2005 Oceania Club Championship Explained

Year:2005
Dates:10 February – 10 June 2005
Num Teams:13
Associations:12
Champion Other: Sydney FC
Count:1
Second Other: AS Magenta
Matches:24
Goals:110
Top Scorer:David Zdrilic 9 goals
Prevseason:2001
Nextseason:2006

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

The following teams entered the competition.

AssociationTeamQualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
AustraliaSydney FC2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament winner
TahitiAS Manu Ura2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
AS Pirae2003–04 Tahiti Division Fédérale runner-up
Teams entering the preliminary round
American SamoaManumea FC2003 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook IslandsNikao Sokattak2004 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
FijiBa Electric2004–05 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
New CaledoniaAS Magenta2003–04 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New ZealandAuckland City2004–05 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
Papua New GuineaSobou FC2004 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
SamoaTuanaimato Breeze2004 Samoa National League champion
Solomon IslandsMakuru FC2004 Honiara FA League champion
TongaLotoha'apai United2004 Tonga Major League champion
VanuatuTafea FC2004 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.

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Notes
Note 1: Auckland City received a bye because Manumea were withdrawn by the Oceania Football Confederation.Note 2: Both legs were played in Auckland, New Zealand.

First leg

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Second leg

Magenta won 9 - 1 on aggregate.----Sobou won 7 - 0 on aggregate.----Tafea won 7–1 on aggregate.----Makuru won 8–2 on aggregate.

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 semifinals.

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Final

See main article: 2005 Oceania Club Championship Final.

Top scorers

NB: This table does not include Preliminary round results

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