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)

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).

Teams

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

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

Group stage

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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

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

Central United New Zealand0–1Fiji Nadi
Report Mamaqa 36'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
South Melbourne Australia3–0French Polynesia Vénus
Coveny 38'
Liparotti 44'
Trimboli 76'
Report
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Third place play-off

New Zealand Central UnitedVénus French Polynesia
(Report)
Referee: ?

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

Final

South Melbourne Australia5–1Fiji Nadi
Isoifidis 8'
Clarkson 16'
Curcija 47' (pen.)
Coveny 50'
Panopoulos 73' pen
Report Voli 87'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: ?

Champion

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 1999 Winners
Australia
South Melbourne
First title

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

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