OFC Men’s Champions League 2024

[Jackson Harrison]

There are no position playoffs in both men’s and women’s OFC Champions League.

U19 men regs are out!

American Samoa enter under 19 NC but not senior? Thouhjt they'd prioritise their a-team?

Actually sometimes associations will not enter their senior teams if the results of their national team are really poor (for example American Samoa not entering 2024 ONC and Seychelles not entering 2025 AFCON), but youth teams are supposed to be about developing so they will still enter even if they will also lose by big margins.

Maybe funding issues?

Maybe they can only afford to fund WCQ?

WCQ is basically a rerun of NC with exact same format (except no positional PO and it being spread over multiple windows)

[amenina]

U19 men regs are out!

American Samoa enter under 19 NC but not senior? Thouhjt they'd prioritise their a-team?

Actually sometimes associations will not enter their senior teams if the results of their national team are really poor (for example American Samoa not entering 2024 ONC and Seychelles not entering 2025 AFCON), but youth teams are supposed to be about developing so they will still enter even if they will also lose by big margins.

Maybe funding issues?

Maybe they can only afford to fund WCQ?

WCQ is basically a rerun of NC with exact same format (except no positional PO and it being spread over multiple windows)

It is possible, so they put the funding to the more important competition.

[Jackson Harrison]

Actually sometimes associations will not enter their senior teams if the results of their national team are really poor (for example American Samoa not entering 2024 ONC and Seychelles not entering 2025 AFCON), but youth teams are supposed to be about developing so they will still enter even if they will also lose by big margins.

Maybe funding issues?

Maybe they can only afford to fund WCQ?

WCQ is basically a rerun of NC with exact same format (except no positional PO and it being spread over multiple windows)

It is possible, so they put the funding to the more important competition.

Which is likely over after 3 games!

[amenina]

Maybe funding issues?

Maybe they can only afford to fund WCQ?

WCQ is basically a rerun of NC with exact same format (except no positional PO and it being spread over multiple windows)

It is possible, so they put the funding to the more important competition.

Which is likely over after 3 games!

OFC WCQ first round is played in straight knockout format, so American Samoa is possibly to be eliminated after 1 game if they lose in the first round semi-finals, or 2 games if they lose in the first round final. If they actually manage to win the first round, they have 3 more games in the second round which is single round-robin.

Anyway, this thread is about OCL, not ONC or OFC WCQ, so we have gone off topic for too long.

[amenina]

https://x.com/ofcfootball/status/176049 ... 37155?s=46

It's the second leg of the Solomon Islands OFC Men's Champions League - National Playoff in Honiara. Who will represent the country in Tahiti in May? The Solomon Warriors or Central Coast FC?

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[amenina]

National Playoffs, result on 22 February

Solomon Islands, second leg
Solomon Warriors FC 1-1 Central Coast FC
Solomon Warriors FC won 2-1 on aggregate.

https://www.oceaniafootball.com/gagame- ... ague-2024/

Group A:
1. Solomon Warriors FC (Solomon Islands)
2. Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea)
3. Rewa FC (Fiji)
4. Wellington Olympic or Auckland City FC (New Zealand)

Group B:
1. AS Tefana or AS Pirae (Tahiti)
2. Qualifying stage winner (TBD)
3. Ifira Black Bird FC or Classic FC (Vanuatu)
4. AS Magenta FC or ASG Gaica (New Caledonia)

[Jackson Harrison]

It is possible, so they put the funding to the more important competition.

Which is likely over after 3 games!

OFC WCQ first round is played in straight knockout format, so American Samoa is possibly to be eliminated after 1 game if they lose in the first round semi-finals, or 2 games if they lose in the first round final. If they actually manage to win the first round, they have 3 more games in the second round which is single round-robin.

Anyway, this thread is about OCL, not ONC or OFC WCQ, so we have gone off topic for too long.

Yeah! Don't want Mr. Kassies popping up in our inboxes!

[amenina]

https://twitter.com/OFCfootball/status/ ... 3589163448

The final match day is expected to bring plenty of drama at the OFC Men's Champions League - Qualifying in Tonga.

