2006 OFC Club Championship

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2006 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
DatesFebruary 6, 2006 – May 21, 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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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 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[]

2006 OFC Club Championship is located in Oceania
PanSa East
Nikao Sokattack
Nikao Sokattack
Nokia Eagles
Magenta
Magenta
YoungHeart Manawatu
YoungHeart
Manawatu
Auckland City
Sobou
Sobou
Tuanaimoto Breeze
Marist
Pirae
Pirae
Lotoha'apai
Tafea
Tafea
Location of teams of the 2006 OFC Champions League.
Red pog.svg Automatic entrants
Blue pog.svg 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.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Fiji Nokia Eagles 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
Tonga Lotoha'apai 3 1 1 1 5 7 −2 4
Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
Lotoha'apai Tonga1–5Fiji Nokia Eagles
Goal 31' (Report) Tamanisau Goal 17'
Nawatu Goal 41'
Goal 59'
Goal 81', 88'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands1–2Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
Tisam Goal 15' (Report) Fa'aiuaso Goal 72', 77'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Nikao Sokattack Cook Islands1–3Tonga Lotoha'apai
Willis Goal 10' (Report) Moala Goal 54'
Goal 61'
Goal 67'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Nokia Eagles Fiji2–1Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
Tamanisau Goal 55'
Goal 77'		 (Report) Fa'aiuaso Goal 27'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Lotoha'apai Tonga1–1Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze
Goal 85' (Report) Goal 32'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
Nokia Eagles Fiji0–0Cook Islands Nikao Sokattack
(Report)
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

First round[]

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals. This First Round was held in Albany, New Zealand.

Group A[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand Auckland City 3 3 0 0 11 1 +10 9
French Polynesia Pirae 3 2 0 1 17 2 +15 6
Solomon Islands Marist 3 1 0 2 9 14 −5 3
Papua New Guinea Sobou 3 0 0 3 1 21 −20 0
Source:[citation needed]
Marist1–10Pirae
Auckland City7–0Sobou
Auckland City3–1Marist
Pirae7–0Sobou
Sobou1–7Marist
Pirae0–1Auckland City

Group B[]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu 3 1 2 0 8 5 +3 5
Fiji Nokia Eagles 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
Vanuatu Tafea 3 1 1 1 4 7 −3 4
New Caledonia Magenta 3 1 0 2 1 4 −3 3
Source:[citation needed]


Magenta0–1Tafea
Nokia Eagles2–2YoungHeart Manawatu
Magenta0–3YoungHeart Manawatu
Tafea0–4Nokia Eagles
Tafea3–3YoungHeart Manawatu
Nokia Eagles0–1Magenta

Knockout stage[]

Semi finals[]

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

Auckland City New Zealand9–1Fiji Nokia Eagles
Sykes Goal 37'
Seaman Goal 52'
Jordan Goal 55'
Young Goal 61', Goal 62'
Goal 68'
Bunce Goal 84'
Goal 89', Goal 90'+		 (Report) Tiwa Goal 17'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
YoungHeart Manawatu New Zealand1–2French Polynesia Pirae
Totori Goal 61' (Report) Hmae Goal 1'
Bennett Goal 8'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Third Place Playoff[]

Nokia Eagles Fiji0–4New Zealand YoungHeart Manawatu
(Report) Totori GoalGoalGoal(3)
Goal
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Final[]

Auckland City New Zealand3–1French Polynesia Pirae
Jordan Goal 23', 41', 63' (pen.) (Report) Fa'aiuaso Goal 84'
Attendance: 2,000

Auckland City are the 2006 Oceania Club Champions and qualify for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

See also[]

  • Oceania Club Championship

References[]

  1. ^ Maddaford, Terry (31 March 2006). "Soccer: Oceania winner retains direct entry to club champs". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

External links[]

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