The 2024 OFC Champions League qualifying stage is being played from 17 to 23 February 2024.[1][2] A total of four teams will compete in the qualifying stage to decide the last of the 8 places in the group stage of the 2024 OFC Champions League.

Preliminary group

Draw

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 17 January 2024 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]

Format

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.[2]

Matches

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VPN TUP VEI RYP
1 Samoa Vaivase-Tai FC 3 2 1 0 18 0 +18 7 Advance to group stage — 4–0 — —
2 Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 3 2 0 1 17 6 +11 6 — — 3–2 14–0
3 Tonga Veitongo (H) 3 1 1 1 15 3 +12 4 0–0 — — 13–0
4 American Samoa Vaiala Tongan 3 0 0 3 0 41 −41 0 0–14 — — —
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Vaivase-Tai FC Samoa4–0Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga
  • Taualai 16', 43'
  • Kwan 45'
  • Tumua 90'
 Report
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 350
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)
Veitongo Tonga13–0American Samoa Vaiala Tongan
  • Uhatahi 11'
  • Polovili 15'
  • Kendler 22', 43', 62'
  • Feke 26', 85'
  • Lutu 33', 61'
  • Uhatahi 76', 87', 90'
  • Fifita 77'
 Report
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)
Tupapa Maraerenga Cook Islands14–0American Samoa Vaiala Tongan
  • Fuhiniu 1', 82'
  • Harmon 4', 16', 31', 45', 45', 73', 75'
  • Harmon 5'
  • Connolly 67', 90'
  • Taokia 79'
  • Gibbens 84'
 Report
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 500
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)
Veitongo Tonga0–0Samoa Vaivase-Tai FC
Report
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
Vaiala Tongan American Samoa0–14Samoa Vaivase-Tai FC
Report
  • Tumua 2', 18' (pen.), 46', 66', 80'
  • Nanumea 13', 14', 45', 48'
  • Taualai 26', 45+3', 64'
  • Leiatava 45+6'
  • Tanielu 90+6'
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 300
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
Tupapa Maraerenga Cook Islands3–2Tonga Veitongo
 Report
  • Kendler 23', 70'
Teufaiva Stadium, Nuku'alofa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)

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.[3]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Rewa Fiji 3–2 Fiji Lautoka 0–0 3–2 (a.e.t.)
ASC Gaïca New Caledonia 1–2 New Caledonia AS Magenta 1–2 0–0
Auckland City New Zealand 4–3 New Zealand Wellington Olympic 1–0 3–3
Port Moresby Strikers Papua New Guinea 0–5 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 0–2 0–3
Central Coast Solomon Islands 1–2 Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors 0–1 1–1
Pirae French Polynesia 2–2 (6–5 p) French Polynesia Tefana 1–1 1–1 (a.e.t.)
Classic Vanuatu 2−3 Vanuatu Ifira Black Bird 1–2 1−1
Rewa Fiji0–0Fiji Lautoka
Report
Ratu Cakobau Park, Nausori
Attendance: 700
Referee: Neeshil Varman (Fiji)
Lautoka Fiji2–3 (a.e.t.)Fiji Rewa
 Report
Churchill Park, Lautoka
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohammed Altaf (Fiji)

Rewa won 3–2 on aggregate.

ASC Gaïca New Caledonia1–2New Caledonia AS Magenta
  • Wahiobe 90+10'
 Report
  • Jewine 35'
  • Watu 65'
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Sebastien Pelissier (New Caledonia)
AS Magenta New Caledonia0–0New Caledonia ASC Gaïca
Report
Stade Numa Daly, Nouméa
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mederic Lacour (New Caledonia)

AS Magenta won 2–1 on aggregate.

Auckland City New Zealand1–0New Zealand Wellington Olympic
  • Ukich 72'
 Report
Kiwitea Street, Auckland
Attendance: 300
Referee: Calvin Berg (New Zealand)
Wellington Olympic New Zealand3–3New Zealand Auckland City
 Report
Martin Luckie Park, Wellington
Attendance: 200
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Auckland City won 4–3 on aggregate.

Port Moresby Strikers Papua New Guinea0–2Papua New Guinea Hekari United
Report
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 369
Referee: Hillary Ani (Papua New Guinea)
Hekari United Papua New Guinea3–0Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Strikers
  • Kila 25'
  • Rani 75'
  • Joe 90+4' (pen.)
 Report
PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby
Attendance: 279
Referee: Charles Arangi (Papua New Guinea)

Hekari United won 5–0 on aggregate.

Central Coast Solomon Islands0–1Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors
Report
National Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 1,817
Referee: Gideon Mamuala (Solomon Islands)
Solomon Warriors Solomon Islands1–1Solomon Islands Central Coast
 Report
  • Leslie 8'
National Stadium, Honiara
Attendance: 1,647
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)

Solomon Warriors won 2–1 on aggregate.

Pirae French Polynesia1–1French Polynesia Tefana
 Report
  • Leon 88'
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Teremoana Roihau (Tahiti)
Tefana French Polynesia1–1 (a.e.t.)French Polynesia Pirae
 Report
  • Labaste 120+1'
Penalties
5–6
Stade Pater, Pirae
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Norbert Hauata (Tahiti)

2–2 on aggregate. Pirae won 6–5 on penalties.

Classic Vanuatu1–2Vanuatu Ifira Black Bird
  • Ollie 49'
 Report
  • Kalotang 28'
  • Wohale 45+2'
Luganville Soccer City Stadium, Luganville
Attendance: 2,050
Referee: Jarethy George (Vanuatu)
Ifira Black Bird Vanuatu1−1Vanuatu Classic
  • Spokeyjack 29'
 Report
  • Toata 42'
VFF Freshwater Stadium, Port Vila
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Arnold Tari (Vanuatu)

Ifira Black Bird won 3–2 on aggregate.

References

  1. ^ "OFC Competitions Calendar Confirmed For 2024". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Draw Confirmed For OFC Men's Champions League 2024 And OFC Men's Champions League 2024 – Qualifying". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "OFC Men's Champions League 2024 – Qualifying Draw". Oceania Football Confederation. 17 January 2024.

External links

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