FIFA payday helped raise club standards, says Oceania confederation


(Reuters) - The carrot of a lucrative payday at FIFA's Club World Cup has helped club soccer come of age within the South Pacific, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) said as they prepared for the region's final Champions League match on Sunday.

New Zealand's Auckland City, bidding for their fourth successive OFC title and a place at the FIFA tournament in Morocco in December, host Vanuatu champions Amicale in the second leg of the final after a 1-1 draw in Port Vila last week.

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