The 2022 OFC Champions League (officially known as OFC Champions League 2022) was the 21st edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 16th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
In the final, Auckland City defeated Vénus 3âÂÂ0 for their tenth title. Hienghène Sport, having won the title in 2019, were the title holders (the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to border closures throughout the Pacific caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the titles were not awarded) but were eliminated by Vénus in the semi-finals.
A total of 14 teams from 8 OFC member associations are eligible to enter the competition. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the format of the competition was changed, with all teams entering a qualifying stage consisting of a qualifying tournament and national play-offs, in order to keep travel to a minimum:
On 4 March 2021, the OFC announced that the qualifying stage, which would have been played in Tonga between 16 and 22 October 2021, had been postponed to early 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 4 June 2021, the OFC announced that the tournament would be moved from its traditional slot at the beginning of the year to August, and a revised format for the event would be presented at the next OFC Executive Committee meeting. On 8 October 2021, the OFC announced the new format of the competition.
On 13 May 2022, OFC announced that 6 sets of national playoffs would take place to determine which side from those nations would take part in this year's Champions League. New Zealand Football announced that they had nominated Auckland City as their sole participant taking part in the competition.
Hienghène Sport won 4âÂÂ3 on aggregate.
Rewa won 5âÂÂ1 on aggregate.
Galaxy won 5âÂÂ0 on aggregate.
3âÂÂ3 on aggregate. Central Coast won 4âÂÂ2 on penalties
The group stage was held in Auckland, New Zealand on 4-11 August 2022. The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue, Ngahue Reserve, Auckland. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.
All of the qualified teams for the group stage are as follows:
Statistics exclude national play-off rounds.