1999 Oceania Club Championship

The 1999 Oceania Club Championships was held in September 1999. The tournament was designed to decide the Oceania Football Confederation's entrant into the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The competition was held in Fiji (Nadi and Lautoka).

1999 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates18 September 1999 – 26 September 1999
Teams9 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions South Melbourne (1st title)
Runners-up Nadi
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Goals scored99 (8.25 per match)

Teams
Location of teams of the 1999 Oceania Club Championship.

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

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.

Results
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
South Melbourne 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 6
Malaita Eagles 2 1 0 1 15 4 +11 3
Konica Machine 2 0 0 2 2 24 −22 0
Source:
South Melbourne2–1Malaita Eagles
Malaita Eagles14–2Konica Machine
South Melbourne10–0Konica Machine

Results
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Vénus 2 1 1 0 15 2 +13 4
Nadi 2 1 1 0 14 1 +13 4
Kiwi 2 0 0 2 1 27 −26 0
Source:
Nadi1–1Vénus
Nadi13–0Kiwi
Vénus14–1Kiwi

Results
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Central United 2 1 1 0 18 2 +16 4
Tafea 2 1 1 0 12 2 +10 4
Lotoha'apai 2 0 0 2 0 26 −26 0
Source:
Tafea10–0Lotoha'apai
Central United16–0Lotoha'apai
Central United2–2Tafea

Semifinals

The top team from each groups progressed to the semifinals, along with the best second place team.

Central United 0–1 Nadi
(Report) Marika Mamaqa  36'
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?
South Melbourne 3–0 Vénus
Vaughan Coveny  38'
Robert Liparotti  44'
Paul Trimboli  76'		 (Report)
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

Third Place Playoff
26 Sep Central United – Vénus No game played

The third place playoff was cancelled due to injuries following in particular the Central United vs Tafea match.

Final
South Melbourne 5–1 Nadi
Steve Isoifidis  8'
David Clarkson  16'
Michael Curcija  47' pen
Vaughan Coveny  50'
Steve Panopoulos  73' pen		 (Report) Watisoni Voli  87'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: ?

Champion
FIFA Oceania Club Championship 1999 Winners

South Melbourne
First title

South Melbourne are the 1999 Oceania Club Champions and qualify for the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship.

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