OFC 2007/2008 O'League Draw finalised

The 2007/2008 Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O'League competition draw has been finalised, which will see Auckland City and new Tahitian champions AS Manu Ura kick-off the O-League at Kiwitea Street October 27, 2007.

The match signals the start of O-League action around the South Pacific with defending champions Waitakere United hosting AS Manu Ura at Trusts Stadium just four days later.

In Melanesia, the excitement will be at fever pitch as Solomon Islands champions Kossa FC host Vanuatu rivals Tafea FC in a mouthwatering encounter on October 27th, 2007, at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara.

Four days later Tafea FC will travel to face the yet to be determined Fiji champions, which is highly likely to be Ba FC in their own backyard.

The winner of the 2007/2008 O-League will qualify for the FIFA Club World Cup - 2008.

In Group A, New Zealand Football Championship (NZFC) rivals Auckland City and Waitakere United will reignite their domestic rivalry alongside Tahitian newcomers AS Manu Ura who deposed AS Temanava as club champions in French-Polynesia.

Group B looks likely to be the toughest of the two pools with highly-fancied Vanuatu club champions Tafea FC returning to head table of Oceania club football after an absence of two years. Tafea FC won their way into the O-League after winning the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) O-League Preliminary Tournament in New Caledonia in emphatic fashion.

Kossa FC triumphed in the Solomon Islands Football Federation National Clubs Championship in Honiara earlier this year. James Naka and Joe Luwi - both recent Beach Soccer heroes for Solomon Islands - will help bolster the Kossa FC attack.

Fiji's representatives are yet to be determined, but it looks likely that Ba will return to O-League action after maintaining a 100% winning record in the New World National Football League in Fiji.

GROUP A

AUCKLAND CITY (NZL)
WAITAKERE UNITED (NZL)
AS MANU URA (TAH)

GROUP B

TAFEA FC (VAN)
KOSSA FC (SOL)
TBA (FIJ)

GROUP A

27/10/07 - Auckland City vs. AS Manu Ura
31/10/07 - Waitekere United vs. AS Manu Ura
17/02/08 - AS Manu Ura vs. Waitakere United
20/02/08 - Auckland City vs. Waitakere United
26/03/08 - AS Manu Ura vs. Auckland City
30/03/08 - Waitakere United vs. Auckland City

GROUP B

27/10/07 - Kossa FC vs. Tafea FC
30/10/07 - FIJI CLUB vs. Tafea FC
20/02/08 - Tafea FC vs. FIJI CLUB
24/02/08 - Kossa FC vs. FIJI CLUB
26/03/08 - Tafea FC vs. Kossa FC
29/03/08 - FIJI CLUB vs. Kossa FC

O-LEAGUE FINAL

26/04/08 - 1st LEG
04/05/08 - 2ND LEG

Source: OFC