OFC Champions League

The Oceania Club Championship was played in one or two venues, in one host country. There were two or three groups with single round-robin format, semi-finals and final. The tournament usually lasted about ten days, with matches being played every two days.

At first, this competition was played as a single play-off match between champions of New Zealand and Australia. That competition was held in 1987 and Adelaide City won the inaugural season. Then a twelve year pause came, until the OFC organised the next, all-Oceania Cup. In January 1999, the Oceania Club Championship was held in the Fijian cities of Nadi and Lautoka. Nine teams took part, with Australian side South Melbourne winning the trophy. They also qualified for the following year's FIFA Club World Cup.

The next competition was held two years later, with an Australian team again winning the title. Wollongong Wolves won it, beating Vanuatu representative Tafea in the final. Two more editions were held under this name and format, with Sydney and Auckland City winning titles. Sydney could not defend its title in 2006 as Australia left the OFC that year to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The main reasons were to face stronger competition, improve player development, and have a more reliable path to World Cup qualification, as Australia often dominated OFC teams but then struggled in intercontinental play-offs to qualify for the World Cup.

For 2007 OFC decided to change the competition format and name, to being known as the OFC Champions League until 2024.

The OFC decided to change competition format, to make its main competition more interesting and more important to competing clubs.

The first two seasons saw competition with two groups of three teams each, and from the third edition onwards it consists of two groups of four teams each. Group winners progress to the final, played in double playoff format, with the winner taking the title. Unlike its previous format, the OFC Champions League lasts more than a half year, starting in October and ending the following April. The OFC Champions League qualifies to FIFA Club World Cup, entering the competition in the playoff round.

For the 2012–13 season the OFC Champions League changed its format with the introduction of qualifying stage, with the champions of the four weakest leagues competing for a play-off spot with the representative of country with the worst record from the previous tournament. Later rather were also scheduling and format changes for the main tournament. That competition was played between March and May 2013 with introduction of semifinal stage and final played on neutral venue. The first OFC Champions League single leg final was played in Auckland, and was the first OFC Champions League final between two teams from the same country, with Auckland City defeating Waitakere United to win its 5th title.

The OFC Champions League saw another change for 2013–14 season, with the group stage played in a pre-determined location and the semifinals and final played on a home-and-away basis. Fiji was selected as host. The Preliminary stage was played six months before the group stage, and the winner entered the group stage.

In 2014, both finalists of the OFC Champions League participated in the OFC President's Cup, an invitational tournament organised by the OFC. However, President's Cup was held only once.

In the 2014–15 season, the tournament was sponsored by Fiji Airways and renamed the Fiji Airways OFC Champions League for that season.

Another format change came in 2017 when the group stage was expanded to 16 teams, with the whole competition being played in one year (preliminary stage followed by group stage and later knock-out stage). Each of four groups was hosted by one of the teams from the group, meaning more countries and teams were included. Group winners qualified for the semi-finals. The semi-finals and final were both played on a home-and-away basis. Following the success of the 2017 season, the OFC added a quarter-final round for the 2018 edition, meaning that the top two teams from each group qualified for the knockout stage.

The 2019 final between New Caledonian sides Hienghène Sport and AS Magenta marked the first time since 2005 that there was no side from New Zealand qualified for the title-deciding tie.

In 2024, the competition was renamed from OFC Champions League to OFC Men's Champions League.

Since 2024, due to FIFA's restructuring of its club competitions, the winners of the OFC Men's Champions League of each year qualify to the new FIFA Intercontinental Cup, entering at the African–Asian–Pacific Cup play-off stage. Additionally, with the introduction of the new FIFA Club World Cup, the best-ranked club among the champions in the 4-year period before the competition will gain a spot in the group stage. Auckland City FC were OFC's first participants in the inaugural edition in 2025.