2014 OFC President's Cup

2014 OFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host country New Zealand
CityAuckland
Dates17–23 November 2014
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up Amicale
Third place Busaiteen
Fourth place Singapore U-23
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored36 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Emiliano Tade (4 goals)
Best player(s) Panny Nikas
Best goalkeeper Ramon Sealy
Fair play award Amicale

The 2014 OFC President's Cup was the first edition of the OFC President's Cup, 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.[1][2] The inaugural competition took place in Auckland, New Zealand between 17 and 23 November 2014,[3][4] with Auckland City defeating Amicale in the final to win the 2014 President's Cup.[5]

Format

A total of six teams participated in the tournament: the reigning OFC Champions League winners and runners-up, two teams from the Asian Football Confederation and one team from Concacaf.[1][2]

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.[4]

Teams

The OFC formally announced the participating teams on 19 September 2014.[4]

Confederation Team Qualifying method
OFC Auckland City 2013–14 OFC Champions League winners
Amicale 2013–14 OFC Champions League runners-up
 Fiji U-20 2014 OFC U-20 Championship winners
AFC Busaiteen 2012–13 Bahrain First Division League winners
 Singapore U-23 Invited
CONCACAF Bodden Town 2013–14 Cayman Islands Premier League winners

Venue

The tournament was staged at the Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.[4]

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 8 October 2014 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.[6] 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, the runners-up advanced to the third place match, and the third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.

All times UTC+13.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Auckland City 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6 Final
2  Singapore U-23 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1 Third place match
3 Bodden Town 2 0 1 1 0 9 −9 1 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Auckland City 4–0 Singapore U-23
Berlanga 12'
Kim 44'
Bilen 71'
Milne 73'
Report
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Bodden Town 0–0 Singapore U-23
Report

Auckland City 9–0 Bodden Town
Tade 3', 44', 50'
White 45+2'
De Vries 63', 90+2'
Matsumoto 66'
Tavano 72'
Burfoot 81'
Report
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Amicale 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Final
2 Busaiteen 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 3 Third place match
3  Fiji U-20 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Fiji U-20 0–3 Amicale
Report Ucchino 29'
Grazia 39'
Nikas 85'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Amicale 2–1 Busaiteen
Sakama 54'
Nikas 80'
Report Cruz 43'
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Busaiteen 7–1 Fiji U-20
Ajaj 26', 39', 73'
Sultan 29'
Malek 34'
Cruz 75', 88'
Report Budhaish 50' (o.g.)
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final stage

Fifth place match

Bodden Town 3–0 Fiji U-20
Brown 29'
Wood 53'
Ebanks 64'
Report
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

Singapore U-23 0–3 Busaiteen
Report Alroomi 67'
Nayem 70', 83'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final

Auckland City 2–1 Amicale
Tade 63'
De Vries 79'
Report Sakama 41'
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final ranking

Rank Team
Auckland City
Amicale
Busaiteen
4  Singapore U-23
5 Bodden Town
6  Fiji U-20

Awards

Award[5] Player Team
Golden Ball Panny Nikas Amicale
Golden Boot Emiliano Tade Auckland City
Golden Gloves Ramon Sealy Bodden Town
Fair Play Award Amicale

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Emiliano Tade Auckland City 4
2 Mohamed Ajaj Busaiteen 3
Eliel Cruz Busaiteen
Ryan De Vries Auckland City
5 Hesham Nayem Busaiteen 2
Panny Nikas Amicale
François Sakama Amicale

References

  1. ^ a b "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
  2. ^ a b "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Football: Hosting all the President's men". The New Zealand Herald. 3 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b c d "OFC outlines President's Cup concept". Oceania Football Confederation. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Another trophy to line Auckland City's shelves". Oceania Football Confederation. 23 November 2014. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2014.
  6. ^ "OFC President's Cup draw unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. 8 October 2014. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.