The 2019 OFC Champions League qualifying stage was played from 26 January to 1 February 2019. A total of four teams competed in the qualifying stage to decide two of the 16 places in the group stage of the 2019 OFC Champions League.
Draw
The draw for the qualifying stage was held on 13 November 2018 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The champions of the host association (Cook Islands) were allocated to Position 1, and the champions of the three remaining developing associations were drawn to determine the fixtures (first team drawn allocated to Position 2, second team drawn allocated to Position 3, third team drawn allocated to Position 4).
Format
The four teams in the qualifying stage played each other on a round-robin basis at a centralised venue. The winners and runners-up advanced to the group stage to join the 14 direct entrants.
According to the group stage draw:
- The qualifying stage winners advanced to Group D.
- The qualifying stage runners-up advanced to Group C.
Schedule
Matches were played between 26 January – 1 February 2019 in the Cook Islands.
The schedule of each matchday was as follows.
| Matchday | Dates | Matches |
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| Matchday 1 | 26 January 2019 | Team 2 vs. Team 3, Team 1 vs. Team 4 |
| Matchday 2 | 29 January 2019 | Team 4 vs. Team 2, Team 1 vs. Team 3 |
| Matchday 3 | 1 February 2019 | Team 3 vs. Team 4, Team 1 vs. Team 2 |
Matches
All times were local, CKT (UTC−10).
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | TUP | KIW | LOT | PAG |
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| 1 | Cook Islands Tupapa Maraerenga (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Group stage | | — | 4–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Samoa Kiwi | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 6 | | — | — | — | 4–3 |
| 3 | Tonga Lotohaʻapai United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 3 | | | — | 1–9 | — | — |
| 4 | American Samoa Pago Youth | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 0 | | — | — | 1–5 | — |
| Pago Youth American Samoa | 1–5 | Tonga Lotohaʻapai United |
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| Samuelu 45' | | T. Falepapalangi 53', 66', 69' P. Falepapalangi 83' |
| Kiwi Samoa | 4–3 | American Samoa Pago Youth |
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| Kerewi 20' Scanlan 29' (pen.), 85' Nauer 34' | | Tapusoa 21', 39', 80' |
| Lotohaʻapai United Tonga | 1–9 | Samoa Kiwi |
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| Polovili 58' | | Scanlan 3', 40', 43', 74' Mano 11', 89' Malo 26' Taylor 51' Nauer 82' |
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