2001 Oceania Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	9 – 22 January 2001
Teams	11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-up	Tafea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	29
Goals scored	160 (5.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sasho Petrovski 13 goals
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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

PanSa East

Wollongong Wolves

Tupapa Maraerenga

Foodtown Warriors Labasa

Napier City Rovers

Unitech

Titavi

Laugu
United

Vénus

Lotoha'apai

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	PanSa	2000 ASFA Soccer League champion
Australia	Wollongong Wolves	1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion
Cook Islands	Tupapa Maraerenga	1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners
Fiji	Foodtown Warriors Labasa	2000 Fiji National Football League champion
New Zealand	Napier City Rovers	2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea	Unitech	2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion
Samoa	Titavi	2000 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands	Laugu United	2000 Honiara FA League champion
Tahiti	Vénus	1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai	2000 Tonga Club Championship champion
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
Wollongong Wolves	5	5	0	0	38	0	+38	15
Napier City Rovers	5	3	1	1	16	2	+14	10
Laugu United	5	3	1	1	19	14	+5	10
Unitech	5	2	0	3	10	19	−9	6
Foodtown Warriors Labasa	5	1	0	4	7	17	−10	3
Lotoha'apai	5	0	0	5	4	42	−38	0

Match schedule

Jan 9

Unitech	0–2	Napier City Rovers
		Pilcher 12' Akers 34'

Jan 11

Napier City Rovers	1–1	Laugu United
McIvor 63'		Misitomu 71'

Jan 13

Lotoha'apai	0–9	Napier City Rovers
		Gearey 22', 25', 61', 63' Birnie 26', 85' Cotton 60', 64' Cudd 90'

Jan 15

Foodtown Warriors Labasa	0–4	Napier City Rovers
		Pilcher 22' Akers 73' Birnie 78' Ryan 85'

Group B

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tafea FC	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	12
AS Vénus	4	3	0	1	18	7	+11	9
Titavi	4	2	0	2	5	11	−6	6
Tupapa Maraerenga	4	1	0	3	3	21	−18	3
PanSa East FC	4	0	0	4	0	8	−8	0

Match schedule

Jan 10

Vénus	Awarded 2–0 (orig 1–1)	PanSa
		Concalves 16'

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.

January 20, 2001

13.00

Wollongong Wolves	4–2	Vénus
	Report

Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG

Referee: S Maidan

January 20, 2001

15.30

Tafea	4–2	Napier City Rovers
Richard Iwai 36', 89' Etienne Mermer 60' Haitong 88'	Report	Chris McIvor 45' Rupert Ryan 90'

Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG

Attendance: ?

Referee: S M Salle

Third Place Playoff

January 22, 2001

13.00

Vénus	2–3	Napier City Rovers
Soren Jacobsen 44' Jacques Ilengo 74'	Report	Rupert Ryan 11' Martin Akers 23' David Gearey 86'

Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG

Attendance: ?

Referee: ?

Final

January 22, 2001

15.30

Wollongong Wolves	1–0	Tafea
Scott Chipperfield 62'	Report

Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: ?

Champion

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2001 Winners
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.