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2001 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates9 January 2001 – 22 January 2001
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-upVanuatu Tafea
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored160 (5.52 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sasho Petrovski 13 goals
1999
2005

The 2001 Oceania Club Championships was held in January 2001. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship; however that Club World Championship tournament was cancelled by FIFA. The competition was held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, with all matches held at the Lloyd Robson Stadium. The tournament was won by Australian club Wollongong Wolves.

Participants

A total of 11 teams from 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
American Samoa American Samoa PanSa 2000 ASFA Soccer League champion
Australia Australia Wollongong Wolves 1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion
Cook Islands Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners
Fiji Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 2000 Fiji National Football League champion
New Zealand New Zealand Napier City Rovers 2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Unitech 2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion
Samoa Samoa Titavi 2000 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands Solomon Islands Laugu United 2000 Honiara FA League champion
French Polynesia Tahiti Vénus 1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Tonga Tonga Lotoha'apai 2000 Tonga Club Championship champion
Vanuatu Vanuatu Tafea 2000 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Group stage

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

Group A

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Australia Wollongong Wolves 5 5 0 0 38 0 +38 15
New Zealand Napier City Rovers 5 3 1 1 16 2 +14 10
Solomon Islands Laugu United 5 3 1 1 19 14 +5 10
Papua New Guinea Unitech 5 2 0 3 10 19 −9 6
Fiji Foodtown Warriors Labasa 5 1 0 4 7 17 −10 3
Tonga Lotoha'apai 5 0 0 5 4 42 −38 0
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

Unitech5–2Lotoha'pai
Unitech2–8Laugu United

Group B

Results

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vanuatu Tafea FC 4 4 0 0 22 1 +21 12
French Polynesia AS Vénus 4 3 0 1 18 7 +11 9
Samoa Titavi 4 2 0 2 5 11 −6 6
Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga 4 1 0 3 3 21 −18 3
American Samoa PanSa East FC 4 0 0 4 0 8 −8 0
Source: [citation needed]

Match schedule

VénusAwarded 2–0
(orig 1–1)
PanSa
Tafea5–1Titavi
Titavi0–6Vénus
PanSaAwarded 0–2
(orig 4–0)
Tupapa
TafeaAwarded 2–0PanSa
Vénus10–1Tupapa
Tupapa0–9Tafea
PanSaAwarded 0–2Titavi
Titavi2–0Tupapa
Tafea6–0Vénus

Note: The OFC disciplinary committee ruled that 7 of PanSa's 18 players were not registered according to international transfer rules, some of which had been fielded in their first two matches. The first two matches were thus awarded 2–0 to the opposition, whilst PanSa were unable to field a team in the 3rd match (which was not played, and subsequently awarded 2–0 to Tafea). PanSa then withdrew from the competition, causing their fourth match to be awarded 2–0 to Titavi.

Knockout stage

Semi finals

The top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals.

Wollongong Wolves Australia4–2French Polynesia Vénus
Report
Tafea Vanuatu4–2New Zealand Napier City Rovers
Richard Iwai 36', 89'
Etienne Mermer 60'
Haitong 88'
Report Chris McIvor 45'
Rupert Ryan 90'
Attendance: ?
Referee: S M Salle Malaysia

Third Place Playoff

Final

Wollongong Wolves Australia1–0Vanuatu Tafea
Scott Chipperfield 62' Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: ?

Champion

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2001 Winners
Australia
Wollongong Wolves
First title

Wollongong Wolves are the 2001 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship. However, the Club World Championships were cancelled that year.