2006 Oceania Club Championship

2006 Oceania Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	February 6, 2006 - May 21, 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

The Oceania Club Championship is organised by the Oceania Football Confederation to ascertain the champions of Oceania. The 2006 event was held in Albany, New Zealand and was the final playing of the tournament before being replaced by the OFC Champions League. The tournament was held from 10–21 May 2006. The winner of the tournament qualifies for a place in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

Club World Cup qualification confusion

After some deliberation and mind-changing on FIFA's part, the winner of this tournament earned a direct place in the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup, although this wasn't always going to be the case. In March 2006 it was reported that, due to the restructuring of football in the Oceanian Football Federation (i.e. Football Federation Australia leaving to become part of the Asian Football Confederation), the Oceania champions would have to play a Preliminary match against the J. League champions for a place in the main competition.^[1]

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.^[2]

Participants

PanSa (American Samoa)-Did not enter Nikao Sokattack (Cook Islands) Nokia Eagles (Fiji) Magenta (New Caledonia) Auckland City (New Zealand) YoungHeart Manawatu (New Zealand)

Sobou (Papua New Guinea) Tuanaimato Breeze (Samoa) Marist (Solomon Islands) Pirae (Tahiti) Lotoha'apai (Tonga) Tafea (Vanuatu)

Preliminary round

The Preliminary Round was held at Govind Park, Ba, Fiji, from 6–10 February 2006 to determine which team would progress to the final round in New Zealand. Only the winner of the Preiliminary Round goes through to the final round. The competing teams in this round were:

• Lotoha'apai
• Nikao Sokattak
• Nokia Eagles
• Tuanaimato Breeze
• PanSa -no enter

Preliminary Round results

February 6, 2006	Lotoha'apai	1–5	Nokia Eagles	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Inoke Vaihu  31'	(Report)	Simione Tamanisau  17' Valerio Nawatu  41' Ovini Duguca  59' Waisake Sabutu  81',  88'

February 6, 2006	Nikao Sokattak	1–2	Tuanaimato Breeze	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Tuka Tisam  15'	(Report)	Desmond Fa'aiuaso  72',  77'

February 8, 2006	Nikao Sokattak	1–3	Lotoha'apai	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Steve Willis  10'	(Report)	Lafaele Moala  54' Ilasia Makasini  61' Maake Uhatahi  67'

February 8, 2006	Nokia Eagles	2–1	Tuanaimato Breeze	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Simione Tamanisau  55' Pita Bolaitoga  77'	(Report)	Desmond Fa'aiuaso  27'

February 10, 2006	Lotoha'apai	1–1	Tuanaimato Breeze	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Maake Uhatahi  85'	(Report)	Titi Esau  32'

February 10, 2006	Nokia Eagles	0–0	Nikao Sokattak	Govind Park, Ba, Fiji Attendance: ? Referee: ?
		(Report)

Preliminary Round final table

Pos.	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1st	Nokia Eagles	3	2	1	0	7	2	5	7
2nd	Tuanaimato Breeze	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3rd	Lotoha'apai	3	1	1	1	5	7	-2	4
4th	Nikao Sokattak	3	0	1	2	2	5	-3	1
5th	PanSa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

• Nokia Eagles progress to the final round in New Zealand.

Final round

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals. This Final Round was held in Albany, New Zealand.

Group A

Results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Auckland City	3	3	0	0	11	1	9
2	Pirae	3	2	0	1	17	2	6
3	Marist	3	1	0	2	9	14	3
4	Sobou	3	0	0	3	1	21	0

Match schedule

Date	Match	Result
May 10	Marist - Pirae	1 - 10
May 10	Auckland City - Sobou	7 - 0
May 13	Auckland City - Marist	3 - 1
May 14	Pirae - Sobou	7 - 0
May 16	Sobou - Marist	1 - 7
May 16	Pirae - Auckland City	0 - 1

Group B

Results

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	YoungHeart Manawatu	3	1	2	0	8	5	5
2	Nokia Eagles	3	1	1	1	6	3	4
3	Tafea	3	1	1	1	4	7	4
4	Magenta	3	1	0	2	1	4	3

Match Schedule

Date	Match	Result
May 11	Magenta - Tafea	0 - 1
May 11	Nokia Eagles - YoungHeart Manawatu	2 - 2
May 13	Magenta - YoungHeart Manawatu	0 - 3
May 14	Tafea - Nokia Eagles	0 - 4
May 16	Tafea - YoungHeart Manawatu	3 - 3
May 16	Nokia Eagles - Magenta	0 - 1

Semifinals

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

May 19, 2006	Auckland City	9–1	Nokia Eagles	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Neil Sykes  37' Paul Seaman  52' Keryn Jordan  55' Grant Young  61',  62' Jason Hayne  68' Che Bunce  84' Graham Little  89',  90'+	(Report)	Malakai Tiwa  17'

May 19, 2006	YoungHeart Manawatu	1–2	Pirae	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Benjamin Totori  61'	(Report)	Jose Hmae  1' Naea Bennett  8'

Third Place Playoff

May 21, 2006	Nokia Eagles	0–4	YoungHeart Manawatu	North Harbour Stadium Outer Oval, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
		(Report)	Benjamin Totori (3) Aleck Maemae

Final

May 21, 2006	Auckland City	3–1	Pirae	North Harbour Stadium, Albany, New Zealand Attendance: ? Referee: ?
	Keryn Jordan  23' Keryn Jordan  41' Keryn Jordan  63' pen	(Report)	Desmond Fa'aiuaso  84'

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 2006 Winners
Auckland City First title

Auckland City are the 2006 Oceania Club Champions and qualify for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

See also

• Oceania Club Championship

References

1. ^ http://www.oceaniafootball.com/index.cgi?det=1&intArticleID=1901&sID=12.
2. ^ Maddaford, Terry (31 March 2006). "Soccer: Oceania winner retains direct entry to club champs". The New Zealand Herald. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/category/story.cfm?c_id=86&ObjectID=10375292. Retrieved 14 September 2011. 

External links

• RSSSF archive of the 2004/5 Oceania Club Championship
• RSSSF archive of the 2006 Oceania Club Championship