The 2014 OFC President's Cup was the first edition of the
OFC President's Cup
The OFC President's Cup was an association football competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) between clubs and national teams. A decision to create this competition was confirmed at the OFC's Executive committee in March ...
, 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.
The inaugural competition took place in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
,
New Zealand
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between 17–23 November 2014,
with
Auckland City defeating
Amicale in the final to win the 2014 President's Cup.
Format
A total of six teams participated in the tournament: the reigning
OFC Champions League
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winners and runners-up, two teams from the
Asian Football Confederation
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and one team from
Concacaf
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.
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.
Teams
The OFC formally announced the participating teams on 19 September 2014.
Venue
The tournament was staged at the
Trusts Arena
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in
Auckland
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,
New Zealand
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.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 8 October 2014 at the OFC Headquarters in
Auckland
Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The most populous urban area in the country and the fifth largest city in Oceania, Auckland has an urban population of about ...
,
New Zealand
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.
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
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, the runners-up advanced to the
third place match
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, and the third-placed teams advanced to the
fifth place match
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.
All times
UTC+13
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As standard time (year-round)
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Group A
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Group B
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Final stage
Fifth place match
Third place match
Final
Final ranking
Awards
Top goalscorers
References
External links
OFC President's Cup 2014 oceaniafootball.com
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2014–15 in New Zealand association football
2014 Ofc President's Cup