1999 OFC Club Championship

1999 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	18–26 September 1999
Teams	9 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	South Melbourne (1st title)
Runners-up	Nadi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	99 (7.62 per match)
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The 1999 OFC Club Championship was the second season of Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by OFC.

South Melbourne defeated Nadi 5–1 in the final, which was played at the Prince Charles Park in Nadi, Fiji. As winners, South Melbourne qualified for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.

Adelaide City were the defending champions, but did not qualify for the tournament.

Teams

Location of teams of the 1999 OFC Club Championship group stage.

Brown: Group A;

Red: Group B;

Orange: Group C.

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

Schedule

Schedule for 1999 OFC Club Championship
Phase	Round	Date
Group stage	Matchday 1	18 September 1999
	Matchday 2	20 September 1999
	Matchday 3	22 September 1999
Knockout stage	Semi-finals	24 September 1999
	Third place play-off	26 September 1999
	Final	26 September 1999

Group stage

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 v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Melbourne	2	2	0	12	1	11	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Malaita Eagles	2	1	1	15	4	11	3
3	Konica FC	2	0	2	2	24	−22	0

Source: RSSSF

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AS Vénus	2	1	1	0	15	2	13	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nadi	2	1	1	0	14	1	13	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Kiwi Club	2	0	0	2	1	27	−26	0

Source: RSSSF

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Central United	2	1	1	0	18	2	16	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	Tafea	2	1	1	0	12	2	10	4
3	Lotohaʻapai	2	0	0	2	0	26	−26	0

Source: RSSSF

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	B	Nadi	2	1	1	0	14	1	13	4	Advance to knockout stage
2	C	Tafea	2	1	1	0	12	2	10	4
3	A	Malaita Kingz	2	1	0	1	15	4	11	3

Source: RSSSF

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

24 September – Lautoka

South Melbourne	3
		26 September – Nadi
AS Vénus	0
		South Melbourne	5
24 September – Lautoka
		Nadi	1
Central United	0

Nadi	1
		Third place play-off

		26 September – Nadi

		Central United	—

		AS Vénus	—

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central United	0–1	Nadi
South Melbourne	3–0	AS Vénus

Third place play-off

The third place play-off scheduled on 26 September 1999 was cancelled due to too many injuries, following in particular the Central United v Tafea group stage match.

26 September 1999

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