2014 OFC President's Cup

2014 OFC President's Cup
Tournament details
Host country  New Zealand
City Auckland
Dates 17–23 November 2014
Teams 6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand Auckland City (1st title)
Runners-up Vanuatu Amicale
Third place Bahrain Busaiteen
Fourth place Singapore Singapore U-23
Tournament statistics
Matches played 9
Goals scored 36 (4 per match)
Top scorer(s) Argentina Emiliano Tade (4 goals)
Best player Australia Panny Nikas
Best goalkeeper Cayman Islands Ramon Sealy
Fair play award Vanuatu 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 the dates of 17–23 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 two further invitational sides.[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 Invited
AFC Bahrain Busaiteen
Singapore Singapore U-23
CONCACAF Cayman Islands Bodden Town

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

17 November 2014
17:00
Auckland City New Zealand 4–0 Singapore Singapore U-23
Berlanga  12'
Kim  44'
Bilen  71'
Milne  73'		 Report
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

21 November 2014
17:00
Auckland City New Zealand 9–0 Cayman Islands Bodden Town
Tade  3', 44', 50'
White  45+2'
De Vries  63', 90+2'
Matsumoto  66'
Tavano  72'
Burfoot  81'		 Report
Trusts Arena, Auckland
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

17 November 2014
19:30
Fiji U-20 Fiji 0–3 Vanuatu Amicale
Report Ucchino  29'
Grazia  39'
Nikas  85'
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

19 November 2014
19:30
Amicale Vanuatu 2–1 Bahrain Busaiteen
Sakama  54'
Nikas  80'		 Report Cruz  43'
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

21 November 2014
19:30
Busaiteen Bahrain 7–1 Fiji Fiji U-20
Ajaj  26', 39', 73'
Sultan  29'
Malek  34'
Cruz  75', 88'		 Report Budhaish  50' (o.g.)
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final stage

Fifth place match

23 November 2014
13:00
Bodden Town Cayman Islands 3–0 Fiji Fiji U-20
Brown  29'
Wood  53'
Ebanks  64'		 Report
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Nelson Sogo (Solomon Islands)

Third place match

23 November 2014
16:00
Singapore U-23 Singapore 0–3 Bahrain Busaiteen
Report Alroomi  67'
Nayem  70', 83'
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Nick Waldron (New Zealand)

Final

23 November 2014
19:00
Auckland City New Zealand 2–1 Vanuatu Amicale
Tade  63'
De Vries  79'		 Report Sakama  41'
Trusts Arena, Auckland
Referee: Ravitesh Behari (Fiji)

Final ranking

Rank Team
1st, gold medalist(s) New Zealand Auckland City
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vanuatu Amicale
3rd, 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. 1 2 "OFC Executive meeting outcomes announced". Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2013.
  2. 1 2 "OFC Executive Committee decisions". Oceania Football Confederation. April 23, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Football: Hosting all the President's men". The New Zealand Herald. August 3, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "OFC outlines President's Cup concept". Oceania Football Confederation. September 19, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Another trophy to line Auckland City's shelves". Oceania Football Confederation. November 23, 2014.
  6. ↑ "OFC President's Cup draw unveiled". Oceania Football Confederation. October 8, 2014.

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