2001 OFC Club Championship

2001 OFC Club Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates9–22 January 2001
Teams11 (from 11 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsAustralia Wollongong Wolves (1st title)
Runners-upVanuatu Tafea
Third placeNew Zealand Napier City Rovers
Fourth placeFrench Polynesia AS Vénus
Tournament statistics
Matches played23
Goals scored160 (6.96 per match)
Top scorer(s)Australia Sasho Petrovski
(13 goals)
1999
2005

The 2001 OFC Club Championship was the third season of Oceania's premier club football tournament organised by OFC.

Wollongong Wolves defeated Tafea 1–0 in the final, which was played at Lloyd Robines Stadium in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.[1] As winners, Wollongong Wolves qualified for the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship, which was however cancelled.[2]

South Melbourne were the defending champions, but did not qualify for the tournament.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "OFC Club Championship 2001". Oceania Football Confederation.
  2. ^ "OFC Champions League: 1999 & 2001". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 March 2014.

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