2016 OFC Champions League

2016 OFC Champions League
Tournament details
Host countriesPreliminary stage:
 Cook Islands
Final stage:
 New Zealand
DatesPreliminary stage:
26–30 January 2016
Final stage:
8–23 April 2016
TeamsFinal stage: 12
Total: 15 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (8th title)
Runners-upNew Zealand Team Wellington
Tournament statistics
Matches played27
Goals scored131 (4.85 per match)
Attendance7,170 (266 per match)
Top scorer(s)Preliminary stage:
New Zealand Jared Colligan
Final stage:
Portugal João Moreira
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Scott Basalaj
Fair play awardPapua New Guinea Hekari United
2017

The 2016 OFC Champions League was the 15th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 10th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final stage of the tournament was held in New Zealand for the first time under its current format, with the preliminary stage held in the Cook Islands.[1]

Auckland City were the five-time defending champions, and won their sixth title in a row and eighth overall title with a 3–0 final victory over fellow New Zealand opponents Team Wellington. As the winners of the 2016 OFC Champions League, they qualified as the OFC representative at the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan (a record eighth Club World Cup appearance).[2] Their sixth consecutive continental club title was also a record, surpassing a tie they previously shared with Real Madrid, who won five consecutive European Cups between 1956 and 1960.[3]

  1. ^ "OFC Champions League set for New Zealand". Oceania Football Confederation. October 28, 2015. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Auckland again crowned Oceania kings". FIFA.com. 23 April 2016. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016.
  3. ^ "Oceanian dozen set for Champions League charge". FIFA.com. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on April 8, 2016.