2020 OFC Champions League group stage

The 2020 OFC Champions League group stage was played from 15 February to 7 March 2020.[1] A total of 16 teams competed in the group stage to decide the eight places in the knockout stage of the 2020 OFC Champions League.

Draw

The draw and the hosts of the qualifying stage were announced by the OFC on 13 December 2019.[1] The 16 teams (14 teams entering the group stage and two teams advancing from the qualifying stage) were drawn into four groups of four.

  • The champions of the seven developed associations, and the runners-up of New Caledonia, by virtue of having the best second team in the 2019 OFC Champions League, were drawn into Positions 1 and 2 of Groups A–D.
  • The runners-up of the six developed associations apart from New Caledonia were drawn into Position 3 of Groups A–D and Position 4 of Groups A–B. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.
  • The winners and runners-up of the qualifying stage, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw, were drawn into Position 4 of Groups C–D.
Association champions
& New Caledonia runners-up		 Remaining runners-up Teams advancing from qualifying stage

Format

The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the quarter-finals of the knockout stage.

Schedule

Matches were played on the following dates and venues:

  • Group A matches were played between 16–22 February 2020 in Papua New Guinea.
  • Group B matches were played between 15–21 February 2020 in Vanuatu.
  • Group C matches were played between 1–7 March 2020 in New Caledonia.
  • Group D matches were played between 1–7 March 2020 in Tahiti.

The schedule of each matchday was as follows.

Matchday Dates Matches
Group A Group B Groups C & D
Matchday 1 16 February 2020 15 February 2020 1 March 2020 Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 1
Matchday 2 19 February 2020 18 February 2020 4 March 2020 Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3
Matchday 3 22 February 2020 21 February 2020 7 March 2020 Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 1 vs. Team 2

Groups

Group A

All times were local, PGT (UTC+10).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification EAS GAL HEK HIE
1 Eastern Suburbs 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Knockout stage — — 2–1 —
2 Galaxy 3 1 1 1 7 5 +2 4 2–2 — — 4–1
3 Hekari United (H) 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 — 2–1 — —
4 Hienghène Sport 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1 0–4 — 2–2 —
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Galaxy 4–1 Hienghène Sport
  • Roberson  14'
  • Feni  34'
  • Carter  80'
  • Tangis  90+1'
 Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Eastern Suburbs 2–1 Hekari United
 Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)
Galaxy 2–2 Eastern Suburbs
  • Carter  16'
  • Roberson  21'
 Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Timothy Niu (Solomon Islands)
Hienghène Sport 2–2 Hekari United
 Report
  • Erick Joe  30'
  • Vinicius Reis  45+7' (pen.)
Attendance: 500
Referee: Deepak Raj (Fiji)
Hienghène Sport 0–4 Eastern Suburbs
Report
  • Bueno  11', 72'
  • Drake  17'
  • Thurston  90+5'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Ben Aukwai (Solomon Islands)
Hekari United 2–1 Galaxy
  • A. Kepo  54', 64'
 Report
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Veer Singh (Fiji)

Group B

All times were local, VUT (UTC+11).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAL HEN LAE LAU
1 Malampa Revivors (H) 3 1 2 0 6 3 +3 5 Knockout stage — 2–2 3–0 —
2 Henderson Eels 3 1 2 0 8 7 +1 5 — — — 3–2
3 Lae City 3 1 1 1 10 6 +4 4 — 3–3 — —
4 Lautoka 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8 1 1–1 — 0–7 —
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Lae City 3–3 Henderson Eels
 Report
Attendance: 2,500
Lautoka 1–1 Malampa Revivors
  • Caunter  29' (pen.)
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Waugh (New Zealand)
Lautoka 0–7 Lae City
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Sione Mau (American Samoa)
Malampa Revivors 2–2 Henderson Eels
  • Bai  5'
  • Ravo  86'
 Report
Attendance: 2,800
Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)
Henderson Eels 3–2 Lautoka
 Report
  • Ali  29'
  • Caunter  51' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)
Malampa Revivors 3–0 Lae City
  • Batick  34', 45+3', 58'
 Report
Attendance: 4,200

