- 2000–01 Oceania Club Championship
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2000–01 Oceania Club Championship Tournament details Dates January 9, 2001 - January 22, 2001 Teams 11 (from 11 associations) Final positions Champions 
Wollongong Wolves (1st title)Runners-up 
TafeaTournament statistics Matches played 29 Goals scored 160 (5.52 per match) Top scorer(s) ?? The 2000-01 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.
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Participants
- PanSa (American Samoa)
- Wollongong Wolves (Australia)
- Tupapa (Cook Islands)
- Foodtown Warriors Labasa (Fiji)
- Napier City Rovers (New Zealand)
- Unitech (Papua New Guinea)
- Titavi (Samoa)
- Laugu United (Solomon Islands)
- Vénus (Tahiti)
- Lotoha'apai (Tonga)
- Tafea (Vanuatu)
Group stage
The eleven participants were placed in two groups, where each team played the other teams once. The group winners and best second place team progressed to the semi-finals.
Group A
Results
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Wollongong Wolves5 5 0 0 38 0 15 2 
Napier City Rovers5 3 1 1 16 2 10 3 
Laugu United5 3 1 1 19 14 10 4 
Unitech5 2 0 3 10 19 6 5 
Foodtown Warriors Labasa5 1 0 4 7 17 3 6 
Lotoha'apai5 0 0 5 4 42 0 Match schedule
Date Match Result Jan 9 Lotoha'apai - Wollongong Wolves 0 - 16 Jan 9 Foodtown Warriors - Laugu United 1 - 3 Jan 9 Unitech - Napier City Rovers 0 - 2 Jan 11 Napier City Rovers - Laugu United 1 - 1 Jan 11 Unitech - Lotoha'pai 5 - 2 Jan 11 Wollongong Wolves - Foodtown Warriors 5 - 0 Jan 13 Foodtown Warriors - Unitech 1 - 3 Jan 13 Lotoha'apai - Napier City Rovers 0 - 9 Jan 13 Laugu United - Wollongong Wolves 0 - 10 Jan 15 Foodtown Warriors - Napier City Rovers 0 - 4 Jan 15 Wollongong Wolves - Unitech 6 - 0 Jan 15 Laugu United - Lotoha'apai 7 - 0 Jan 17 Unitech - Laugu United 2 - 8 Jan 17 Lotoha'apai - Foodtown Warriors 2 - 5 Jan 17 Napier City Rovers - Wollongong Wolves 0 - 1 Group B
Results
Pos Team P W D L F A Pts 1 Tafea4 4 0 0 22 1 12 2 
Vénus4 3 0 1 18 7 9 3 
Titavi4 2 0 2 5 11 6 4 
Tupapa4 1 0 3 3 21 3 5 
PanSa4 0 0 4 0 8 0 Match schedule
Date Match Result Jan 10 Vénus - PanSa Awarded 2 - 0 (orig 1 - 1) Jan 10 Tafea - Titavi 5 - 1 Jan 12 Titavi - Vénus 0 - 6 Jan 12 PanSa - Tupapa Awarded 0 - 2 (orig 4 - 0) Jan 14 Tafea - PanSa Awarded 2 - 0 Jan 14 Vénus - Tupapa 10 - 1 Jan 16 Tupapa - Tafea 0 - 9 Jan 16 PanSa - Titavi Awarded 0 - 2 Jan 18 Titavi - Tupapa 2 - 0 Jan 18 Tafea - Vénus 6 - 0 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.
Semifinals
The top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals.
January 22, 2001 13.00 Wollongong Wolves 4–2 VénusLloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: S Maidan
Saso Petrovski 
28'
Jay Lucas 43', 63'
Scott Chipperfield 45' pen(Report) Djamali 78'
Izal 85'January 20, 2001 15.30 Tafea 4–2 Napier City RoversLloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: S M Salle
Richard Iwai 36', 89'
Etienne Mermer 60'
Haitong 88'(Report) Chris McIvor 45'
Rupert Ryan 90'Third Place Playoff
January 22, 2001 13.00 Vénus 2–3 Napier City RoversLloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?Soren Jacobsen 44'
Jacques Ilengo 74'(Report) Rupert Ryan 11'
Martin Akers 23'
David Gearey 86'Final
January 22, 2001 15.30 Wollongong Wolves 1–0 TafeaLloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby, PNG
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?Scott Chipperfield 62'(Report) Champion
FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2000-01 Winners 
Wollongong Wolves
First titleWollongong Wolves are the 2000-01 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship. However, the Club World Championships were cancelled that year.
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