# 2024 OFC Men's Champions League

The 2024 OFC Men's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the Oceanian club championship. Organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), it is Oceania's premier club football tournament. The 2024 edition of the tournament was the 18th season under the current OFC Men's Champions League name.
The tournament winner qualified for the 2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. By winning the 2022 OFC Champions League and the 2023 OFC Champions League, Auckland City earned the right to play at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States before even playing the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.

## Teams

A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.
* Seven associations (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the group stage, after playing a national playoff between the top-two clubs in their league.
* Four associations (American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners advancing to the group stage.
Teams entering the National playoffs :
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| Fiji (2 berths) | Lautoka | 2023 Fiji Premier League champions |
| Fiji (2 berths) | Rewa | 2023 Fiji Premier League runners-up |
| New Caledonia (2 berths) | AS Magenta | 2023 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions |
| New Caledonia (2 berths) | ASC Gaïca | 2023 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up |
| New Zealand (2 berths) | Wellington Olympic | 2023 New Zealand National League grand final champions |
| New Zealand (2 berths) | Auckland City | 2023 New Zealand National League grand final runners-up |
| Papua New Guinea (2 berths) | Hekari United | 2023 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champions |
| Papua New Guinea (2 berths) | Southern Strikers | 2023 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up |
| Solomon Islands (2 berths) | Solomon Warriors | 2023 Telekom S-League champions |
| Solomon Islands (2 berths) | Central Coast | 2023 Telekom S-League runners-up |
| Tahiti (2 berths) | AS Tefana | 2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions |
| Tahiti (2 berths) | AS Pirae | 2022–23 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up |
| Vanuatu (2 berths) | Ifira Black Bird | 2023 VFF Champions League grand final champions |
| Vanuatu (2 berths) | Classic FC | 2023 VFF Champions League grand final runners-up |
Teams entering the qualifying stage :
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| American Samoa (1 berth) | Vaiala Tongan | 2023 FFAS Senior League seventh place |
| Cook Islands (1 berth) | Tupapa Maraerenga | 2023 Cook Islands Round Cup champion |
| Samoa (1 berth) | Vaivase-Tai | 2023 Samoa National League third place |
| Tonga (1 berth) | Veitongo | 2023 Tonga Major League champion |

## Schedule

Schedule for 2024 OFC Men's Champions League :
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
| Qualifying stage | Preliminary group ( Tonga) | 17 January | 17 February | 17 February |
| 20 February ||
| 23 February ||
| Qualifying stage | National Play-off | 17 January | 8 February – 12 March | 11 February – 16 March |
| Group stage | Matchday 1 | 17 January | 11–12 & 20 May | 11–12 & 20 May |
| Group stage | Matchday 2 | 17 January | 14–16 May | 14–16 May |
| Group stage | Matchday 3 | 17 January | 17–18 May | 17–18 May |
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 17 January | 22 May | 22 May |
| Knockout phase | Final | 17 January | 24 May | 24 May |

## Qualifying stage
### Preliminary group

The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 17 January 2024 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue (in Nuku'alofa, Tonga). The winners advanced to the group stage to join the seven winners from the national playoffs.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VPN | TUP | VEI | RYP |
| 1 | Vaivase-Tai FC | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 7 | Advance to Group stage | — | 4–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Tupapa Maraerenga | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 6 | | — | — | 3–2 | 14–0 |
| 3 | Veitongo (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 4 | | 0–0 | — | — | 13–0 |
| 4 | Vaiala Tongan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | −41 | 0 | | 0–14 | — | — | — |

### National play-offs

Seven sets of national playoffs took place to determine which side from those nations would take part in this year's Champions League.
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Rewa | 3–2 | Lautoka | 0–0 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) |
| ASC Gaïca | 1–2 | AS Magenta | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Auckland City | 4–3 | Wellington Olympic | 1–0 | 3–3 |
| Port Moresby Strikers | 0–5 | Hekari United | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Central Coast | 1–2 | Solomon Warriors | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Pirae | 2–2 (6–5 p) | Tefana | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Classic | 2–3 | Ifira Black Bird | 1–2 | 1–1 |

## Final tournament
### Qualified teams

| Teams qualified from the National playoff | Teams qualified from the qualifying round |
| Rewa AS Magenta Auckland City Hekari United Solomon Warriors Pirae Ifira Black Bird | Vaivase-Tai FC |

### Draw result

Group A :
| Group A PosTeam A1 Solomon Warriors A2 Hekari United A3 Rewa A4 Auckland City | Group B PosTeam B1 Pirae B2 Vaivase-Tai FC B3 Ifira Black Bird B4 AS Magenta |

### Venues

Final tournament venues being played in Tahiti in two host cities in Papeete and Pāʻea.
Tahiti :
| Pirae | Pāʻea |
| Stade Pater Te Hono Nui | Stade Paea |
| Capacity: 11,700 | Capacity: 10,000 |
| PiraePāʻea ||

## Group stage

The group stage matches took place in Tahiti between 11 and 20 May 2024.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | REW | HEK | SOL |
| 1 | Auckland City | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Rewa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | 2–2 | — | — | — |
| 3 | Hekari United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | | — | 2–3 | — | — |
| 4 | Solomon Warriors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PIR | MAG | IFI | VPN |
| 1 | Pirae (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | — | — | 5–1 | 6–0 |
| 2 | AS Magenta | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage | 0–0 | — | — | 8–0 |
| 3 | Ifira Black Bird | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | | — | 1–2 | — | — |
| 4 | Vaivase-Tai FC | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | | — | — | 1–5 | — |

## Knockout stage

The four teams in the knockout stage played on a single-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match at Stade Pater.

### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 |
| Auckland City | 1 |
| Auckland City | 1 | 24 May 2024 | 24 May 2024 |
| AS Magenta | 0 | 24 May 2024 | 24 May 2024 |
| AS Magenta | 0 | Auckland City | 4 |
| 22 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 | | Auckland City | 4 |
| 22 May 2024 | 22 May 2024 | Pirae | 0 |
| Pirae (a.e.t.) | 4 | Pirae | 0 |
| Rewa | 2 | | |

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Auckland City | 1–0 | AS Magenta |
| Pirae | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | Rewa |

### Final

In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final was played on 24 May 2024.

## Awards

| Award | Winner | Team |
| Golden Ball | Liam Gillion | Auckland City FC |
| Golden Boot | Germain Haewegene | AS Magenta |
| Golden Glove | Conor Tracey | Auckland City FC |
| Fair Play Award | — | Auckland City FC |

## Qualification to 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

On 17 December 2023 FIFA confirmed the sporting criteria for the four-year ranking used to determine the OFC representative in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, awarding 3 points for a win, one point for a draw, and three points for "advanced phase" in the Confederations primary club competition. On the same day, FIFA confirmed Auckland City as the OFC representative. As champions of the previous two iterations of the OFC Champions League, there was no mathematical possibility for Auckland City to be overtaken by another club during the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.
The four-year rankings is as follows: