1999 Oceania Club Championship

Summary

The 1999 Oceania Club Championships was held in September 1999. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The competition was held in Fiji (Nadi and Lautoka).

1999 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates18–26 September 1999
Teams9 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia South Melbourne (1st title)
Runners-upFiji Nadi
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored99 (8.25 per match)
1987
2001

Teams edit

A total of 9 teams from 9 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
  American Samoa Konica Machine 1999 ASFA Soccer League champion
  Australia South Melbourne 1998–99 Australian National Soccer League champion
  Fiji Nadi 1998 Fiji Super Premier League champion
  New Zealand Central United 1999 New Zealand National Final champion
  Samoa Kiwi 1997 Samoa National League champion
  Solomon Islands Malaita Eagles 1999 Solomon Cup champion
  Tahiti Vénus 1998–99 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
  Tonga Lotoha'apai 1999 Tonga Club Championship champion
  Vanuatu Tafea 1999 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Group stage edit

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Location of teams of the 1999 Oceania Club Championship group stage.
  Brown: Group A;   Red: Group B;   Orange: Group C.

The nine participants were placed in three groups, where each team played the other teams once. The group winners and best second place team progressed to the semi-finals.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SOU MAL KON
1   South Melbourne 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 6 Advance to Semi-finals 2–1 10–0
2   Malaita Eagles 2 1 0 1 15 4 +11 3 14–2
3   Konica 2 0 0 2 2 24 −22 0
Source: RSSSF
Malaita Eagles14–2Konica Machine
South Melbourne10–0Konica Machine

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VEN NAD KIW
1   Vénus 2 1 1 0 15 2 +13 4 Advance to Semi-finals 14–1
2   Nadi 2 1 1 0 14 1 +13 4 1–1 13–0
3   Kiwi 2 0 0 2 1 27 −26 0
Source: RSSSF
Nadi1–1Vénus
Nadi13–0Kiwi
Vénus14–1Kiwi

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CEN TAF LOT
1   Central United 2 1 1 0 18 2 +16 4 Advance to Semi-finals 2–2 16–0
2   Tafea 2 1 1 0 12 2 +10 4 10–0
3   Lotohaʻapai 2 0 0 2 0 26 −26 0
Source: RSSSF
Tafea10–0Lotoha'apai
Central United2–2Tafea

Knockout phase edit

Semi-finals edit

The top team from each groups progressed to the semifinals, along with the best second place team.

Central United  0–1  Nadi
Report Mamaqa   36'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
South Melbourne  3–0  Vénus
Coveny   38'
Liparotti   44'
Trimboli   76'
Report
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Third place play-off edit

  Central UnitedVénus  
(Report)
Referee: ?

The third place playoff was cancelled due to injuries following in particular the Central United vs Tafea match.

Final edit

South Melbourne  5–1  Nadi
Isoifidis   8'
Clarkson   16'
Curcija   47' (pen.)
Coveny   50'
Panopoulos   73' pen
Report Voli   87'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: ?

Champion edit

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 1999 Winners
 
South Melbourne
First title

South Melbourne were the 1999 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.

External links edit

  • OFC Club Championship 1999 site