2026 OFC Men's Champions League
International football competition
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The 2026 OFC Men's Champions League is the 24th edition of the Oceania's club football tournament, organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). This is the third season under the current OFC Men's Champions League name, and the first in which the champions do not qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup or the FIFA Intercontinental Cup, with the OFC Professional League champions taking their place instead.
Host countriesQualifying stage:
Samoa
Final tournament:
Fiji
Samoa
Final tournament:
Fiji
DatesQualifying:
31 January – 6 February[1]
Competition proper:
9–22 August
31 January – 6 February[1]
Competition proper:
9–22 August
TeamsCompetition proper: 8
Total: 11 (from 11 associations)
Total: 11 (from 11 associations)
Champions
Auckland City (14th title)
Auckland City (14th title)| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries | Qualifying stage: Samoa Final tournament: Fiji |
| Dates | Qualifying: 31 January – 6 February[1] Competition proper: 9–22 August |
| Teams | Competition proper: 8 Total: 11 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Auckland City (14th title) |
| Runners-up |  Central Coast |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 59 (3.93 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Medina (Galaxy) (11 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Medina (Galaxy) |
| Best goalkeeper | Matt Foord (Auckland City) |
| Fair play award | Tupapa Maraerenga |
← 2025 | |
Teams
Location of teams of the 2026 OFC Champions League.
Teams entering the Group Stage; (H) Final tournament host
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage host
Teams entering the Group Stage; (H) Final tournament host
Teams entering the qualifying stage; (h) Qualifying stage hostA total of 11 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.
- Seven associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the group stage.
- 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.
| Entry round | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group stage |  Rewa (1st) |
 Tiga Sport (1st) |
Auckland City (1st) |
 Lae City (1st, regular season winners) | |
| Central Coast (1st) |
 AS Vénus (1st) |
 Galaxy (1st) |
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| Qualifying stage | PR |  Pago Youth (2nd) |
 Tupapa Maraerenga (CW) |
 Vaivase-Tai (3rd) |
 Nukuhetulu (1st) |
Schedule
| Phase | Round | Draw date | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying stage | Preliminary group | 17 December 2025[2] | 31 January |
| 3 February | |||
| 6 February | |||
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 24 February 2026[3] | 9–10 August |
| Matchday 2 | 12–13 August | ||
| Matchday 3 | 15–16 August | ||
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 19 August | |
| Final | 22 August |
Qualifying stage
Preliminary group
The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue in Samoa. The winners advanced to the group stage.[1]
Matches
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TUP | VPN | PGY | NKT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tupapa Maraerenga |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advance to group stage | — | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Vaivase-Tai (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 5 | — | — | 1–1 | — | ||
| 3 | Pago Youth |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 | 0–3 | — | — | 2–2 | ||
| 4 | Nukuhetulu |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 1 | — | 3–5 | — | — |
Final tournament
Venues
| Fiji | |
|---|---|
| Lautoka | Ba |
| Churchill Park | Govind Park |
| Capacity: 18,000 | Capacity: 13,500 |
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | CEN | TIG | VEN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auckland City |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 4–3 | |
| 2 | Central Coast |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | 1–2 | — | — | 3–0 | ||
| 3 | Tiga Sport |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — | ||
| 4 | Venus |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | — | — | 0–1 | — |
Source: OFC
Group B
Knockout stage
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 19 August – Ba | ||||||
| Auckland City | 3 | |||||
| 22 August – Ba | ||||||
| Rewa | 1 | |||||
| Auckland City | 2 | |||||
| 19 August – Ba | ||||||
| Central Coast | 0 | |||||
| Galaxy | 2 | |||||
| Central Coast (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
| Auckland City | 3–1 | Rewa |
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| Galaxy | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | Central Coast |
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Final
Main Article: 2026 OFC Men's Champions League final
| Auckland City | 2–0 | Central Coast |
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Report |
Top goalscorers
Team eliminated / inactive for this round
| Rank | Player | Team | QS1 | QS2 | QS3 | GS1 | GS2 | GS3 | SF | F | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Medina |
Galaxy |
3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Raphael Lea'i |
Central Coast |
1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||
 Daniel Bunch |
Tupapa Maraerenga |
2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||
| 4 | Matt Ellis |
Auckland City |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Tremaine Rimene-Albrett |
Tupapa Maraerenga |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 6 | Ryan de Vries |
Auckland City |
1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
 Gerard Garriga |
Auckland City |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Bobby Leslie |
Central Coast |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Josaia Sela |
Rewa |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Johnica Collins |
Pago Youth |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Ronald Scanlan |
Vaivase-Tai |
1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Nathan Viliamu |
Vaivase-Tai |
2 | 2 | ||||||||