2018 OFC Champions League Final
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host countries |
Qualifying stage: American SamoaGroup stage:  Vanuatu (Group A) Tahiti (Group B) New Zealand (Group C) Solomon Islands (Group D)
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| Dates |
Qualifying stage: 20–26 January 2018 Competition proper: 10 February – May 2018 |
| Teams |
Competition proper: 16 Total: 18 (from 11 associations) |
The 2018 OFC Champions League will be the 17th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 12th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
The winners of the 2018 OFC Champions League will qualify as the OFC representative at the 2018 FIFA Club World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. Auckland City are the defending champions, having won the last seven titles straight.
For this season, a quarter-final stage will be introduced, meaning that the top two teams of each group (instead of only the group winners) in the group stage will advance to the knockout stage.
A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations enter the competition.
The schedule of the competition is as follows.
The draw of the qualifying stage was held on 15 September 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.
In the qualifying stage, the four teams play each other on a round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up advance to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants.
The draw of the group stage was held on 15 September 2017 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.
In the group stage, the four teams in each group play each other on a round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the quarter-finals.
The hosts of each group were announced by OFC on 31 October 2017.
In the knockout stage, the eight teams play on a single-elimination basis. The draw for the knockout stage will be held after the completion of the group stage.
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