1999 Oceania Club Championship

1999 Oceania Club Championship

Tournament details
Dates	18–26 September 1999
Teams	9 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	South Melbourne (1st title)
Runners-up	Nadi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	99 (8.25 per match)

The 1999 Oceania Club Championships was held in September 1999. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The competition was held in Fiji (Nadi and Lautoka).

Teams

A total of 9 teams from 9 OFC member associations entered the competition.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
American Samoa	Konica Machine	1999 ASFA Soccer League champion
Australia	South Melbourne	1998–99 Australian National Soccer League champion
Fiji	Nadi	1998 Fiji Super Premier League champion
New Zealand	Central United	1999 New Zealand National Final champion
Samoa	Kiwi	1997 Samoa National League champion
Solomon Islands	Malaita Eagles	1999 Solomon Cup champion
Tahiti	Vénus	1998–99 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai	1999 Tonga Club Championship champion
Vanuatu	Tafea	1999 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Group stage

Konica

South Melbourne

Nadi

Central United

Kiwi

Malaita Eagles

Vénus

Lotohaʻapai

Tafea

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Location of teams of the 1999 Oceania Club Championship group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C.

The nine participants were placed in three groups, where each team played the other teams once. The group winners and best second place team progressed to the semi-finals.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SOU	MAL	KON
1	South Melbourne	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6	Advance to Semi-finals		—	2–1	10–0
2	Malaita Eagles	2	1	0	1	15	4	+11	3				—	14–2
3	Konica	2	0	0	2	2	24	−22	0					—

Source: RSSSF

18 Sep

South Melbourne	2–1	Malaita Eagles

20 Sep

Malaita Eagles	14–2	Konica Machine

22 Sep

South Melbourne	10–0	Konica Machine

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VEN	NAD	KIW
1	Vénus	2	1	1	0	15	2	+13	4	Advance to Semi-finals		—		14–1
2	Nadi	2	1	1	0	14	1	+13	4			1–1	—	13–0
3	Kiwi	2	0	0	2	1	27	−26	0					—

Source: RSSSF

18 September 1999

Nadi	1–1	Vénus

20 September 1999

Nadi	13–0	Kiwi

22 September 1999

Vénus	14–1	Kiwi

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CEN	TAF	LOT
1	Central United	2	1	1	0	18	2	+16	4	Advance to Semi-finals		—	2–2	16–0
2	Tafea	2	1	1	0	12	2	+10	4				—	10–0
3	Lotohaʻapai	2	0	0	2	0	26	−26	0					—

Source: RSSSF

18 Sep

Tafea	10–0	Lotoha'apai

20 Sep

Central United	16–0	Lotoha'apai

22 Sep

Central United	2–2	Tafea

Knockout phase

Semi-finals

The top team from each groups progressed to the semifinals, along with the best second place team.

24 September 1999 17.00

Central United	0–1	Nadi
	Report	Mamaqa 36'

Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji

Attendance: ?

Referee: ?

24 September 1999 19.00

South Melbourne	3–0	Vénus
Coveny 38' Liparotti 44' Trimboli 76'	Report

Churchill Park, Lautoka, Fiji

Attendance: ?

Referee: ?

Third place play-off

26 September 1999 13.30

Central United	–	Vénus
	(Report)

Prince Charles Park, Nadi, Fiji

Referee: ?

The third place playoff was cancelled due to injuries following in particular the Central United vs Tafea match.

Final

26 September 1999 15.30

South Melbourne	5–1	Nadi
Isoifidis 8' Clarkson 16' Curcija 47' (pen.) Coveny 50' Panopoulos 73' pen	Report	Voli 87'

Prince Charles Park, Nadi, Fiji

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: ?

Champion

FIFA Oceania Club Championship 1999 Winners
South Melbourne First title

South Melbourne were the 1999 Oceania Club Champions and qualified for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.

External links

• OFC Club Championship 1999 site