2022 OFC Champions League
The 2022 OFC Champions League was the 21st edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation, and the 16th season under the current OFC Champions League name.
In the [2022 Oceania Football Confederation|OFC Champions League Final|final], Auckland City defeated Vénus 3–0 for their tenth title. Hienghène Sport, having won the title in 2019, were the title holders, since 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.
Teams
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:- The six developed associations are awarded two berths each in the national play-offs, which are either played in a two-legged format or as a single match in their own country between the two teams from each association, with the six winners advancing to the final tournament.
- As the qualifying stages were cancelled due to travel restrictions and logistic challenges, OFC nominated Nikao Sokattak based on previous results.
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| Lautoka | 2021 Fiji Premier League champions | |
| Rewa | 2021 Fiji Premier League runners-up | |
| Hienghène Sport | 2021 New Caledonia Super Ligue champions | |
| Ne Drehu | 2021 New Caledonia Super Ligue runners-up | |
| Lae City | 2021 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League champions | |
| Hekari United | 2021 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League runners-up | |
| Central Coast | 2021 Solomon Islands S-League champions | |
| Solomon Warriors | 2021 Solomon Islands S-League runners-up | |
| Pirae | 2020–21 Tahiti Ligue 1 champions | |
| Vénus | 2020–21 Tahiti Ligue 1 runners-up | |
| Galaxy | 2021 VFF National Super League champions | |
| RueRue | 2021 VFF National Super League runners-up |
| Association | Team | Qualifying method |
| Nikao Sokattak | 2021 Cook Islands Round Cup champions |
Schedule
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.Qualifying stage
National playoffs
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.Group stage
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: