2023 OFC Champions League


The 2023 OFC Champions League was the 22nd edition of the Oceanian Club Championship, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation, and the 17th and last season under the name OFC Champions League.
Defending champions Auckland City FC, defeated Fijian Suva to win a record eleventh title and earned the right to play at the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup in Saudi Arabia. As they also won the 2021 OFC Champions League and the 2022 OFC Champions League, they also earned the right to play at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.

Teams

A total of 18 teams from all 11 OFC member associations may enter the competition.
  • The seven associations are awarded a berth each in the groups stage, after playing a national playoff between the top 2 clubs in the league.
  • The four associations are awarded one berth each in the qualifying stage, with the winners advancing to the group stage.

Group stage

The four teams in each group will play each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue in Vanuatu. The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.
The draw of the group stage were announced by the OFC on 23 March 2023. The 8 teams were drawn into two groups of four. Ifira Black Bird were pre-determined to play in Port Vila and so were automatically drawn into group B.