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The 2006 OFC Club Championship was the 5th edition of the top-level Oceanic club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the last tournament before it was rebranded as the OFC Champions League. The qualifying round was held at Govind Park in Ba, Fiji, from 6 February until 10 February 2006, with the main competition taking place at the North Harbour Stadium in Albany, New Zealand from 10 May until 21 May 2006.

The tournament was the first of its kind to not have a representative from Australia competing, due to the nation's migration to the Asian Football Confederation, meaning the winners of the competition would for the first time be from a nation outside of Australia.

Australia's departure from the OFC meant that qualification for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup was under question – in March 2006 it was reported that the Oceania champions would have to play a preliminary match against the J. League champions for a place in the main competition. However, later that month, it was announced that FIFA president Sepp Blatter had been unable to get the necessary support for the new format and as a result Oceania retained direct entry to 2006 FIFA Club World Cup. FIFA reviewed the format the following year.

The winner of the tournament was Auckland City of New Zealand, who beat AS Pirae of Tahiti in the final.

Participants

The following teams entered the competition.

Association	Team	Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
New Caledonia	AS Magenta	2004–05 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
New Zealand	Auckland City	2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship grand final champion 2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premier
	YoungHeart Manawatu	2005–06 New Zealand Football Championship regular season runner-up
Papua New Guinea	Sobou FC	2005 Papua New Guinea National Club Championship champion
Solomon Islands	Makuru FC	2006 Solomon Islands National Club Championship champion
Tahiti	AS Pirae	2004–05 Tahiti Division Fédérale champion
Vanuatu	Tafea FC	2005 Vanuatu National Super League champion
Teams entering the preliminary round
American Samoa	PanSa	2005 ASFA Soccer League champion
Cook Islands	Nikao Sokattak	2005 Cook Islands Round Cup champion
Fiji	Nokia Eagles	2006 Fiji Club Franchise League champion
Samoa	Tuanaimato Breeze	2005 Samoa National League champion
Tonga	Lotoha'apai United	2005 Tonga Major League champion

Notes

1. PanSa withdrew from the competition.

Preliminary round

A preliminary round was held to determine the 8th and final participant in the final. The format was a group stage, with each team playing each other once. The winner of the group would qualify for the main draw.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nokia Eagles	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to group stage
2	Tuanaimato Breeze	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	Lotohaʻapai	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4
4	Nikao Sokattak	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3	1

Group stage

The eight remaining teams were separated into two groups, each team playing the other teams once. The top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals. This First Round was held in Albany, New Zealand.

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Auckland City	3	3	0	0	11	1	+10	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	AS Pirae	3	2	0	1	17	2	+15	6
3	Marist	3	1	0	2	9	14	−5	3
4	Sobou	3	0	0	3	1	21	−20	0

Marist	1–10	Pirae
Iniga 90+'		Hmaé 21' (pen.) 53' 90' Bennett 32' 48' 66' 69' Fa'aiuaso 45' Williams 67' 82'

Auckland City	7–0	Sobou
Jordan 11' Young 38' Mulrooney 53' G. Little 66' 76' B. Little 69' Hayne 90+'

Auckland City	3–1	Marist
Urlovic 14' Young 31' G. Little 84' (pen.)		Misiga 68'

Pirae	7–0	Sobou
Williams 16' 54' 79' Lenu 27' 64' Fa'aiuaso 77' 90'

Sobou	1–7	Marist
Wate 45+'		Samani 31' 37' (pen.) 43' Iniga 45' Wayne 54' Wagiro 74' Misiga 82'

Pirae	0–1	Auckland City
		G. Little 85'

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	YoungHeart Manawatu	3	1	2	0	8	5	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Nokia Eagles	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
3	Tafea	3	1	1	1	4	7	−3	4
4	AS Magenta	3	1	0	2	1	4	−3	3

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 May – Auckland
	Auckland City	9
					21 May – Auckland
	Nokia Eagles	1
					Auckland City	3
	19 May – Auckland
					AS Pirae	1
	YoungHeart Manawatu	1
	AS Pirae	2
					Third place play-off
					21 May – Auckland
					Nokia Eagles	0
					YoungHeart Manawatu	4

Semi finals

The top two teams from both groups progressed to the semifinals.

Auckland City	9–1	Nokia Eagles
Sykes 37' Seaman 52' Jordan 55' Young 61', 62' Hayne 68' Bunce 84' Little 89', 90+'	(Report)	Tiwa 17'

YoungHeart Manawatu	1–2	Pirae
Totori 61'	(Report)	Hmae 1' Bennett 8'

Third Place Playoff

Nokia Eagles	0–4	YoungHeart Manawatu
	(Report)	Totori ?', ?', ?' Maemae ?'

Final

Auckland City	3–1	Pirae
Jordan 23', 41', 63' (pen.)	(Report)	Fa'aiuaso 84'

Auckland City are the 2006 Oceania Club Champions and qualify for the 2006 FIFA Club World Cup.

See also

• Oceania Club Championship

References

1. Maddaford, Terry (31 March 2006). "Soccer: Oceania winner retains direct entry to club champs". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 September 2011.

External links

• RSSSF archive of the 2006 Oceania Club Championship
• Oceania Football OFC Event Report

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Intercontinental Cup (defunct) Afro-Asian Club Championship (defunct) Under-20 Intercontinental Cup World Leagues Forum Lists of association football clubs
Global	FIFA – Club World Cup Intercontinental Cup
Africa	CAF – Champions League Confederation Cup Super Cup
Asia	AFC – Champions League Elite Champions League Two Challenge League
Europe	UEFA – Champions League Europa League Conference League Super Cup
North, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Champions Cup Leagues Cup Central American Cup Caribbean Cup
Oceania	OFC – Champions League
South America	CONMEBOL – Copa Libertadores Copa Sudamericana Recopa Sudamericana
See also: International women's club football

• 2006 OFC Club Championship
• 2006 in OFC football
• International association football competitions hosted by New Zealand
• 2005–06 in New Zealand association football
• 2006 in Fiji
• OFC Champions League seasons