Vaiala Tonga SC v Vaivase-tai FC
Tupapa Maraerenga FC v Veitongo FC

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Standings before matchday 3

[MercedesBenz240]

It's ridiculous that the third round matches are not played at the same time although I understand that it's logistically impossible in this case.
Also how on earth does only the 7th ranked team of American Samoa get licensed for this competition? Embarrassing representation.

[amenina]

It's ridiculous that the third round matches are not played at the same time although I understand that it's logistically impossible in this case.
Also how on earth does only the 7th ranked team of American Samoa get licensed for this competition? Embarrassing representation.

Vaiala Tongan were ranked 5th in the 2023 league: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/amsamoa2023.html#champ

Not sure why they are the representatives of American Samoa in the 2024 OCL qualifying. I suppose possibly other teams don't want to "waste" time or money to play, given that football in American Samoa now lags quite far behind the other three "developing associations" in terms of strength and organization.

Also interesting that Samoa are sending the 2022 league champions, Vaivase-tai, instead of the 2023 league champions, Vaipuna, to the 2024 OCL qualifying: https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/samoachamp.html

For the 2023 OCL qualifying, they sent the 2021 league champions, Lupe ole Soaga. So for the Samoa league champions, there is an one-year gap between the team winning the league and actually playing in OCL qualifying.

[amenina]

Qualifying in Tonga
Match Day 3, 23 February

Vaiala Tonga SC v Vaivase-tai FC
Tupapa Maraerenga FC v Veitongo FC

Result of the first match
Vaiala Tonga SC 0-14 Vaivase-tai FC



Tupapa Maraerenga FC can no longer win the group.

Veitongo FC must win by 5 goals or more to win the group.

[amenina]

Result of the second match
Tupapa Maraerenga FC 3-2 Veitongo FC



Vaivase-tai FC win the group.

https://www.oceaniafootball.com/vaivase ... itongo-fc/

Group A:
1. Solomon Warriors FC (Solomon Islands)
2. Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea)
3. Rewa FC (Fiji)
4. Wellington Olympic or Auckland City FC (New Zealand)

Group B:
1. AS Tefana or AS Pirae (Tahiti)
2. Vaivase-tai FC (Samoa)
3. Ifira Black Bird FC or Classic FC (Vanuatu)
4. AS Magenta FC or ASG Gaica (New Caledonia)

[amenina]

National Playoffs, results on 24 February

Vanuatu, first leg
Classic FC 1-2 Ifira Black Bird FC
Second leg on 28 February

New Caledonia, second leg
AS Magenta 0-0 ASC Gaica
AS Magenta won 2-1 on aggregate.

https://www.oceaniafootball.com/as-mage ... -leg-lead/

Group A:
1. Solomon Warriors FC (Solomon Islands)
2. Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea)
3. Rewa FC (Fiji)
4. Wellington Olympic or Auckland City FC (New Zealand)

Group B:
1. AS Tefana or AS Pirae (Tahiti)
2. Vaivase-tai FC (Samoa)
3. Ifira Black Bird FC or Classic FC (Vanuatu)
4. AS Magenta FC (New Caledonia)

[amenina]

https://x.com/ofcfootball/status/176266 ... 09836?s=46

Ifira Black Bird FC take on Classic FC in the second leg of the OFC Men's Champions League - National Playoff in Vanuatu this evening.

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[amenina]

National Playoffs, result on 28 February

Vanuatu, second leg
Ifira Black Bird FC 1-1 Classic FC
Ifira Black Bird FC won 3-2 on aggregate.

https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ten-man ... ague-2024/

Group A:
1. Solomon Warriors FC (Solomon Islands)
2. Hekari United FC (Papua New Guinea)
3. Rewa FC (Fiji)
4. Wellington Olympic or Auckland City FC (New Zealand)

Group B:
1. AS Tefana or AS Pirae (Tahiti)
2. Vaivase-tai FC (Samoa)
3. Ifira Black Bird FC (Vanuatu)
4. AS Magenta FC (New Caledonia)

Final tournament fixtures: https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-men ... ague-2024/