2007 OFC Champions League

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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.

2007 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
DatesJanuary 21, 2007 – April 29, 2007
Teams6 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Waitakere United (1st title)
Runners-upFiji 4R Electrical Ba
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored43 (3.07 per match)
Top scorer(s)Solomon Islands Commins Menapi
5 goals
2006

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

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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 ASFA Soccer League 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

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Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Waitakere United 4 2 2 0 13 5 +8 8
  Auckland City 4 2 2 0 10 4 +6 8
  Mont-Dore 4 0 0 4 1 15 −14 0
Source: [citation needed]
Date Home team  Score  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

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  4R Electrical Ba 4 3 1 0 7 3 +4 10
  Temanava 4 1 1 2 3 5 −2 4
  Marist 4 1 0 3 5 7 −2 3
Source: [citation needed]
Date Home team  Score  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

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
4R Electrical Ba   2–2 (a)   Waitakere United 2–1 0–1
4R Electrical Ba  2–1  Waitakere United
Ronald Chandra   7'
Josaia Bukalidi   74'
(Report) Commins Menapi   54'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: ?
Waitakere United  1–0  4R Electrical Ba
Allan Pearce   55' (Report)
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: ?

Champion

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OFC Champions League
2007 Winners
 
Waitakere United
First title

Top goal-scorers

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# 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

References

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  • "OFC – Karmbeu Launches O-LEAGUE". OFC. 2006-11-28. Retrieved 2006-12-12. [dead link]
  • "New O-League Throws up Mouth-Watering Derby". New Zealand Soccer. 2006-11-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-12.
  • "Waitakere Secure Oceania Berth". New Zealand Football Championship. 2006-11-23. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2006-12-15.