Tournament details | |
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Host countries | Fiji (group stage) American Samoa (preliminary stage) |
Dates | 15–19 October 2013 (preliminary stage) 7 April – 18 May 2014 (final stage) |
Teams | 12 (final stage) 15 (total) (from 11 associations) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Auckland City (6th title) |
Runners-up | Amicale |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 29 |
Goals scored | 110 (3.79 per match) |
Top scorer(s) |
Naea Bennett Emiliano Tade (6 goals each) |
Best player | Emiliano Tade |
Best goalkeeper | Chikau Mansale |
The 2013–14 OFC Champions League was the 13th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 8th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
Auckland City became the first team to win four consecutive and six overall titles after defeating Amicale in the final. As the winner of the 2014 OFC Champions League, they earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup. Both finalists also earned invitations to participate in the 2014 OFC President's Cup.
The OFC decided to change the format once again for the 2014 edition:
A total of 15 teams from all 11 OFC associations entered the competition. The four associations with the best results in the 2012–13 OFC Champions League (Fiji, New Zealand, Tahiti, Vanuatu) were awarded two berths each, and three other associations (New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands) were awarded one berth each. Those teams directly entered the group stage, to be joined by the winner of the preliminary stage, which was contested by teams from the four developing associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga).
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
The preliminary stage was played in Pago Pago, American Samoa from 15 to 19 October 2013 (all times UTC−11). The draw to determine the fixtures was held on 8 October 2013 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The four teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winner advanced to the group stage to join the 11 automatic qualifiers.