2016 OFC Champions League Final
Event2016 OFC Champions League
Auckland City Team Wellington
New Zealand New Zealand
3 0
Date23 April 2016
VenueQBE Stadium, Auckland
RefereeAverii Jacques (Tahiti)
Attendance1,500

The 2016 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2016 OFC Champions League, the 15th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name.

The final was played between two New Zealand teams, Auckland City and Team Wellington. It was played at the QBE Stadium in Auckland on 23 April 2016.[1] The winner earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the qualifying play-off round.

Auckland City defeated Team Wellington 3–0 to win their sixth consecutive and eighth overall OFC club title.[2]

Background

The final was a rematch of the previous season's final, won by Auckland City 4–3 on penalties (1–1 after extra time).

Auckland City were the five-time defending champions. They have played in seven previous finals, winning all of them in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

This was the second OFC club final for Team Wellington, following last year's defeat to Auckland City.

Road to final

The final stage of the 2016 OFC Champions League was played in Auckland, New Zealand.

Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.

New Zealand Auckland City Round New Zealand Team Wellington
Opponent Result Group stage Opponent Result
Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors 4–0 Fiji Suva 2–0
Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 2–1 New Caledonia Lössi 2–1
Vanuatu Amicale 3–1 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 4–0
Group A winner
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Zealand Auckland City (H) 3 3 0 0 9 2 +7 9
2 Vanuatu Amicale 3 2 0 1 7 3 +4 6
3 Solomon Islands Solomon Warriors 3 1 0 2 5 11 −6 3
4 Papua New Guinea Lae City Dwellers 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
 Group B winner
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 New Zealand Team Wellington 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
2 Papua New Guinea Hekari United 3 2 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3 Fiji Suva 3 1 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 New Caledonia Lössi 3 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0
Source: OFC
French Polynesia Tefana 4–2 Semi-finals New Caledonia Magenta 2–0

Rules

The final was played as a single match. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner.

Match

Auckland City New Zealand3–0New Zealand Team Wellington
Lea'alafa 2', 84'
Lewis 67'		 Report
Attendance: 1,500[3]
Referee: Averii Jacques (Tahiti)
Auckland City
Team Wellington
GK24Spain Diego Rivas
DF3Japan Takuya Iwata
DF5Spain Ángel Berlanga (c)
DF9England Darren White
MF4Croatia Mario BilenYellow card 82'
MF11New Zealand Te Atawhai Hudson-Wihongi Yellow card 51'
MF16South Korea Kim Dae-wook
MF19Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa
FW10New Zealand Ryan De Vries
FW14New Zealand Clayton Lewis
FW17Portugal João Moreiradownward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutes:
GK1New Zealand Jacob Spoonley
GK18New Zealand Danyon Drake
DF2Serbia Marko Đorđević
DF6New Zealand Jesse Edge
DF8New Zealand Michael den Heijer
DF13New Zealand Alfie Rogers
MF7New Zealand Reid Drake
MF12New Zealand Nicolai Berry
MF15New Zealand Ivan Vicelich
FW20Argentina Emiliano Tadeupward-facing green arrow 86'
FW25Mexico Fabrizio Tavano
Manager:
Spain Ramon Tribulietx
GK1New Zealand Scott Basalaj
DF4New Zealand Anthony HobbsYellow card 60'
DF5England Bill Robertson (c)
MF6Wales Chris BaleYellow card 90'
MF7Argentina Leonardo Villa
FW9New Zealand Tom Jackson
FW10Costa Rica Luis Corralesdownward-facing red arrow 88'
MF11Argentina Mario BarciaYellow card 25'downward-facing red arrow 72'
MF13New Zealand Alex FeneridisYellow card 36' Yellow-red card 83'
FW16England Ben Harrisdownward-facing red arrow 89'
DF17New Zealand Fergus Neil
Substitutes:
GK22New Zealand Alex Carr
DF2New Zealand Taylor Hough
MF3New Zealand Steven Gulleyupward-facing green arrow 72'
FW12New Zealand Andy Bevinupward-facing green arrow 89'
DF14New Zealand Billy Scott
MF15New Zealand Mark Jones
MF18England Saul Halpinupward-facing green arrow 88'
DF19Scotland Conner McGlinchey
MF21New Zealand Taylor Schhrijvers
Manager:
New Zealand Matt Calcott
North Harbour Stadium (also known as QBE Stadium) in Auckland, New Zealand, hosted the final.

Assistant referees:
Tevita Makasini (Tonga)
Ravinesh Kumar (Fiji)
Fourth official:
Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

References

  1. ↑ "2016 OFC Champions League Match Schedule". OFC.
  2. ↑ "Six in a row for Auckland City". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2016. Archived from the original on 3 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "2016 OFC Champions League Match Summary: Auckland City FC - Team Wellington" (PDF). OFC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
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