2007–08 OFC Champions League

2007–08 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Dates	June 12, 2007 – May 4, 2008
Teams	9 (from 8 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Waitakere United (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kossa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	53 (3.12 per match)
Top scorer(s)	James Naka; Joe Luwi ; (4 goals each)
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The 2007–08 OFC Champions League was the 7th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 2nd season under the current OFC Champions League name. The qualifying round was held at Stade Numa-Daly in Nouméa, New Caledonia, from 12 to 16 February 2007, with the main competition taking the form of a home and away group stage followed by a knockout round, which was played from 27 October 2007 until 11 May 2008.

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The qualifying round was contested by teams from the three lowest ranked nations in Oceania and Vanuatu, who lost their automatic qualification place due to the withdrawal of their representative in the previous year's competition.

The winner of the tournament was Waitakere Utd of New Zealand, who reclaimed their title by beating Kossa FC of the Solomon Islands in the two legged final. The winners claimed Oceania's US$1 million (NZ$1.41 million) berth in the 2008 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
Fiji	Ba F.C.	2007 Fiji National Football League first stage champion
New Zealand	Auckland City	2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion
New Zealand	Waitakere United	2006–07 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
Solomon Islands	Kossa	2006–07 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
Tahiti	Manu-Ura	2005–06 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
Cook Islands	Nikao Sokattak^[a]	2006 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
New Caledonia	Baco	2006–07 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Papua New Guinea	University Inter	2006 Papua New Guinea overall final champion
Vanuatu	Tafea FC	2007 VFF Bred Cup winner

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Tafea	2	2	0	10	1	+9	6	Advance to group stage
Baco	2	1	1	2	5	−3	3
University Inter	2	0	2	1	7	−6	0
Nikao Sokattack	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Date	Home	Score	Away
Jun 12	Baco	2–0	University Inter
Jun 14	Tafea	5–1	University Inter
Jun 16	Tafea	5–0	Baco

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	WAI	AUC	MU
1	Waitakere United	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	8		1–1	2–1
2	Auckland City	4	2	1	1	8	2	+6	7	0–1		6–0
3	Manu-Ura	4	0	1	3	2	10	−8	1	1–1	0–1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	KOS	TAF	BA
1	Kossa	4	2	2	0	8	4	+4	8		1–1	2–0
2	Tafea	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5	1–1		2–1
3	Ba F.C.	4	1	0	3	4	8	−4	3	2–4	1–0

2007–08 OFC Champions League

Participants

OFC O-League preliminary tournament

Group stage

Group A

Group B

Final

Top goal-scorers

References

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