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 Oceania Champions League 2007 was held in January 2007 with six clubs from five member associations of the Oceania Football Confederation: New Zealand, New Caledonia, Tahiti, Fiji and the Solomon Islands. The six clubs were split into two groups of three for home and away matches.

Auckland City qualified as the reigning champions of the OFC Champions Cup. 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 round of the current New Zealand Football Championship.

The two group winners met in a home and away grand-final at April 21 and 28, 2007. The winner claimed Oceania’s US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan the following December.

Participants

4R Electrical Ba (Fiji}) Mont-Dore (New Caledonia) Auckland City (New Zealand)

Waitakere United (New Zealand) Marist (Solomon Islands) Temanava (Tahiti)

Did not enter

• Vaivase-Tai (Samoa)
• Nikao Sokattack (Cook Islands)
• Sobou (Papua New Guinea)
• Port Vila Sharks (Vanuatu)
• Tafuna Jets (American Samoa)
• Lotoha'apai (Tonga)

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

Main article: 2007 OFC Champions League 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	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: 23000 Referee: ?
	Ronald Chandra  7' Josaia Bukalidi  74'	(Report)	Commins Menapi  54'

April 29, 2007 2nd Leg	Waitakere United	1–0	4R Electrical Ba	Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland, New Zealand Attendance: 45000 Referee: ?
	Allan Pearce  55'	(Report)

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 (footballer)	Auckland City
	Joe Luwi	Marist
Last updated April 29, 2007

References

• "OFC - Karmbeu Launches O-LEAGUE". OFC. 2006-11-28. http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=2024&sID=12. Retrieved 2006-12-12. ^{[dead link]}
• "New O-League Throws up Mouth-Watering Derby". New Zealand Soccer. 2006-11-28. http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=16236. Retrieved 2006-12-12. ^{[dead link]}
• "Waitakere Secure Oceania Berth". New Zealand Football Championship. 2006-11-23. http://www.nzsoccer.com/plugins/newsfeed.cgi?rm=content&plugin_data_id=16236. Retrieved 2006-12-15. ^{[dead link]}