Following confirmation from the participating Member Associations, the OFC Competitions department has released the official match schedule for Oceania’s premier regional club competition.
For the second year running 2014 Champions League runners-up Amicale FC of Vanuatu have found themselves drawn in the same group as Auckland City FC.
The Vanuatu side were fortunate to take out that first match up 1-0 but were then narrowly defeated in the Champions League final and again in the inaugural OFC President’s Cup final several months later. The next encounter between these two regional powerhouses is a highly anticipated one.
They are joined in Group B by the as yet unconfirmed Solomon Islands representative, as well as 2014 Fiji club champions Suva FA.
Group A consists of 2014 OFC Champions League semi-finalists AS Pirae of and Ba FC of Fiji. FC Gaitcha from New Caledonia and OFC Champions League Preliminary victors Lupe Ole Soaga of Samoa round out the group.
In Group C are Vanuatu domestic champions Tafea, New Zealand’s second qualifier Team Wellington, AS Tefana of Tahiti and eight-time National Soccer League champions Hekari United of Papua New Guinea.
All Group A matches will be played at Govind Park in Ba, while Groups B and C will compete for glory at ANZ Stadium in Suva, which will also be the location for the Knock-Out stage of the competition.
Each group will play each other in a round robin based on a league system, the teams finishing first, as well as the best-ranked runner-up, of all three groups will contest the semi-finals. The winner of each semi-final will progress to the 2015 OFC Champions League final.
The full match schedule is available here.