2023 OFC Champions League
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Vanuatu
11 February – 18 March
Competition proper:
14 – 27 May[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Group stage: Vanuatu |
| Dates | Qualifying: 11 February – 18 March Competition proper: 14 – 27 May[1] |
| Teams | Total: 18 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 14 |
| Goals scored | 50 (3.57 per match) |
| Attendance | 70,650 (5,046 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (5 goals) |
← 2022 2024 → | |
The 2023 OFC Champions League was the 22nd edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 17th and last season under the name OFC Champions League.
Defending champions Auckland City FC, defeated Fijian Suva to win a record eleventh title and earned the right to play at the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia.[2] As they also won the 2021 OFC Champions League and the 2022 OFC Champions League, they also earned the right to play at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.[3]
A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.
- The seven associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded a berth each in the groups stage, after playing a national playoff between the top 2 clubs in the league.
- The four associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners advancing to the group stage.
Qualifying stage
Group stage
Knockout stage
The four teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match at VFF Freshwater Stadium.
Bracket
The bracket was determined as follows:
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 May 2023 | ||||||
| 2 (5) | ||||||
| 27 May 2023 | ||||||
| 2 (4) | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 24 May 2023 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland City |
2–2 (5–4 p) | |
| Pirae |
2–4 (a.e.t.) |
Final
In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final was played on 27 May 2023.
| Auckland City | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 2 | ||