2020 OFC Champions League
The 2020 OFC Champions League is the 19th edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation, and the 14th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
The winners of the 2020 OFC Champions League will qualify for the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar. Hienghène Sport were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the group stage.
Teams
A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations enter the competition.- The seven developed associations are awarded two berths each in the group stage.
- The four developing associations are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners and runners-up advancing to the group stage.
Association | Team | Qualifying method |
Ba | 2019 Fiji Premier League champions | |
Lautoka | 2019 Fiji Premier League runners-up | |
Magenta | 2018 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions | |
Hienghène Sport | 2018 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up | |
Eastern Suburbs | 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship finals series champions | |
Auckland City | 2018–19 New Zealand Football Championship regular season premiers | |
Lae City | 2019 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champions | |
Hekari United | 2019 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up | |
Solomon Warriors | 2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League champions | |
Henderson Eels | 2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up | |
Vénus | 2018–19 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions | |
Tiare Tahiti | 2018–19 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up | |
Malampa Revivors | 2019 VFF National Super League grand final champions | |
Galaxy | 2019 VFF National Super League grand final runners-up |
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition is as follows. For this season, the qualifying stage was originally brought forward from January 2020 to December 2019 to coincide with the end of the participating Member Associations’ national league seasons, and to be played in Samoa. However, it was later delayed to January 2020 and moved to New Zealand.On 9 March 2020, the OFC announced that all OFC tournaments were postponed until 6 May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 14 May 2020, it was announced that the quarter-finals had been postponed until September 2020 at the earliest. On 28 July 2020, the OFC announced that the knockout matches will take place at a single location, with the decision of the dates and venue to be made by the OFC Executive Committee on 31 August 2020.
Stage | Draw date | Match dates |
Qualifying stage | 13 December 2019 | 25–31 January 2020 |
Group stage | 13 December 2019 | |
Quarter-finals | TBC 2020 | TBC |
Semi-finals | TBC 2020 | TBC |
Final | TBC 2020 | TBC |