Two Oceania match officials, who have recently taken leave from football to become mothers, have received important acknowledgement of their talent and dedication following their appointments to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Fijian referee Finau Vulivuli and New…
The new Laws of the Game came into force on Friday 1 June 2018, ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™ commencing in Russia in two weeks. A number of Law changes were approved at this year’s Annual General…
New Zealand referee Anna-Marie Keighley has made the first step towards the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 by earning an appointment to the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup France 2018 alongside 14 elite female referees from across the…
New Zealand referee Matt Conger has held a lifelong dream of being involved in the biggest football event on the planet and with his appointment to officiate at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™, that dream has become a…
Two OFC referees and three assistant referees will join the world’s greatest footballers in Russia in June after being included in the list of match officials for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia. Tahiti’s Norbert Hauata and New Zealander…
With a constant shortage of referees in Oceania he says the opportunities for improvement are always there.“If you want to become a referee, there’s no shortage of games but there’s always a lack of referees.“We want to improve the…
The Football Advisory Panel and the Technical Advisory Panel, with representatives from Oceania sitting on both, met at the Sofitel Hotel London Heathrow for meetings on Monday and Tuesday to discuss a variety of topics, including proposals to amend…
OFC Referee Development Officer Mark Hester says while for OFC things like electronic scoreboards and communication kits are relatively new, on a global scale they’re technologies that have been around for some time.“The electronic substitution boards have been around…
The course caters to the instructors of the top referees in each of OFC’s 11 Member Associations, with four FIFA instructors covering elements of technical and fitness instructing.OFC Head of Referee Development Mark Hester is one of the fitness…
OFC Futsal and Beach Soccer Development Officer Paul Toohey says with four FIFA Futsal Refereeing Courses on the calendar as well as the FIFA Futuro Refereeing Instructor Course, it shows the clear desire to improve knowledge and skills across…
