2001 Oceania Club Championship

2001 Oceania Club Championship

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

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
Wollongong Wolves	5	5	0	0	38	0	+38	15
Napier City Rovers	5	3	1	1	16	2	+14	10
Laugu United	5	3	1	1	19	14	+5	10
Unitech	5	2	0	3	10	19	−9	6
Foodtown Warriors Labasa	5	1	0	4	7	17	−10	3
Lotoha'apai	5	0	0	5	4	42	−38	0

Match schedule

Group B

Results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tafea FC	4	4	0	0	22	1	+21	12
AS Vénus	4	3	0	1	18	7	+11	9
Titavi	4	2	0	2	5	11	−6	6
Tupapa Maraerenga	4	1	0	3	3	21	−18	3
PanSa East FC	4	0	0	4	0	8	−8	0

Match schedule

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.

Third Place Playoff

Final

Champion

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2001 Winners
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.

External links

• OFC Club Championship 2000/01 site
• Oceania Club Cup 2000–01 at RSSSF