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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

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

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

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
3	Kiwi Club	2	0	0	2	1	27	−26	0

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

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

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.

Central United	Cancelled	AS Vénus
	Report

Final

The final was played on 26 September 1999 at Prince Charles Park in Nadi.

South Melbourne	5–1	Nadi
Isoifidis 8' Clarkson 16' Curcija 47' (pen.) Coveny 50' Panopoulos 73' (pen.)	Report	Voli 87'

External links

• OFC Club Championship 1999 site

• 1999 Oceania Club Championship
• 1999 in OFC football
• International association football competitions hosted by Fiji
• 1999 in Fijian football
• OFC Champions League seasons