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
ChampionsNew Zealand Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-upVanuatu Amicale
Third placeBahrain Busaiteen
Fourth placeSingapore Singapore U-23
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored36 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Emiliano Tade (4 goals)
Best player(s)Australia Panny Nikas
Best goalkeeperCayman Islands Ramon Sealy
Fair play awardVanuatu 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 New Zealand Auckland City 2013–14 OFC Champions League winners
Vanuatu Amicale 2013–14 OFC Champions League runners-up
Fiji Fiji U-20 2014 OFC U-20 Championship winners
AFC Bahrain Busaiteen 2012–13 Bahrain First Division League winners
Singapore Singapore U-23 Invited
CONCACAF Cayman Islands 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 New Zealand Auckland City 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6 Final
2 Singapore Singapore U-23 2 0 1 1 0 4 −4 1 Third place match
3 Cayman Islands Bodden Town 2 0 1 1 0 9 −9 1 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Auckland City New Zealand4–0Singapore Singapore U-23
Berlanga 12'
Kim 44'
Bilen 71'
Milne 73'		 Report
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)
Bodden Town Cayman Islands0–0Singapore Singapore U-23
Report
Referee: Albert Maru (Papua New Guinea)
Auckland City New Zealand9–0Cayman Islands 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 Vanuatu Amicale 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Final
2 Bahrain Busaiteen 2 1 0 1 8 3 +5 3 Third place match
3 Fiji Fiji U-20 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0 Fifth place match
Source: OFC
Fiji U-20 Fiji0–3Vanuatu Amicale
Report Ucchino 29'
Grazia 39'
Nikas 85'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)
Amicale Vanuatu2–1Bahrain Busaiteen
Sakama 54'
Nikas 80'		 Report Cruz 43'
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)
Busaiteen Bahrain7–1Fiji 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 Cayman Islands3–0Fiji Fiji U-20
Brown 29'
Wood 53'
Ebanks 64'		 Report
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

Singapore U-23 Singapore0–3Bahrain Busaiteen
Report Alroomi 67'
Nayem 70', 83'
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final

Auckland City New Zealand2–1Vanuatu Amicale
Tade 63'
De Vries 79'		 Report Sakama 41'
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) New Zealand Auckland City
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vanuatu Amicale
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bahrain Busaiteen
4 Singapore Singapore U-23
5 Cayman Islands Bodden Town
6 Fiji Fiji U-20

Awards

Award[5] Player Team
Golden Ball Australia Panny Nikas Vanuatu Amicale
Golden Boot Argentina Emiliano Tade New Zealand Auckland City
Golden Gloves Cayman Islands Ramon Sealy Cayman Islands Bodden Town
Fair Play Award — Vanuatu Amicale

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Argentina Emiliano Tade New Zealand Auckland City 4
2 Bahrain Mohamed Ajaj Bahrain Busaiteen 3
Brazil Eliel Cruz Bahrain Busaiteen
New Zealand Ryan De Vries New Zealand Auckland City
5 Bahrain Hesham Nayem Bahrain Busaiteen 2
Australia Panny Nikas Vanuatu Amicale
Vanuatu François Sakama Vanuatu 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.