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2013-14 OFC Champions League

2013–14 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
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 New Zealand Auckland City (6th title)
Runners-up Vanuatu Amicale
Tournament statistics
Matches played 29
Goals scored 110 (3.79 per match)
Top scorer(s) French Polynesia Naea Bennett
Argentina Emiliano Tade
(6 goals each)
Best player Argentina Emiliano Tade
Best goalkeeper Vanuatu 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.


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