2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage

The 2018 OFC Champions League knockout stage was played from 7 April to 20 May 2018.[1] A total of eight teams competed in the knockout stage to decide the champions of the 2018 OFC Champions League.

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the four groups in the group stage advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Nalkutan Toti City
B Dragon Solomon Warriors
C Auckland City Lautoka
D Team Wellington Marist

Format

The eight teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis. In the quarter-finals, each tie was played as a single match, while in the semi-finals and final, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis.

Bracket

The bracket was determined as follows:

Round Matchups
Quarter-finals (Group winners host match, matchups decided by draw, teams from same group cannot play each other)
  • QF1
  • QF2
  • QF3
  • QF4
Semi-finals (Matchups and order of legs decided by draw, involving winners QF1, QF2, QF3, QF4)
  • SF1
  • SF2
Final (Order of legs decided by draw)
  • Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2

The bracket was decided after the draw for the knockout stage (quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final) was held on 5 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3]

  Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                             
Team Wellington 11  
Toti City 0  
  Team Wellington (a) 0 2 2  
  Auckland City 0 2 2  
Auckland City 2
  Solomon Warriors 0  
    Team Wellington 6 4 10
  Lautoka 0 3 3
  Dragon 1  
Lautoka 2  
Lautoka 1 1 2
  Marist 1 0 1  
Nalkutan 1
  Marist 2  

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[4][1]

Round First leg Second leg
Quarter-finals 7–8 April 2018
Semi-finals 22 April 2018 29 April 2018
Final 13 May 2018 20 May 2018

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group (teams from same group cannot play each other), with the group winners hosting the match, and the matchups decided by draw.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Team Wellington 11–0 Toti City
Auckland City 2–0 Solomon Warriors
Dragon 1–2 Lautoka
Nalkutan 1–2 Marist
Team Wellington 11–0 Toti City
  • Hailemariam  6', 14', 43'
  • Hilliar  17'
  • Kilkolly  39', 40', 46', 90+1'
  • Bevin  57'
  • Gulley  68'
  • Barcia  90+3'
 Report
Attendance: 200
Auckland City 2–0 Solomon Warriors
 Report
Attendance: 350
Dragon 1–2 Lautoka
 Report
  • Naidu  27'
  • Kaltack  89'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Joel Hopkken (Vanuatu)
Nalkutan 1–2 Marist
 Report
  • Iniga  25'
  • Tome  45+3'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, the four quarter-final winners played in two ties, with the matchups and order of legs decided by draw.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Lautoka 2–1 Marist 1–1 1–0
Team Wellington 2–2 (a) Auckland City 0–0 2–2
Lautoka 1–1 Marist
 Report
  • Tome  36'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Marist 0–1 Lautoka
Report
Attendance: 14,000

Lautoka won 2–1 on aggregate.

Team Wellington 0–0 Auckland City
Report
Attendance: 900
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
Auckland City 2–2 Team Wellington
 Report
Attendance: 500
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

2–2 on aggregate. Team Wellington won on away goals.

Final
Main article: 2018 OFC Champions League Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played each other, with the order of legs decided by draw.

Team Wellington 6–0 Lautoka
  • Allen  16'
  • Sinclair  57', 71'
  • Bevin  61'
  • Barcia  63'
  • Schrijvers  84'
 Report
Attendance: 1,200
Lautoka 3–4 Team Wellington
  • Totori  52', 84'
  • Shazil  82'
 Report
  • Radrigai  10' (o.g.)
  • Ilich  32'
  • Allen  51'
  • Kilkolly  88'
Attendance: 1,000

Team Wellington won 10–3 on aggregate.

References
  1. "OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2018 KNOCKOUT STAGE" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. "Quarter final fixtures confirmed". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 March 2018.
  3. "2018 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE KNOCKOUT STAGE OFFICIAL DRAW". YouTube. 5 March 2018.
  4. "OFC Champions League schedule revealed". Oceania Football Confederation. 11 January 2018.
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