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2023 OFC Women's Champions League

The 2023 OFC Champions League was the inaugural edition of the OFC Women's Champions League, Oceania's premier women's club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

2023 OFC Women's Champions League
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates1–10 June 2023[1]
Teams5 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsNew Caledonia AS Academy (1st title)
Runners-upPapua New Guinea Hekari United
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored44 (4.4 per match)
Attendance18,132 (1,813 per match)
Top scorer(s)Papua New Guinea Marie Kaipu (9 goals)
Best player(s)New Caledonia Edsy Matao
Best goalkeeperSolomon Islands Sylvester Maenu’u
Fair play awardPapua New Guinea Hekari United
2024 →

AS Academy won the first ever edition of the tournament after winning all four of their matches.[2][3][4]

Teams

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A total of 6 teams from 6 (out of 11)OFC member associations entered the competition.

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Location of teams of the 2023 OFC Women's Champions League.
Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the group stage
  Fiji Labasa 2022 Fiji Women's Super League champions
  New Caledonia AS Academy 2022 National Championship champions
  New Zealand Eastern Suburbs[5] 2022 New Zealand Women's National League grand final champions
  Papua New Guinea Hekari United 2021–22 Papua New Guinea Women's National Soccer League champions
  Samoa Kiwi 2022 FFS Women's National League champions
  Solomon Islands Koloale 2022 Women's Premier League champions

Associations that did not enter a team

Group stage

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Originally the six teams were to be split into two groups of three with the two group winners advancing to the final. Eastern Suburbs withdrew after the draw, citing concerns about costs, timing and security.[5] The five remaining teams played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue in Papua New Guinea.[6][7]

The draw of the original group stage was announced by the OFC on 4 May 2023.[8][9] The 6 teams were drawn into two groups of three.

All times were local, PGT (UTC+10).

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts ASA HEK KOL LAB KIW
1   AS Academy (C) 4 4 0 0 15 3 +12 12 — — — 4–1 5–0
2   Hekari United (H) 4 3 0 1 17 2 +15 9 1–2 — — 2–0 —
3   Koloale 4 2 0 2 4 10 −6 6 1–4 0–5 — — —
4   Labasa 4 1 0 3 7 7 0 3 — — 0–1 — 6–0
5   Kiwi 4 0 0 4 1 22 −21 0 — 0–9 1–2 — —
Source: OFC
(C) Champions; (H) Hosts
Labasa  6–0  Kiwi
 Report
Attendance: 1,232
Hekari United  1–2  AS Academy
 Report
Attendance: 874
Labasa  0–1  Koloale
Report
Attendance: 1,921
Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)
Kiwi  0–9  Hekari United
Report
Attendance: 1,921
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Kiwi  1–2  Koloale
 Report
Attendance: 1,100
AS Academy  4–1  Labasa
 Report
Attendance: 1,100
AS Academy  5–0  Kiwi
 Report
Attendance: 2,325
Koloale  0–5  Hekari United
Report
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Torika Delai (Fiji)
Koloale  1–4  AS Academy
 Report
Attendance: 2,667
Hekari United  2–0  Labasa
 Report
Attendance: 2,667

Statistics

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Top goalscorers

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Rank[10] Player Team Goals
1   Marie Kaipu   Hekari United 9
2   Christelle Wahnawe   AS Academy 6
3   Alice Wenessia   AS Academy 4
4   Unaisi Tuberi   Labasa 3
5   Nenny Elipas   Hekari United 2
  Stella Naivalulevu   Labasa
7 12 players 1

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[11][12]

Award Player Team
Golden Ball   Edsy Matao   AS Academy
Golden Boot   Marie Kaipu   Hekari United
Golden Glove   Sylvester Maenu’u   Koloale
Fair Play Award —   Hekari United

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE RESCHEDULED". Oceania Football Confederation. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  2. ^ "AS Academy Feminine's glorious journey in 2023 OFC Women's Champions League". FIFA.com. 15 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  3. ^ "AS Academy Féminine fight back to win inaugural OFC Women's Champions League". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Academy Féminine win inaugural OFC Women's Champions League". FootballOceania.com. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Eastern Suburbs pull out of inaugural OFC Women's Champions League". friendsoffootballnz.com. 18 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. ^ "OFC Competitions 2023 Calendar confirmed 1/01/2023" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  7. ^ "OFC Women's Champions League has new dates set". Oceania Football Center. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  8. ^ "WATCH: OFC WOMEN'S CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2023 DRAW COMPLETED". Oceania Football Confederation. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Eastern Suburbs to face sides from PNG and Solomon Islands in tournament". friendsoffootballnz.com. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  10. ^ "OFC Women's Champions League 2023". oceaniafootball.com. Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Inaugural OFC Women's Champions League draws praise from FIFA". friendsoffootballnz.com. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Football: Fifa delighted with first women's Champions League". New Zealand Herald. 13 June 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2023 – via Radio New Zealand.
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