1987 Oceania Club Championship

1987 Oceania Club Championship
Tournament details
Dates6–15 March 1987
Teams3
Final positions
Champions Adelaide City (1st title)
Runners-up Mount Wellington
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored45 (5 per match)
1999

The 1987 Oceania Club Championship (known as the Qantas Pacific Challenge Cup at the time) was held in March 1987 in Adelaide, Australia. Adelaide City defeated Mount Wellington.[1][2][3]

Teams

Location of teams of the 1987 Oceania Club Championship.

A total of 9 teams from 9 OFC member associations enter the competition.

  • The highest ranked association (Australia) was awarded one berth directly into the final.
  • The second highest ranked association (New Zealand) was awarded one berth into the semi-final.
  • The third highest ranked association (Fiji) was awarded one berth into the qualifying tournament semi final.
  • The remaining six associations (New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Vanuatu) are awarded one berth each in the qualifying tournament.
Association Team Qualifying method
Teams entering the Final
Australia Adelaide City 1986 Australian National Soccer League champion
Teams entering the Semi-finals
New Zealand Mount Wellington 1986 New Zealand National Soccer League champion
Teams entering the Qualifying Tournament Semi-finals
Fiji Ba 1986 Fiji National Football League champion
Teams entering the Qualifying Tournament Quarter-finals
New Caledonia CA Saint-Louis 1987 New Caledonia Super Ligue champion
Palau Koror
Papua New Guinea Guria 1986 Papua New Guinea Overall Championship champion
Solomon Islands Rangers Honiara 1986 Solomon Islands Honiara League champion
Tahiti AS Jeunes Tahitiens 1987 Tahiti Ligue 1 champion
Vanuatu Tafea 1986 Vanuatu Port Vila Football League champion

Tournament

Bracket

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsQualifying finalElimination finalFinal
                  
15 March — Adelaide
Adelaide City (p)1 (4)
Mount Wellington1 (1)
12 March
Mount Wellington6
6 March
Ba1 Third place qualifying play-off
Rangers Honiara2
8 March10 March
Guria0
Rangers Honiara (p)2 (4) CA Saint-Louis4
6 March
CA Saint-Louis2 (2) Tafea2
CA Saint-Louis (a.e.t.)4
10 March
AS Jeunes Tahitiens3
Rangers Honiara0
Ba3
8 March
Ba3
7 March
Tafea2
Tafea6
Koror2

Final

Adelaide City 1–1 Mount Wellington
  • Mullen 15'
Report
Penalties
4–1
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Don Campbell (Australia)
Adelaide City
Mount Wellington
Adelaide City:
  Willie McNally
  Paul Shillabeer
  Bugsy Nyskohus
  Neville Flounders
  Alex Tobin
  Adrian Santrac  73'
  Sergio Melta
  Charlie Villani
  Aurelio Vidmar
  Paul Wilde
  Joe Mullen
Substitutes:
  Lemmy Vatsilas  73'
Manager:
Zoran Matić
Mount Wellington:
  Baker
  Ricki Herbert
  Keith Garland
  Glen Adam
  Ron Armstrong
  Chris Riley
  Grant Lightbown  70'
  Nigel Debenham  88'
  Ian Masson
  Billy Wright
  Dave Witteveen
Substitutes:
  Peter Henry  70'
  Taylor  88'
Manager:
Robert Patterson

References

  1. ^ "Oceania (Qantas Pacific) Champions' Cup 1987". rsssf.org. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 6 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  2. ^ "▶️ YouTube video: Adelaide City v Mount Wellington, 1987 Oceania Champions Cup final". youtube.com. YouTube – published by user Luca Cetta. 14 October 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  3. ^ "O-League and OFC Club Championship all champions (1987 until 2011)". web.archive.org/. Wayback Machine. 28 April 2012. Archived from the original on 28 April 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2025.