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Decision made on representative team from Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the Alibaba E-Auto 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Japan

23 April 2016

Decision made on representative team from Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the Alibaba E-Auto 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Japan

The final of the ‘2016 OFC Champions League’ between Auckland City FC (New Zealand) and TEAM WELLINGTON FC (New Zealand) was held on Saturday 23 April at QBE Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand.

Auckland City FC won the match 3-0 against TEAM WELLINGTON FC, winning the 2016 OFC Champions League.

As a result, Auckland City FC will participate in the ‘Alibaba E-Auto 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Japan’, which will be held in Japan this December, as a representative of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). It will be the eighth time, and sixth consecutive championships that this team will participate.

Following is the schedule for deciding which other teams will make it.

Schedule for deciding representative teams from each Football Association

● Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean
Association Football (CONCACAF) (CONCACAF Champions League)
4/27
● Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
(UEFA Champions League)
5/28
● South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL)
(CONMEBOL Libertadores Cup)
7/27
● Confederation of African Football (CAF)
(CAF Champions League)
10/21
● Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
(AFC Champions League)
11/26
● Host country
[Note] (J. League Division 1)
12/3

*All dates are written in local time. The schedule may be subject to change.

[Note] Participation of J League teams
As the host country automatically receives a place, if either Urawa Reds or F.C. Tokyo wins the AFC Champions League 2016 (ACL), the next placed, non-Japanese team in the ACL 2016 will take the Asian spot in the Alibaba E-Auto 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Japan.

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