Group C

All times were local, NCT (UTC+11).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAG WAR TIA TUP
1 Magenta (H) 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Knockout stage — 2–0 3–2 —
2 Solomon Warriors 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 — — 1–0 —
3 Tiare Tahiti 3 1 0 2 5 4 +1 3 — — — 3–0[lower-alpha 1]
4 Tupapa Maraerenga 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 Withdrew[lower-alpha 2] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 0–3[lower-alpha 1] — —
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Tupapa Maraerenga were ruled to have forfeited all matches, which were awarded as 3–0 wins to their opponents, due to their withdrawal.[2]
  2. On 1 March 2020, the OFC announced that Tupapa Maraerenga had withdrawn from the group stage due to three of their players not being allowed to compete by the Directorate of Health and Social Affairs of New Caledonia as their immunization for measles could not be confirmed.[3]
Solomon Warriors 1–0 Tiare Tahiti
  • Ifunaoa  66'
 Report
Attendance: 150
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Tupapa Maraerenga Cancelled
0–3 Awarded		 Magenta
Report
Referee: Sione Lelenga (Tonga)
Tupapa Maraerenga Cancelled
0–3 Awarded		 Solomon Warriors
Report
Magenta 3–2 Tiare Tahiti
 Report
  • Porlier  21', 76'
Attendance: 450
Referee: Matthew Conger (New Zealand)
Tiare Tahiti Cancelled
3–0 Awarded		 Tupapa Maraerenga
Report
Magenta 2–0 Solomon Warriors
  • Ranchain  16'
  • Hmaen  28'
 Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Cory Mills (New Zealand)

Group D

Following a proposal by the Local Organising Committee in Tahiti, the OFC agreed to change the venue for Group D from Stade Pater, Pirae to Stade Municipal de Mahina, Mahina.[4] However, due to heavy rain, the first match day of Group D would be played at Stade Pater after Stade Mahina was deemed not suitable for use by the Oceania Football Confederation in conjunction with the Local Organising Committee.[5] All times were local, TAHT (UTC−10).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AUC VEN LUP BAF
1 Auckland City 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Knockout stage — — 2–0 —
2 Vénus (H) 3 2 0 1 10 3 +7 6 0–1 — — 4–2
3 Lupe o le Soaga 3 1 0 2 4 11 −7 3 — 0–6 — 4–3
4 Ba 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0 0–6 — — —
Source: OFC
(H) Host.
Ba 0–6 Auckland City
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)
Lupe o le Soaga 0–6 Vénus
Report
Attendance: 750
Referee: Joel Hopken (Vanuatu)
Lupe o le Soaga 4–3 Ba
  • Mason  11'
  • Mosquera  29' (pen.)
  • Taualai  38'
  • Ueligitone  42'
 Report
Stade Municipal de Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 350
Referee: Hamilton Siau (Solomon Islands)
Vénus 0–1 Auckland City
Report
Stade Municipal de Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: David Yareboinen (Papua New Guinea)
Auckland City 2–0 Lupe o le Soaga
 Report
Stade Municipal de Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 250
Referee: George Time (Solomon Islands)
Vénus 4–2 Ba
  • Tehau  29', 45+2', 55'
  • Barbe  36'
 Report
Stade Municipal de Mahina, Mahina
Attendance: 850
Referee: Médéric Lacour (New Caledonia)

Notes
  1. The identity of both teams from Solomon Islands was not known at the time of the draw.

References
  1. "Champions League group hosts named". Oceania Football Confederation. 13 December 2019.
  2. @OFCfootball (7 March 2020). "This is how Group C of the OFC Champions League 2020 ended up in Noumea 👇 Congrats to AS Magenta 🇳🇨 🇫🇷 and Solomon Warriors 🇸🇧 on their qualification to the quarterfinals 👏 👊 ⚽ #OFCCL" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Tupapa withdraws from Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 1 March 2020.
  4. "Change of venue for Group D in Tahiti". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 February 2020.
  5. "Weather forces Group D venue change". Oceania Football Confederation. 1 March 2020.
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