June will see the return of Oceania’s flagship club football competition, the OFC Champions League, which will decide who represents the region at the 2022 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup™.

The revised competition format, which was adapted in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic to reduce travel requirements on teams, is split into two phases.

Stage one will determine which clubs contest stage two, which will be an eight-team centralised finals tournament scheduled for August this year.

Fiji, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu will stage home and away playoffs – involving the champion and runner up from their respective national league – through June, from which each winner will secure qualification to the finals tournament.

Papua New Guinea and Tahiti meanwhile will each host a single leg match between their national league champion and runner up, also in June, to decide their representative.

New Zealand Football has already selected Auckland City FC as their representative for the finals tournament.

The club champions of American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga are scheduled to play each other in a centralised qualifying tournament to decide who takes the final qualification spot, with details still to be confirmed pending border restrictions.

Livestream coverage of all OFC Champions League 2022 National Playoffs will be provided, with the fixtures set out below.

OFC Champions League 2022 National Playoffs (dates and times are listed in local time)

June 4 | Hienghène Sport v Sc Ne Drehu at Stade Yoshida, Kone – 3.00pm kickoff

June 6 | Sc Ne Drehu v Hienghène Sport at Stade Numa Daly, Noumea – 3.00pm kickoff

June 14 | AS Pirae v AS Venus at Stade Pater, Papeete – 8.00pm kickoff

June 17 | Rewa FC v Lautoka FC at Churchill Park, Lautoka – 7.00pm kickoff

June 18 | RueRue FC v Galaxy FC at Luganville Soccer City Stadium, Luganville – 2.00pm

June 19 | Lautoka FC v Rewa FC at Ratu Cakobau Park, Suva – 3.00pm kickoff

June 19 | Solomon Warriors FC v Central Coast FC at Lawson Tama Stadium – 3.00pm kickoff

June 25 | Central Coast FC v Solomon Warriors FC at Lawson Tama Stadium – 3.00pm kickoff

June 25 | Galaxy FC v RueRue FC at Korman Stadium, Port Vila – 2.00pm kickoff

June 25 | Lae City FC v Hekari United FC at PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby – 3.00pm kickoff