Three Oceania Football Confederation match officials have been appointed to the FIFA U-17 World Cup Qatar 2026™, with New Zealand referee Calvin Berg, Vanuatu assistant referee Jeremey Garae and Samoa…
Match officials from across Oceania have gathered in Auckland ahead of the historic opening round of the OFC Pro League, marking a significant step forward for refereeing in the region…
In August, Taupo became the stage for a groundbreaking event in women’s football refereeing, the NZ Women’s Referee Development Academy, run by New Zealand Football. The week-long programme gave female…
The Solomon Islands will be on the global football stage once again, this time through the whistle of one of its finest referees. Ben Aukwai has been named among 27…
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has taken a significant step toward the introduction of Video Assistant Referees (VAR) at its competitions, following successful signal transmission tests between HFC Bank Stadium…
Oceania Football Confederation recently delivered the second Goalkeeping B Licence course in Auckland, bringing together 19 coaches from across the region with five having travelled from outside New Zealand to attend….
Three top match officials from Uruguay have joined forces with OFC referees in Tahiti for the OFC Women’s Champions League. This initiative is part of a growing referee exchange programme…
Refereeing in football is often a solitary journey, but for Neeshil and Rakesh Varman, it has been a shared passion spanning decades. The father-son duo from Fiji attended the OFC/FIFA…
53 top match officials, referee trainers, assessors, and administrators from across Oceania have gathered in Honiara for a three-day Elite Refereeing Seminar, marking a significant step in the region’s referee…
The process to implement Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in OFC competitions has taken a big step forward, following the FIFA Individual VAR Kick-off meeting. Taking place in December at…