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1987 Oceania Club Championship

1987 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates6 – 15 March 1987
Teams3
Final positions
ChampionsAdelaide City (1st title)
Runners-upMount Wellington
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored44 (4.89 per match)
1999

The 1987 Oceania Club Championship (known as the Qantas Pacific Challenge Cup at the time) was held in March 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide City defeated Mount Wellington on penalties.[1]

Teams

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

  • The highest ranked association (Australia) was awarded one berth directly into the final.
  • The second highest ranked association (New Zealand) was awarded one berth into the semi-final.
  • The third highest ranked association (Fiji) was awarded one berth into the qualifying tournament semi final.
  • The remaining six associations (New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying tournament.
Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the Final
Australia Australia Adelaide City 1986 Australian National Soccer League champion
Teams entering the Semi-finals
New Zealand New Zealand Mount Wellington 1986 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Teams entering the Qualifying Tournament Semi-finals
Fiji Fiji Ba 1986 Fiji National Football League champion
Teams entering the Qualifying Tournament Quarter-finals
New Caledonia New Caledonia CA Saint-Louis 1986 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Palau Palau Koror 1986 Palau Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Guria 1986 Papua New Guinea Overall Championship champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Rangers Honiara 1986 Solomon Islands Honiara League champion
French Polynesia Tahiti AS Jeunes Tahitiens 1987 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea 1986 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Qualifying stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
6 March
 
 
Solomon Islands Rangers Honiara2
 
8 March
 
Papua New Guinea Guria0
 
Solomon Islands Rangers Honiara (p)2 (4)
 
6 March
 
New Caledonia CA Saint-Louis2 (2)
 
New Caledonia CA Saint-Louis (a.e.t.)4
 
10 March
 
French Polynesia AS Jeunes Tahitiens3
 
Solomon Islands Rangers Honiara0
 
 
Fiji Ba3
 
 
8 March
 
 
Fiji Ba3
 
7 March
 
Vanuatu Tafea2 Third place play-off
 
Vanuatu Tafea6
 
10 March
 
Palau Koror2
 
New Caledonia CA Saint-Louis4
 
 
Vanuatu Tafea2
 

Knockout stage

Elimination finalGrand final
15 March — Adelaide
12 MarchAustralia Adelaide City (p)1 (4)
New Zealand University-Mount Wellington6New Zealand University-Mount Wellington1 (1)
Fiji Ba1

Final

Adelaide City Australia1–1 (a.e.t.)New Zealand Mount Wellington
Report
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 3,500
Adelaide City:
  Willie McNally
  Paul Shillabeer
  Bugsy Nyskohus
  Neville Flounders
  Alex Tobin
  Adrian Santrac downward-facing red arrow 73'
  Sergio Melta
  Charlie Villani
  Aurelio Vidmar
  Paul Wilde
  Joe Mullen
Substitutes:
  Lemmy Vatsilas upward-facing green arrow 73'
Manager:
Zoran Matić
Mount Wellington:
  Baker
  Ricki Herbert
  Keith Garland
  Glen Adam
  Ron Armstrong
  Chris Riley
  Grant Lightbown downward-facing red arrow 70'
  Nigel Debenham downward-facing red arrow 88'
  Ian Masson
  Billy Wright
  Dave Witteveen
Substitutes:
  Peter Henry upward-facing green arrow 70'
  Taylor upward-facing green arrow 88'
Manager:
Robert Patterson

Champion

Oceania Club Championship 1987 Winners
Australia
Adelaide City
First title

References

  1. ^ "Adelaide wins on penalties". The Age. 16 March 1987. p. 31. Retrieved 29 February 2024.