2019 OFC Champions League

2019 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host countries Qualifying stage:
TBA
Group stage:
TBA
Dates Qualifying stage:
January/February 2019
Competition proper:
February – May 2019
Teams Competition proper: 16
Total: 18 (from 11 associations)

The 2019 OFC Champions League will be the 18th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 13th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

Team Wellington are the defending champions after they defeated Lautoka in the previos edition's final.

Teams

A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations enter the competition.

  • The seven developed associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded two berths each in the group stage.
  • The four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.
Teams entering the group stage
Association Team Qualifying method
Fiji Fiji Lautoka 2018 Fiji National Football League champions
Ba 2018 Fiji National Football League runners-up
New Caledonia New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 2017 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions
Magenta 2017 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship finals series champions
2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premiers
Team Wellington 2017–18 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runners-up
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Toti City 2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League finals series champions
2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League regular season premiers
Morobe Wawens 2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League regular season runners-up
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands 2018–19 Solomon Islands S-League champions
2018–19 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up
French Polynesia Tahiti Central Sport 2017–18 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions
Tefana 2017–18 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up
Vanuatu Vanuatu Erakor Golden Star 2018 VFF National Super League grand final champions
Malampa Revivors 2018 VFF National Super League grand final runners-up
Teams entering the qualifying stage
Association Team Qualifying method
American Samoa American Samoa Pago Youth 2017 FFAS Senior League champions
Cook Islands Cook Islands 2018 Cook Islands Round Cup champions
Samoa Samoa 2018 Samoa National League champions
Tonga Tonga 2018 Tonga Major League champions

References

  1. ↑ "New expanded format for 2017". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 June 2016.
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