2001 OFC Club Championship
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Papua New Guinea |
| Dates | 9–22 January 2001 |
| Teams | 11 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Wollongong Wolves (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Tafea |
| Third place | Napier City Rovers |
| Fourth place | AS Vénus |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 160 (6.96 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sasho Petrovski (Wollongong Wolves) 13 goals |
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The 2001 OFC Club Championship was the third season of Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by OFC.
Wollongong Wolves defeated Tafea 1–0 in the final, which was played at Lloyd Robines Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. As winners, Wollongong Wolves qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was however cancelled.
South Melbourne were the defending champions, but did not qualify for the tournament.
Participants
[edit]
Location of teams of the 2001 OFC Club Championship.
A total of 11 teams from 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
|---|---|---|
| Teams entering the group stage | ||
 American Samoa
|
PanSa | 2000 ASFA Soccer League champion |
 Australia
|
Wollongong Wolves | 1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion |
 Cook Islands
|
Tupapa Maraerenga | 1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners |
 Fiji
|
Foodtown Warriors Labasa | 2000 Fiji National Football League champion |
 New Zealand
|
Napier City Rovers | 2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion |
 Papua New Guinea
|
Unitech | 2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion |
 Samoa
|
Titavi | 2000 Samoa National League champion |
 Solomon Islands
|
Laugu United | 2000 Honiara FA League champion |
 Tahiti
|
Vénus | 1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion |
 Tonga
|
Lotoha'apai | 2000 Tonga Club Championship champion |
 Vanuatu
|
Tafea | 2000 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion |
Schedule
[edit]| Phase | Round | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 9–10 January 2001 |
| Matchday 2 | 11–12 January 2001 | |
| Matchday 3 | 13–14 January 2001 | |
| Matchday 4 | 15–16 January 2001 | |
| Matchday 5 | 17–18 January 2001 | |
| Knockout stage | Semi-finals | 20 January 2001 |
| Third place play-off | 22 January 2001 | |
| Final |
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wollongong Wolves
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | +38 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Napier City Rovers
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 10 | |
| 3 | Laugu United
|
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 10 | |
| 4 | Unitech
|
5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | |
| 5 | Foodtown Warriors
|
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 3 | |
| 6 | Lotohaʻapai
|
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 42 | −38 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Group B
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tafea
|
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | AS Vénus
|
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 9 | |
| 3 | Titavi
|
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 6 | |
| 4 | Tupapa
|
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 3 | |
| 5 | PanSa
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 |
Source: RSSSF
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 January – Port Moresby | ||||||
| Wollongong Wolves | 4 | |||||
| 22 January – Port Moresby | ||||||
| AS Vénus | 2 | |||||
| Wollongong Wolves | 1 | |||||
| 20 January – Port Moresby | ||||||
| Tafea | 0 | |||||
| Tafea | 4 | |||||
| Napier City Rovers | 2 | |||||
| Third place play-off | ||||||
| 22 January – Port Moresby | ||||||
| AS Vénus | 2 | |||||
| Napier City Rovers | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
[edit]| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Wollongong Wolves
|
4–2 | AS Vénus
|
| Tafea
|
4–2 | Napier City Rovers
|
Third place play-off
[edit]
Final
[edit]The final was played on 22 January 2001 at Lloyd Robson Stadium in Port Moresby.