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2005 OFC Club Championship

2005 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
DatesQualifying:
10 February – 6 April 2005
Competition proper:
31 May – 10 June 2005
TeamsCompetition proper: 8
Total: 13 (from 12 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSydney FC (1st title)
Runners-upAS Magenta
Third placeTafea
Fourth placeAS Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored75 (4.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)David Zdrilic (Sydney FC)
9 goals
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The 2005 OFC Club Championship was the 4th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 1st since 2001. The tournament was held in Papeete, Tahiti. The preliminary rounds were played from 10 February until 6 April 2005, with the finals beginning on 30 May and ending on 10 June 2005.

The tournament was initially planned to take place in September 2002, in anticipation of the upcoming FIFA Club World Championship in the following year, in order to decide which team would represent Oceania at the tournament. However, this tournament was cancelled, and therefore so too was the Oceanic competition. With the return of the tournament in 2005, the OFC Club Championship went ahead, and the winner went on to represent Oceania at the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship.

The winner of the tournament was Sydney FC of Australia, who beat AS Magenta of New Caledonia in the final.

Participants

Location of teams of the 2005 OFC Club Championship.
Automatic entrants
Preliminary round entrants

The following teams entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Australia Australia Sydney FC 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament winner
French Polynesia Tahiti AS Manu Ura 2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
AS Pirae 2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale runner-up
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa American Samoa Manumea FC 2003 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Nikao Sokattak 2004 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji Fiji Ba Electric 2004–05 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
New Caledonia New Caledonia AS Magenta 2003–04 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand New Zealand Auckland City 2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Sobou FC 2004 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Samoa Samoa Tuanaimato Breeze 2004 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Makuru FC 2004 Honiara FA League champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai United 2004 Tonga Major League champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea FC 2004 Port Vila Football League champion

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held, with the format being a two-legged playoff to determine who went through to the final round. The Australian representative (Sydney FC), as the representative of the strongest OFC Nation, and the two Tahitian Teams (AS Pirae and AS Manu Ura), as hosts, were seeded to the main draw.

The travelling team played two matches in the host country. The aggregate scores are shown.


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Manumea American Samoa w/o[note 1] New Zealand Auckland City
Nikao Sokattak Cook Islands 1–9 New Caledonia AS Magenta 0–4 1–5
Sobou Papua New Guinea 7–0 Samoa Tuinaimato Breeze 5–0 2–0
Lotohaʻapai Tonga 1–7 Vanuatu Tafea 1–2 0–5
Ba Electric Fiji 2–8 Solomon Islands Makuru 1–4 1–4

Group stage

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progressed to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Australia Sydney FC 3 3 0 0 18 4 +14 9 Advance to knockout stage
2 French Polynesia AS Pirae 3 2 0 1 6 7 −1 6
3 New Zealand Auckland City 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 3
4 Papua New Guinea Sobou 3 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 New Caledonia AS Magenta 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Vanuatu Tafea 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3 Solomon Islands Makuru 3 1 0 2 4 9 −5 3
4 French Polynesia AS Manu-Ura 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
7 June – Papeete
 
 
Australia Sydney FC6
 
10 June – Papeete
 
Vanuatu Tafea0
 
Australia Sydney FC2
 
7 June – Papeete
 
New Caledonia AS Magenta0
 
New Caledonia AS Magenta4
 
 
French Polynesia AS Pirae1
 
Third place play-off
 
 
10 June – Papeete
 
 
French Polynesia AS Pirae1
 
 
Vanuatu Tafea3

Semi-finals

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Sydney FC Australia 6–0 Vanuatu Tafea
AS Magenta New Caledonia 4–1 French Polynesia AS Pirae

Third place play-off

AS Pirae French Polynesia1–3Vanuatu Tafea
Report

Final

The final was played on 10 June 2005 at Stade Pater in Papeete.[2]

Sydney FC Australia2–0New Caledonia AS Magenta
Report
Attendance: 4,000

Top scorers

NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results

# Player Team Goals
1 Australia David Zdrilic Australia Sydney FC 9

Notes

  1. ^ Manumea was withdrawn by the OFC, due to administration concerns from the American Samoa Football Association and not guranteeing the facilities and infrastructure to host an international match.[1]

References

  1. ^ "OFC CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS KICK OFF". 9 February 2005. Archived from the original on 10 March 2005.
  2. ^ "FULL SCORE - GF SYDNEY FC 2 - AS MAGENTA 0". 11 June 2005. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006.