2014 OFC President's Cup

The 2014 OFC President's Cup was the first edition of the OFC President's Cup, a competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) between invitational club and/or national sides. A decision to create this competition was confirmed at the OFC's Executive committee in March 2014.[1][2] The inaugural competition took place in Auckland, New Zealand between the dates of 17–23 November 2014,[3][4] with Auckland City defeating Amicale in the final to win the 2014 President's Cup.[5]

2014 OFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
CityAuckland
Dates17–23 November 2014
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up Amicale
Third place Busaiteen
Fourth place Singapore U-23
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored36 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emiliano Tade (4 goals)
Best player(s) Panny Nikas
Best goalkeeper Ramon Sealy
Fair play award Amicale

Format

A total of six teams participated in the tournament: the reigning OFC Champions League winners and runners-up, two teams from the Asian Football Confederation and two further invitational sides.[1][2]

The competition was played in two groups of three teams with the top team in each group advancing to the final, and the remaining teams advancing to the third and fifth place matches.[4]

Teams

The OFC formally announced the participating teams on 19 September 2014.[4]

Confederation Team Qualifying method
OFC Auckland City 2013–14 OFC Champions League winners
Amicale 2013–14 OFC Champions League runners-up
Fiji U-20 Invited
AFC Busaiteen
Singapore U-23
CONCACAF Bodden Town

Venue

The tournament was staged at the Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.[4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 October 2014 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[6] The six teams were drawn into two groups of three, with Auckland City and Busaiteen seeded. In each group, the three teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners advanced to the final, the runners-up advanced to the third place match, and the third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.

All times UTC+13.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6 Final
2 Singapore U-23 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1 Third place match
3 Bodden Town 2 0 1 1 0 9 −9 1 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Auckland City 4–0 Singapore U-23
Berlanga  12'
Kim  44'
Bilen  71'
Milne  73'		 Report
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)
Bodden Town 0–0 Singapore U-23
Report
Referee: Albert Maru (Papua New Guinea)
Auckland City 9–0 Bodden Town
Tade  3', 44', 50'
White  45+2'
De Vries  63', 90+2'
Matsumoto  66'
Tavano  72'
Burfoot  81'		 Report
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Amicale 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Final
2 Busaiteen 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 3 Third place match
3 Fiji U-20 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Fiji U-20 0–3 Amicale
Report Ucchino  29'
Grazia  39'
Nikas  85'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Amicale 2–1 Busaiteen
Sakama  54'
Nikas  80'		 Report Cruz  43'
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Busaiteen 7–1 Fiji U-20
Ajaj  26', 39', 73'
Sultan  29'
Malek  34'
Cruz  75', 88'		 Report Budhaish  50' (o.g.)
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final stage

Fifth place match
Bodden Town 3–0 Fiji U-20
Brown  29'
Wood  53'
Ebanks  64'		 Report
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Third place match
Singapore U-23 0–3 Busaiteen
Report Alroomi  67'
Nayem  70', 83'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final
Auckland City 2–1 Amicale
Tade  63'
De Vries  79'		 Report Sakama  41'
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final ranking
Rank Team
Auckland City
Amicale
Busaiteen
4 Singapore U-23
5 Bodden Town
6 Fiji U-20

Awards
Award[5] Player Team
Golden Ball Panny Nikas Amicale
Golden Boot Emiliano Tade Auckland City
Golden Gloves Ramon Sealy Bodden Town
Fair Play Award — Amicale

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Emiliano Tade Auckland City 4
2 Mohamed Ajaj Busaiteen 3
Eliel Cruz Busaiteen
Ryan De Vries Auckland City
5 Hesham Nayem Busaiteen 2
Panny Nikas Amicale
François Sakama Amicale

References
  1. "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013.
  2. "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  3. "Football: Hosting all the President's men". The New Zealand Herald. August 3, 2014.
  4. "OFC outlines President's Cup concept". Oceania Football Confederation. September 19, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-20. Retrieved 2014-09-21.
  5. "Another trophy to line Auckland City's shelves". Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  6. "OFC President's Cup draw unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. October 8, 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-10-08. Retrieved 2014-10-08.
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