2014 OFC President's Cup explained

Tourney Name:2014 OFC President's Cup
City:Auckland
Dates:17–23 November 2014
Num Teams:6
Confederations:3
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion Other: Auckland City
Count:1
Second Other: Amicale
Third Other: Busaiteen
Fourth Other: Singapore U-23
Matches:9
Goals:36
Player: Panny Nikas
Goalkeeper: Ramon Sealy
Fair Play: Amicale

The 2014 OFC President's Cup was the first edition of the OFC President's Cup, a competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) between invitational club and/or national sides. A decision to create this competition was confirmed at the OFC's executive committee in March 2014.[1] [2] The inaugural competition took place in Auckland, New Zealand between 17 and 23 November 2014,[3] [4] with Auckland City defeating Amicale in the final to win the 2014 President's Cup.[5]

Format

A total of six teams participated in the tournament: the reigning OFC Champions League winners and runners-up, two teams from the Asian Football Confederation and one team from Concacaf.[1] [2]

The competition was played in two groups of three teams with the top team in each group advancing to the final, and the remaining teams advancing to the third and fifth place matches.[4]

Teams

The OFC formally announced the participating teams on 19 September 2014.[4]

ConfederationTeamQualifying method
OFC Auckland City2013–14 OFC Champions League winners
Amicale2013–14 OFC Champions League runners-up
Fiji U-202014 OFC U-20 Championship winners
AFC Busaiteen2012–13 Bahrain First Division League winners
Singapore U-23Invited
CONCACAF Bodden Town2013–14 Cayman Islands Premier League winners

Venue

The tournament was staged at the Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.[4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 October 2014 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[6] The six teams were drawn into two groups of three, with Auckland City and Busaiteen seeded. In each group, the three teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners advanced to the final, the runners-up advanced to the third place match, and the third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.

All times UTC+13.

Group A

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Group B

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Final stage

Final

Final ranking

RankTeam
Auckland City
Amicale
Busaiteen
4 Singapore U-23
5 Bodden Town
6 Fiji U-20

Awards

AwardPlayerTeam
Golden Ball Panny Nikas Amicale
Golden Boot Emiliano Tade Auckland City
Golden Gloves Ramon Sealy Bodden Town
Fair Play Award Amicale

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Emiliano Tade Auckland City4
2 Mohamed Ajaj Busaiteen3
Eliel Cruz Busaiteen
Ryan De Vries Auckland City
5 Hesham Nayem Busaiteen2
Panny Nikas Amicale
François Sakama Amicale

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced . Oceania Football Confederation . November 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202230930/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/62921ee9-defd-41b1-a1d2-eb6df2a59caa/language/en-US/Default.aspx . December 2, 2013 .
  2. Web site: OFC Executive Committee decisions . Oceania Football Confederation . April 23, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181721/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx . March 3, 2016 .
  3. Web site: Football: Hosting all the President's men. The New Zealand Herald. August 3, 2014.
  4. Web site: OFC outlines President's Cup concept. Oceania Football Confederation. September 19, 2014. 2014-09-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20140920011250/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/1f675d84-3336-42e4-adff-1a22f58b67d8/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2014-09-20. dead.
  5. Web site: Another trophy to line Auckland City's shelves. Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2014. 2014-11-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20141129080558/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/c27afa0b-0707-4cb4-bdf4-b50d810a9303/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2014-11-29. dead.
  6. Web site: OFC President's Cup draw unveiled. Oceania Football Confederation. October 8, 2014. 2014-10-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20141008215104/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/bc6b3f03-a113-494c-bd2d-ac0a1d2d7133/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2014-10-08. dead.