2001 Oceania Club Championship

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

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

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 Soccer League champion
Samoa Samoa Titavi 2000 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Laugu United 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 5500380+3815
New Zealand Napier City Rovers 5311162+1410
Solomon Islands Laugu United 53111914+510
Papua New Guinea Unitech 52031019−96
Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5104717−103
Tonga Lotoha'apai 5005442−380

Match schedule

DateMatch Result
Jan 9Lotoha'apai – Wollongong Wolves 0–16
Jan 9Foodtown Warriors Labasa – Laugu United 1–3
Jan 9Unitech – Napier City Rovers0–2
Jan 11Napier City Rovers – Laugu United 1–1
Jan 11Unitech – Lotoha'pai 5–2
Jan 11Wollongong Wolves – Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5–0
Jan 13Foodtown Warriors Labasa – Unitech 1–3
Jan 13Lotoha'apai – Napier City Rovers 0–9
Jan 13Laugu United – Wollongong Wolves 0–10
Jan 15Foodtown Warriors Labasa – Napier City Rovers 0–4
Jan 15Wollongong Wolves – Unitech 6–0
Jan 15Laugu United – Lotoha'apai 7–0
Jan 17Unitech – Laugu United 2–8
Jan 17Lotoha'apai – Foodtown Warriors 2–5
Jan 17Napier City Rovers – Wollongong Wolves 0–1

Group B

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vanuatu Tafea FC 4400221+2112
French Polynesia AS Vénus 4301187+119
Samoa Titavi 4202511−66
Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 4103321−183
American Samoa PanSa East FC 400408−80

Match schedule

DateMatch Result
Jan 10Vénus – PanSaAwarded 2–0 (orig 1–1)
Jan 10Tafea – Titavi5–1
Jan 12Titavi – Vénus0–6
Jan 12PanSa – TupapaAwarded 0–2 (orig 4–0)
Jan 14Tafea – PanSaAwarded 2–0
Jan 14Vénus – Tupapa10–1
Jan 16Tupapa – Tafea0–9
Jan 16PanSa – TitaviAwarded 0–2
Jan 18Titavi – Tupapa2–0
Jan 18Tafea – Vénus6–0

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 Australia 4–2 French Polynesia Vénus
Saso Petrovski  28'
Jay Lucas  43',  63'
Scott Chipperfield  45' pen		 Report Djamali  78'
Izal  85'
Referee: S Maidan Singapore
Tafea Vanuatu 4–2 New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Richard Iwai  36',  89'
Etienne Mermer  60'
Haitong  88'		 Report Chris McIvor  45'
Rupert Ryan  90'
Attendance: ?
Referee: S M Salle Malaysia

Third Place Playoff

Vénus French Polynesia 2–3 New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Soren Jacobsen  44'
Jacques Ilengo  74'		 Report Rupert Ryan  11'
Martin Akers  23'
David Gearey  86'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Final

Wollongong Wolves Australia 1–0 Vanuatu Tafea
Scott Chipperfield  62' Report
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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