2001 OFC Club Championship

2001 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Papua New Guinea
Dates	9–22 January 2001
Teams	11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-up	Tafea
Third place	Napier City Rovers
Fourth place	AS Vénus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	160 (6.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sasho Petrovski (Wollongong Wolves); 13 goals
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The 2001 OFC Club Championship was the third season of Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by OFC.

Wollongong Wolves defeated Tafea 1–0 in the final, which was played at Lloyd Robines Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. As winners, Wollongong Wolves qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was however cancelled.

South Melbourne were the defending champions, but did not qualify for the tournament.

Participants

PanSa East

Wollongong Wolves

Tupapa Maraerenga

Foodtown Warriors Labasa

Location of teams of the 2001 OFC Club Championship.

A total of 11 teams from 11 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
American Samoa	PanSa	2000 ASFA Soccer League champion
Australia	Wollongong Wolves	1999–2000 Australian National Soccer League champion
Cook Islands	Tupapa Maraerenga	1999–2000 Cook Islands Cup winners
Fiji	Foodtown Warriors Labasa	2000 Fiji National Football League champion
New Zealand	Napier City Rovers	2000 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Papua New Guinea	Unitech	2000 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship Champion
Samoa	Titavi	2000 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands	Laugu United	2000 Honiara FA League champion
Tahiti	Vénus	1999–2000 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai	2000 Tonga Club Championship champion
Vanuatu	Tafea	2000 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Schedule

Schedule for 2001 OFC Club Championship
Phase	Round	Dates
Group stage	Matchday 1	9–10 January 2001
	Matchday 2	11–12 January 2001
	Matchday 3	13–14 January 2001
	Matchday 4	15–16 January 2001
	Matchday 5	17–18 January 2001
Knockout stage	Semi-finals	20 January 2001
	Third place play-off	22 January 2001
	Final	22 January 2001

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wollongong Wolves	5	5	0	0	38	0	+38	15	Advance to knockout stage
2	Napier City Rovers	5	3	1	1	16	2	+14	10	Advance to knockout stage
3	Laugu United	5	3	1	1	19	14	+5	10
4	Unitech	5	2	0	3	10	19	−9	6
5	Foodtown Warriors	5	1	0	4	7	17	−10	3
6	Lotohaʻapai	5	0	0	5	4	42	−38	0

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tafea	4	4	0	22	1	+21	12	Advance to knockout stage
2	AS Vénus	4	3	1	18	7	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
3	Titavi	4	2	2	5	11	−6	6
4	Tupapa	4	1	3	3	21	−18	3
5	PanSa	4	0	4	0	8	−8	0

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

20 January – Port Moresby

Wollongong Wolves	4
		22 January – Port Moresby
AS Vénus	2
		Wollongong Wolves	1
20 January – Port Moresby
		Tafea	0
Tafea	4

Napier City Rovers	2
		Third place play-off

		22 January – Port Moresby

		AS Vénus	2

		Napier City Rovers	3

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Wollongong Wolves	4–2	AS Vénus
Tafea	4–2	Napier City Rovers

Third place play-off

22 January 2001

13:00

AS Vénus	2–3	Napier City Rovers
Jacobsen 44' Ilengo 74'	Report	Ryan 11' Akers 23' Gearey 86'

Lloyd Robson Stadium, Port Moresby

Final

The final was played on 22 January 2001 at Lloyd Robson Stadium in Port Moresby.