2012_OFC_Champions_League_Final
2012 OFC Champions League final
Football match
The 2012 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2011–12 OFC Champions League, the 11th season of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 6th season under the current name of the OFC Champions League (also known as O-League).
| Event | 2011–12 OFC Champions League | ||||||
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| Date | 29 April 2012 | ||||||
| Venue | Kiwitea Street, Auckland | ||||||
| Referee | John Saohu (Solomon Islands) | ||||||
| Attendance | 1,500 | ||||||
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| Date | 12 May 2012 | ||||||
| Venue | Stade Louis Ganivet, Faaa | ||||||
| Referee | Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia) | ||||||
| Attendance | 1,900 | ||||||
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The final was played over two legs between Tefana from Tahiti and Auckland City from New Zealand, on 29 April and 12 May 2012. After winning the first leg 2–1,[1] Auckland City also won the second leg 1–0 to complete a 3–1 aggregate win.[2] As the OFC Champions League winners, they qualified for the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup as the OFC representative, entering the qualifying play-off round.[3]
Auckland City were the defending champions, winning the title in 2010–11 after beating Amicale in the 2011 OFC Champions League Final.[4] They also won two other finals in 2009 and 2006.[5]
Tefana finished fourth in the group stage in the previous season. They became the second Tahitian side to reach an Oceanian club final, after Pirae in 2006 where they lost to Auckland City.
 Tefana |
Round |  Auckland City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Waitakere United |
0–10 (A) | Matchday 1 |  Koloale |
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 Mont-Dore |
1–1 (A) | Matchday 2 |  Hekari United |
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 Ba |
4–1 (H) | Matchday 3 |  Amicale |
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| Waitakere United |
3–0 (H) | Matchday 4 | Koloale |
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2–0 (H) | Matchday 5 | Hekari United |
1–1 (A) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ba |
5–0 (A) | Matchday 6 | Amicale |
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Group A winner
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Final standings | Group B winner
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The winners of the two groups played in the final over two legs, with the order of matches decided by a random draw. The away goals rule applied, with extra time and a penalty shootout used to decide the winner if necessary.[6]
First leg
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Assistant referees:
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Second leg
Tefana
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Auckland City
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- "Auckland take slim advantage into 2nd Leg". Oceania Football Confederation. April 29, 2012. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
- "Auckland book FIFA Club World Cup spot". Oceania Football Confederation. May 13, 2012. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012.
- "Auckland continue to reign in Oceania". FIFA.com. 15 May 2012. Archived from the original on May 27, 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- "Sport: O-League champs expect to be targeted". RNZ. 27 October 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- "About Auckland City FC". Auckland City FC. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- "Regulations of the 2012 O-League" (PDF). Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-04-28.