The 2018 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the

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, the 17th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club

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tournament organized by the

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(OFC), and the 12th season under the current OFC Champions League name. The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Team Wellington from New Zealand and

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from

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. The first leg was hosted by Team Wellington at

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in Wellington on 13 May, while the second leg was hosted by Lautoka FC at Churchill Park in

on 20 May 2018. Team Wellington won the tie 10–3 on aggregate for their first OFC Champions League title. As winners, Team Wellington earned the right to represent the OFC at the

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, entering at the

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Teams

''In the following table, finals until 2006 were in the Oceania Club Championship era, since 2007 were in the OFC Champions League era.'' This was Team Wellington's fourth consecutive and overall final appearance. However, they have yet to win the OFC Champions League, having lost to

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in all three of their previous final appearances. This was the first final for

in their third season in the OFC Champions League.

Venues

Road to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away; N: neutral).''

Format

The final was played on a home-and-away

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basis, with the order of legs decided by the draw for the knockout stage, which was held on 5 March 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The

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and a penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

Matches

First leg

Second leg

References

External links

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