The top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals.

Wollongong Wolves Australia4–2French Polynesia Vénus
Report
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Referee: S Maidan Singapore
Tafea Vanuatu4–2New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Richard Iwai Goal 36', Goal 89'
Etienne Mermer Goal 60'
Haitong Goal 88'
Report Goal 45'
Rupert Ryan Goal 90'
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: S M Salle Malaysia

Third Place Playoff[]

Vénus French Polynesia2–3New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Goal 44'
Goal 74'
Report Rupert Ryan Goal 11'
Martin Akers Goal 23'
Goal 86'
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Final[]

Wollongong Wolves Australia1–0Vanuatu Tafea
Scott Chipperfield Goal 62' Report
Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: ?

Champion[]

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2001 Winners
Australia
Wollongong Wolves
First title

Wollongong Wolves are the 2001 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship. However, the Club World Championships were cancelled that year.

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