title: 2023 OFC Champions League group stage
text: # 2023 OFC Champions League group stage
  
  The 2023 OFC Champions League group stage was played from 14 to 21 May 2023. A total of 8 teams competed in the group stage to decide the four places in the knockout stage of the 2023 OFC Champions League.
  
  ## Draw
  
  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.
  
  | National playoff winners | Preliminary group winner |
  | - | - |
  | Suva Tiga Sport Auckland City Hekari United Solomon Warriors Pirae Ifira Black Bird | Lupe ole Soaga |
  
  ## Format
  
  The four teams in each group played each other on a round-robin basis at two centralised venues in Vanuatu. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the semi-finals of the knockout stage.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  Matches were played on the following dates and venues:
  
  * Group matches were played between 14–21 May 2023 in Vanuatu.
  
  The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
  
  | Matchday | Dates | Dates | Matches |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Matchday | Group A | Group B | Matches |
  | Matchday 1 | 14 May 2023 | 15 May 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 2, Team 3 vs. Team 4 |
  | Matchday 2 | 17 May 2023 | 18 May 2023 | Team 1 vs. Team 3, Team 4 vs. Team 2 |
  | Matchday 3 | 20 May 2023 | 21 May 2023 | Team 4 vs. Team 1, Team 2 vs. Team 3 |
  
  ## Groups
  
  ### Group A
  
  All times were local, VUT (UTC+11).
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | AUC | SUV | SOL | LUP |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Auckland City | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | Knockout stage | — | — | 3–1 | — |
  | 2 | Suva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Knockout stage | 1–3 | — | — | 3–0 |
  | 3 | Solomon Warriors | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | | — | 0–2 | — | 3–0 |
  | 4 | Lupe ole Soaga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 | | 0–3 | — | — | — |
  
  * ↑ The Lupe ole Soaga v Suva match was cancelled due to injuries in the Lupe ole Soaga squad. Lupe ole Soaga SC will have all its matches cancelled and considered null and void. OFC will award victory and the resultant three points to the opposing team as well as the score of 3–0.
  * ↑ The Lupe ole Soaga v Solomon Warriors match was cancelled due to injuries in the Lupe ole Soaga squad. Lupe ole Soaga SC will have all its matches cancelled and considered null and void. OFC will award victory and the resultant three points to the opposing team as well as the score of 3–0.
  * ↑ The Lupe ole Soaga v Auckland City match was cancelled due to injuries in the Lupe ole Soaga squad. Lupe ole Soaga SC will have all its matches cancelled and considered null and void. OFC will award victory and the resultant three points to the opposing team as well as the score of 3–0.
  
  ### Group B
  
  All times were local, VUT (UTC+11).
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PIR | IFI | HEK | TIG |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pirae | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Knockout stage | — | — | — | 3–0 |
  | 2 | Ifira Black Bird (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | Knockout stage | 2–2 | — | 0–2 | — |
  | 3 | Hekari United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 1–2 | — | — | — |
  | 4 | Tiga Sport | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | — |
  