2006 OFC Club Championship

2006 OFC Club ChampionshipTournament details

Dates| 6 February – 21 May 2006
Teams| 11 (from 10 associations)
Final positions
Champions|  Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up|  Pirae
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 22
Goals scored| 96 (4.36 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Benjamin Totori
(7 goals)

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The 2006 OFC Club Championship was the 5th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the last tournament before it was rebranded as the OFC Champions League. The qualifying round was held at Govind Park in Ba, Fiji, from 6 February until 10 February 2006, with the main competition taking place at the North Harbour Stadium in Albany, New Zealand from 10 May until 21 May 2006.

The tournament was the first of its kind to not have a representative from Australia competing, due to the nation's migration to the Asian Football Confederation, meaning that Sydney FC could not defend their 2005 title and the winners of the competition would for the first time be from a nation outside of Australia.

Australia's departure from the OFC meant that qualification for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was under question – in March 2006 it was reported that the Oceania champions would have to play a preliminary match against the J. League champions for a place in the main competition. However, later that month, it was announced that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had been unable to get the necessary support for the new format and as a result Oceania retained direct entry to 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA reviewed the format the following year.[1]

The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat AS Pirae of Tahiti in the final.

## Participants

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PanSa East

Nikao Sokattack

Nokia Eagles

Magenta

YoungHeart Manawatu

Auckland City

Sobou

Tuanaimoto Breeze

Marist

Pirae

Lotoha'apai

Tafea

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Location of teams of the 2006 OFC Champions League.
Automatic entrants
Preliminary round entrants

The following teams entered the competition.

Association  | Team  | Qualifying method

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Teams entering the group stage
New Caledonia | AS Magenta | 2004–05 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand | Auckland City | 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
YoungHeart Manawatu | 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
Papua New Guinea | Sobou FC | 2005 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Solomon Islands | Makuru FC | 2006 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
Tahiti | AS Pirae | 2004–05 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Vanuatu | Tafea FC | 2005 Vanuatu National Super League champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa | PanSa[a] | 2005 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands | Nikao Sokattak | 2005 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji | Nokia Eagles | 2006 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
Samoa | Tuanaimato Breeze | 2005 Samoa National League champion
Tonga | Lotoha'apai United | 2005 Tonga Major League champion

Notes

1. ^ PanSa withdrew from the competition.

## Preliminary round

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A preliminary round was held to determine the 8th and final participant in the final. The format was a group stage, with each team playing each other once. The winner of the group would qualify for the main draw.

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Nokia Eagles | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 2  | +5  | 7  | Advance to group stage
2  |  Tuanaimato Breeze | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 4  |
3  |  Lotohaʻapai | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 4
4  |  Nikao Sokattak | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 1

Source: RSSSF

6 February 2006

14:00

Nikao Sokattak | 1–2|  Tuanaimato Breeze

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* Tisam 15'

| Report |

* Fa'aiuaso 72', 77'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

6 February 2006

16:00

Lotohaʻapai | 1–5|  Nokia Eagles

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* Vaihu 31'

| Report |

* Tamanisau 17'
* Nawatu 41'
* Duguca 59'
* Sabutu 81', 88'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

* * *

8 February 2006

14:00

Lotohaʻapai | 3–1|  Nikao Sokattak

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* Moala 54'
* Makasini 61'
* Uhatahi 67'

| Report |

* Willis 10'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

8 February 2006

16:00

Nokia Eagles | 2–1|  Tuanaimato Breeze

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* Tamanisau 55'
* Bolaitoga 77'

| Report |

* Fa'aiuaso 27'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

* * *

10 February 2006

14:00

Lotohaʻapai | 1–1|  Tuanaimato Breeze

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* Uhatahi 85'

| Report |

* Esau 32'

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

10 February 2006

16:00

Nokia Eagles | 0–0|  Nikao Sokattak

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| Report |

Govind Park, Ba, Fiji

## Group stage

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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 semi-finals.

### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Auckland City | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 11  | 1  | +10  | 9  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  AS Pirae | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 17  | 2  | +15  | 6
3  |  Marist | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 14  | −5  | 3  |
4  |  Sobou | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 21  | −20  | 0

Source: RSSSF

10 May 2006

Marist | 1–10|  AS Pirae

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* Iniga 90+'

| Report |

* Hmaé 21' (pen.), 53', 90'
* Bennett 32', 48', 66', 69'
* Fa'aiuaso 45'
* Williams 67', 82'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

10 May 2006

Auckland City | 7–0|  Sobou

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* Jordan 11'
* Young 38'
* Mulrooney 53'
* G. Little 66', 76'
* B. Little 69'
* Hayne 90+'

| Report |

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

* * *

13 May 2006

Auckland City | 3–1|  Marist

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* Urlovic 14'
* Young 31'
* Little 84' (pen.)

| Report |

* Misiga 68'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

14 May 2006

AS Pirae | 7–0|  Sobou

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* Williams 16', 54', 79'
* Luenu 27', 64'
* Fa'aiuaso 77', 90'

| Report |

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

* * *

16 May 2006

12:00

Sobou | 1–7|  Marist

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* Wate 45+'

| Report |

* Samani 31', 37' (pen.), 43'
* Iniga 45'
* Wayne 54'
* Wagiro 74'
* Misiga 82'

North Harbour Stadium – Domain 3[note 1], Auckland

16 May 2006

14:15

AS Pirae | 0–1|  Auckland City

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| Report |

* Little 85'

North Harbour Stadium – Domain 3[note 1], Auckland

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  YoungHeart Manawatu | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 5  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Nokia Eagles | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 6  | 3  | +3  | 4
3  |  Tafea | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 7  | −3  | 4  |
4  |  AS Magenta | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | −3  | 3

Source: RSSSF

11 May 2006

AS Magenta | 0–1|  Tafea

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| Report |

* Vava 90+'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

11 May 2006

Nokia Eagles | 2–2|  YoungHeart Manawatu

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* Turuva 18' (pen.)
* Namaqa 75'

| Report |

* Menapi 39'
* Totori 54'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

* * *

13 May 2006

AS Magenta | 0–3|  YoungHeart Manawatu

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| Report |

* Menapi 22'
* Boyens 87'
* Totori 89'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

14 May 2006

Tafea | 0–4|  Nokia Eagles

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| Report |

* Namaqa 57'
* Vakatalasu 79'
* Hassan 83', 90'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

* * *

16 May 2006

16:00

Tafea | 3–3|  YoungHeart Manawatu

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* Nake 23', 49'
* Mermer 47'

| Report |

* Menapi 58'
* Robinson 72'
* Totori 89'

Bill McKinlay Park[note 2], Auckland

16 May 2006

19:30

Nokia Eagles | 0–1|  AS Magenta

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| Report |

* Kaqea 84'

Bill McKinlay Park[note 2], Auckland

## Knockout stage

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### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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|  |  |  |  |  |

| 19 May – Auckland| |

|  Auckland City| 9

| 21 May – Auckland

|  Nokia Eagles| 1 |

|  Auckland City| 3

| 19 May – Auckland

| |  AS Pirae| 1

|  YoungHeart Manawatu| 1

|  AS Pirae| 2 |

| Third place play-off

| 21 May – Auckland

|  Nokia Eagles| 0

|  YoungHeart Manawatu| 4

### Semi-finals

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19 May 2006

Auckland City | 9–1|  Nokia Eagles

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* Sykes 37'
* Seaman 52'
* Jordan 55'
* Young 61', 62'
* Hayne 68'
* Bunce 84'
* Little 89', 90+'

| Report |

* Tiwa 17'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

* * *

19 May 2006

YoungHeart Manawatu | 1–2|  AS Pirae

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* Totori 61'

| Report |

* Hmaé 1'
* Bennett 8'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

### Third place play-off

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21 May 2006

14:45

Nokia Eagles | 0–4|  YoungHeart Manawatu

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| Report |

* Totori ?', ?', ?'
* Maemae ?'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

### Final

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The final was played on 21 May 2006 at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland.[3]

21 May 2006

17:00

Auckland City | 3–1|  AS Pirae

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* Jordan 23', 41', 63' (pen.)

| Report |

* Fa'aiuaso 84'

North Harbour Stadium, Auckland

## See also

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* Oceania Club Championship

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Originally to set to take place at North Harbour Stadium's main pitch, it was relocated to Domain 3 of North Harbour Stadium, due to heavy rainfall.[2]
2. ^ a b Originally set to play at North Harbour Stadium, the match was relocated to Bill McKinlay Park, due to heavy rainfall.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Maddaford, Terry (31 March 2006). "Soccer: Oceania winner retains direct entry to club champs". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
2. ^ a b "OFC - WET WEATHER CONTINUES TO PLAGUE CLUB CHAMPS". 15 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006.
3. ^ "OFC - AUCKLAND CITY CROWNED CLUB CHAMPS". 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 August 2006.

## External links

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* RSSSF archive of the 2006 Oceania Club Championship
* Oceania Football OFC Event Report

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