| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Tahiti (final tournament) |
| Dates | Qualifying: 8 February – 16 March Competition proper: 11–24 May[1] |
| Teams | Competition proper: 8 Total: 18 (from 11 associations) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 62 (4.13 per match) |
| Attendance | 3,491 (233 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | (5 goals) (AS Magenta) |
| Best player(s) | (Auckland City FC) |
| Bestgoalkeeper | (Auckland City FC) |
| Fair play award | |
←2023 2025 → | |
The2024 OFC Men's Champions League was the 23rd edition of the Oceanian club championship. Organized by theOceania Football Confederation (OFC), it isOceania's premier clubfootball tournament. This was the first season under the currentOFC Men's Champions League name.
The tournament winner qualified for the2024 FIFA Intercontinental Cup. By winning the2022 OFC Champions League and the2023 OFC Champions League,Auckland City earned the right to play at the2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States before even playing the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.[2]
A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.
| Entry round | Teams | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying stage | NP | ||||
| PR | |||||
| Phase | Round | Draw date | First leg | Second leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying stage | Preliminary group ( | 17 January | 17 February | |
| 20 February | ||||
| 23 February | ||||
| National Play-off | 8 February – 12 March | 11 February – 16 March | ||
| Group stage[3] | Matchday 1 | 11–12 & 20 May | ||
| Matchday 2 | 14–16 May | |||
| Matchday 3 | 17–18 May | |||
| Knockout phase | Semi-finals | 22 May | ||
| Final | 24 May | |||
The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 17 January 2024 at the OFC Headquarters inAuckland,New Zealand.[4][5]The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on around-robin basis at a centralised venue (inNuku'alofa,Tonga). The winners advanced to thegroup stage to join the seven winners from the national playoffs.[4]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VPN | TUP | VEI | RYP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | +18 | 7 | Advance toGroup stage | — | 4–0 | — | — | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 6 | — | — | 3–2 | 14–0 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 4 | 0–0 | — | — | 13–0 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 41 | −41 | 0 | 0–14 | — | — | — |
Seven sets of national playoffs took place to determine which side from those nations would take part in this year's Champions League.[5]
| Team 1 | Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rewa | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | |
| ASC Gaïca | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Auckland City | 4–3 | 1–0 | 3–3 | |
| Port Moresby Strikers | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | |
| Central Coast | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Pirae | 2–2(6–5p) | 1–1 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | |
| Classic | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Teams qualified from the National playoff[a] | Teams qualified from the qualifying round |
|---|---|
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Final tournament venues being played inTahiti in two host cities inPirae andPāʻea.
| Pirae | Pāʻea |
|---|---|
| Stade Pater Te Hono Nui | Stade Paea |
| Capacity:11,700 | Capacity:10,000 |
The group stage matches took place inTahiti between 11 and 20 May 2024.[3][6]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | REW | HEK | SOL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Advance toKnockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 2–2 | — | — | — | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | — | 2–3 | — | — | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 | — | 2–3 | 0–2 | — |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PIR | MAG | IFI | VPN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 7 | Advance toKnockout stage | — | — | 5–1 | 6–0 | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | 0–0 | — | — | 8–0 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | — | 1–2 | — | — | |||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | — | — | 1–5 | — |
The four teams in the knockout stage played on asingle-elimination basis, with each tie played as a single match atStade Pater.
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 May –Pirae | ||||||
| 1 | ||||||
| 24 May –Pirae | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 22 May –Pirae | ||||||
| 0 | ||||||
| 4 | ||||||
| 2 | ||||||
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland City | 1–0 | |
| Pirae | 4–2 (a.e.t.) |
In the final, the two semi-final winners played against each other. The final was played on 24 May 2024.
| Auckland City | 4–0 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
| Award | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Ball | ||
| Golden Boot | ||
| Golden Glove | ||
| Fair Play Award | — |
On 17 December 2023 FIFA confirmed the sporting criteria for the four-year ranking used to determine the OFC representative in the2025 FIFA Club World Cup, awarding 3 points for a win, one point for a draw, and three points for "advanced phase" in the Confederations primary club competition. On the same day, FIFA confirmed Auckland City as the OFC representative.[7] As champions of the previous two iterations of the OFC Champions League, there was no mathematical possibility for Auckland City to be overtaken by another club during the 2024 OFC Men's Champions League.
The four-year rankings is as follows:[8]
| Rank | Club | TP | CP | MP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 66 | 27 | 39 | |
| 2 | 31 | 15 | 16 | |
| 3 | 20 | 9 | 11 | |
| 4 | 18 | 9 | 9 | |
| 5 | 17 | 9 | 8 | |
| 17 | 9 | 8 | ||
| 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | |
| 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | |
| 12 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 12 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 11 | 9 | 6 | 3 | |
| 12 | 7 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
| 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 |