2023 OFC Women's Champions League Tournament details Host country Papua New Guinea Dates 1–10 June 2023[ 1] Teams 5 (from 5 associations) Final positions Champions AS Academy (1st title) Runners-up Hekari United Tournament statistics Matches played 10 Goals scored 44 (4.4 per match) Attendance 18,132 (1,813 per match) Top scorer(s) Marie Kaipu (9 goals)Best player(s) Edsy MataoBest goalkeeper Sylvester Maenu’uFair play award Hekari United
International football competition
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).
AS Academy won the first ever edition of the tournament after winning all four of their matches.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Teams 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 .
Associations that did not enter a team
Group stage Originally the six teams were to be split into two groups of three with the two group winners advancing to the final. Eastern Suburbs pulled out of the competition 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
1 June 2023 (2023-06-01 )
17:00
3 June 2023 (2023-06-03 )
12:00
3 June 2023 (2023-06-03 )
17:00
Attendance: 1,921
Referee: Torika Delai (
Fiji )
5 June 2023 (2023-06-05 )
12:00
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (
Tonga )
5 June 2023 (2023-06-05 )
17:00
8 June 2023 (2023-06-08 )
12:00
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Tellos Kaufusi (
Tonga )
8 June 2023 (2023-06-08 )
17:00
Attendance: 2,325
Referee: Torika Delai (
Fiji )
10 June 2023 (2023-06-10 )
12:00
10 June 2023 (2023-06-10 )
17:00
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[ 11] [ 12]
See also
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