inental ▁debut ▁and ▁first ▁regional ▁title ▁▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁was ▁a ▁land mark ▁year ▁for ▁the ▁club , ▁as ▁they ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁Pap ua ▁New ▁Gu ine an ▁club ▁to ▁represent ▁the ▁country ▁on ▁a ▁contin ental ▁level . ▁At ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁O ce ania ▁Club ▁Championship , ▁which ▁was ▁held ▁in ▁Port ▁M ores by ▁from ▁ 9 – 2 2 ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁club ▁were ▁drawn ▁into ▁Group ▁A ▁alongside ▁event ual ▁champions ▁Wol log ong ▁Wol ves , ▁New ▁Zealand ers ▁Nap ier ▁City ▁Ro vers , ▁Lau gu ▁United ▁from ▁the ▁Sol omon ▁Islands , ▁Lab asa ▁of ▁F iji ▁and ▁Lot oh a ' ap ai ▁from ▁T ong a . ▁The ▁club ▁won ▁twice , ▁ 5 – 2 ▁against ▁Lot oh a ' ap ai ▁and ▁ 3 – 1 ▁versus ▁Lab asa , ▁and ▁managed ▁to ▁contain ▁Nap ier ▁City ▁to ▁just ▁ 2 ▁goals ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 – 0 ▁defeat , ▁but ▁col lapsed ▁against ▁Wol log ong ▁Wol ves ▁( 6 – 0 ) ▁and ▁Lau gu ▁United ▁( 8 – 2 ) ▁to ▁finish ▁ 4 th ▁in ▁the ▁group . ▁ ▁After ▁finishing ▁the ▁regular ▁season ▁in ▁second ▁place , ▁on ▁ 7 ▁October ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁the ▁side ▁played ▁against ▁Sob ou ▁FC ▁in ▁the ▁Grand ▁Final ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 1 ▁L ah i ▁Regional ▁League . ▁The ▁club ▁picked