So the final has four things riding on it for AFC.
1: First ever champions and bragging rights.
2: 25 per cent of the total payout from the OFC pot. Runners up get 15 per cent and the remaining 6 clubs, 10 per cent.
3: While they have already qualified for the club intercontinental championship, the big prize is the club world championship, held every four years where the millions are earned (think Auckland city last year). Qualification is based upon results over the first three years I of the OFC league. The exact formula hasn’t been released but I daresay winning a competition must give you a decent chunk of points.
$7.6 million was earned by Auckland City last year.
That is the big prize and would likely make AFC financially stable even in the toughest A league climate and giving them a serious competitive advantage over other A league clubs.
Even if the Nix got into the comp next year, failing to appear this year would mean it’s unlikely they could qualify.
As we know Sth Melbourne can never qualify for these FIFA cash cow tournaments so AFC’s rivals over the three year period are the cumulative results of the other OFC clubs.
4: Ensuring the Australians don’t get their hands on an Oceania trophy!!
1: First ever champions and bragging rights.
2: 25 per cent of the total payout from the OFC pot. Runners up get 15 per cent and the remaining 6 clubs, 10 per cent.
3: While they have already qualified for the club intercontinental championship, the big prize is the club world championship, held every four years where the millions are earned (think Auckland city last year). Qualification is based upon results over the first three years I of the OFC league. The exact formula hasn’t been released but I daresay winning a competition must give you a decent chunk of points.
$7.6 million was earned by Auckland City last year.
That is the big prize and would likely make AFC financially stable even in the toughest A league climate and giving them a serious competitive advantage over other A league clubs.
Even if the Nix got into the comp next year, failing to appear this year would mean it’s unlikely they could qualify.
As we know Sth Melbourne can never qualify for these FIFA cash cow tournaments so AFC’s rivals over the three year period are the cumulative results of the other OFC clubs.
4: Ensuring the Australians don’t get their hands on an Oceania trophy!!