1999 OFC Club Championship

1999 OFC Club Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
Dates	18–26 September 1999
Teams	9 (from 9 associations)
Final positions
Champions	South Melbourne (1st title)
Runners-up	Nadi
Tournament statistics
Matches played	13
Goals scored	99 (7.62 per match)
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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.

Konica

South Melbourne

Nadi

Central United

Kiwi

Malaita Eagles

Vénus

Lotohaʻapai

Tafea

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Location of teams of the 1999 OFC Club Championship group stage.
Brown: Group A; Red: Group B; Orange: Group C.

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

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.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SOU	MAL	KON
1	South Melbourne	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–1	10–0
2	Malaita Eagles	2	1	0	1	15	4	+11	3			—	—	14–2
3	Konica FC	2	0	0	2	2	24	−22	0			—	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ASV	NAD	KIW
1	AS Vénus	2	1	1	0	15	2	+13	4	Advance to knockout stage		—	—	14–1
2	Nadi	2	1	1	0	14	1	+13	4			1–1	—	13–0
3	Kiwi Club	2	0	0	2	1	27	−26	0			—	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CEN	TAF	LOT
1	Central United	2	1	1	0	18	2	+16	4	Advance to knockout stage		—	2–2	16–0
2	Tafea	2	1	1	0	12	2	+10	4			—	—	10–0
3	Lotohaʻapai	2	0	0	2	0	26	−26	0			—	—	—

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

	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	—

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Central United	0–1	Nadi
South Melbourne	3–0	AS Vénus

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.

26 September 1999

13:30

Central United	Cancelled	AS Vénus
	Report

Prince Charles Park, Nadi

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

26 September 1999

15:30

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

Prince Charles Park, Nadi

Attendance: 10,000

• OFC Club Championship 1999 site