2007 OFC Champions League

2007 OFC Champions League

Tournament details
Dates	January 21, 2007 – April 29, 2007
Teams	6 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Waitakere United (1st title)
Runners-up	4R Electrical Ba
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	43 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Commins Menapi 5 goals

The 2007 OFC Champions League was the 6th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 1st season under the current OFC Champions League name. Under the new format there was to be no qualifying round, and instead six teams from the six best Oceanic nations would play each other home and away in a group stage before the knockout round. The tournament took place from 21 January until 29 April 2007.

Auckland City qualified as the reigning champions of the OFC Club Championship. The other 5 teams gained their qualifications due to their domestic league performances. Following the withdrawal of Vanuatu’s Port Vila Sharks, the OFC awarded a second berth to Waitakere United, the leader after the first phase of the New Zealand Football Championship.

The winner of the tournament was Waitakere Utd of New Zealand, who beat Ba Electric of Fiji in the final, claiming Oceania's US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan the following December.

Participants

Tafuna Jets

Nikao Sokattack

Ba

Mont-Dore

Waitakere
United

Auckland
City

University Inter

Vaivase-Tai

Koloale

Temanava

Lotoha'apai

Port Vila Sharks

Location of teams of the 2007 OFC Champions League.
Participated
Eligible but did not enter

A total of 6 teams from 5 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji	4R Electrical Ba	2006 Fiji National Football League champion
New Caledonia	Mont-Dore	2005–06 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand	Auckland City	2006 OFC Club Championship champion
	Waitakere United	2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship league leader after Round 7
Solomon Islands	Marist	2005–06 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
Tahiti	Temanava	2006 Cup of Polynesia winner
Teams eligible, but did not enter
American Samoa	Tafuna Jets	2006 American Samoa 7-a-side tournament champion
Cook Islands	Nikao Sokattack	2006 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Papua New Guinea	University Inter	2006 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Samoa	Vaivase-Tai	2006 Samoa National League champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai	2006 Tonga Major League champion
Vanuatu	Port Vila Sharks	2006 Vanuatu VFF Bred Cup winner

Group stage

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Waitakere United	8	4	2	2	0	13	5	+8
Auckland City	8	4	2	2	0	10	4	+6
Mont-Dore	0	4	0	0	4	1	15	−14

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
Jan 21	Mont-Dore	0–2	Auckland City
Jan 24	Waitakere United	2–2	Auckland City
Feb 20	Waitakere United	6–1	Mont-Dore
Feb 23	Auckland City	4–0	Mont-Dore
Mar 31	Mont-Dore	0–3	Waitakere United
Apr 4	Auckland City	2–2	Waitakere United

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4R Electrical Ba	10	4	3	1	0	7	3	+4
Temanava	4	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2
Marist	3	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2

Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team
Mar 12	4R Electrical Ba	3–2	Marist
Mar 4	Temanava	2–1	Marist
Feb 19	Marist	0–2	4R Electrical Ba
Feb 23	Temanava	1–1	4R Electrical Ba
Mar 19	4R Electrical Ba	1–0	Temanava
Mar 22	Marist	2–0	Temanava

Final

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
4R Electrical Ba	2–2 (a)	Waitakere United	2–1	0–1

April 21, 2007 1st Leg

4R Electrical Ba	2–1	Waitakere United
Ronald Chandra  7' Josaia Bukalidi  74'	(Report)	Commins Menapi  54'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: ?

April 29, 2007 2nd Leg

Waitakere United	1–0	4R Electrical Ba
Allan Pearce  55'	(Report)

Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: ?

Champion

OFC Champions League 2007 Winners
Waitakere United First Title

Top goal-scorers

#	Player	Team	Goals
1	Commins Menapi	Waitakere United	5
2	Daniel Koprivcic	Waitakere United	4
3	Paul Urlovic	Auckland City	3
	Grant Young	Auckland City
	Joe Luwi	Marist
Last updated April 29, 2007

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