NEW ZEALAND – NZ FOOTBALL ANNOUNCE U-17, U-20 WOMEN&039;S COACHES

A promotion from within, and a switch from the New Zealand Football Championship are the notable features of the respective appointments of Tony Readings and Dave Edmondson to head coach roles of the Junior (U-20) and Young (U-17) Football Ferns. Readings takes the U-20s head coaching reins after a three year apprenticeship as John Herdman’s…

President of the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) Lee Harmon has joined the likes of Pelé and other world football greats after becoming a recipient of the FIFA Order of Merit. Harmon was publicly presented the award by FIFA Vice President and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) President Reynald Temarii in Rarotonga at the inauguration of CIFA’s ‘House of Football’. The FIFA Order of…

OFC can now bring you a selection of images from the finals day third / fourth play-offs match between host nation Tahiti and Fiji. Tahiti secured third place with a hard fought 6-3 win over Fiji. The hosts had to fight back three times from being a goal down before running away comfortable winners in the second…

The Solomon Islands have defended their OFC Beach Soccer Championship for the third tournament in a row and have secured World Cup Qualification with a 1-0 win over Vanuatu in the final at Temae Beach, Moorea. In a extremely close and hard fought final the Bilikiki Boys came away deserved winners after generating more goal scoring opportunities and…

Tahiti has won its 3rd/4th play-off match against Fiji after fighting back from being a goal down three times to win 6-3. Valerio Nawatu opened scoring when he was at the end of a quick counter-attack which he finished with a powerful low shot into the far post corner of the net. Substitute Eizo Arai equalised for Tahiti with an un-opposed header…

Click here to find a gallery of photos taken by OFC during the day one Beach Soccer matches between Vanuatu v Solomons and Tahiti v Fiji.  Vanuatu continued their trend of toppling the reigning OFC champions in their first-up Championship fixtures, winning 4-2 in extratime. Tommorrow’s final will see an intriguing rematch between these two teams with World Cup qualification at stake. Tahiti got their…

After a well deserved rest day, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are ready to square-off in tomorrow’s final of the Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer to see who will qualify for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UAE 2009 while Fiji and Tahiti will meet in the 3rd/4th play-off. For fans wanting to know what time the matches kick…

AUCKLAND – All Whites defender Ivan Vicelich has committed himself to the rest of New Zealand’s 2010 World Cup campaign, ending speculation about his international future. At the request from coach Ricki Herbert, Vicelich came out of international retirement earlier this year to help marshal the All Whites defence at the FIFA Confederations Cup, a…

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) Sports Academy has been an array of colours and abuzz with laughter for the last two Saturday mornings as youngsters have flocked in for the ‘Just Play’ football programme. Into its third week, the programme has attracted 100-plus children aged 5-13 between 9am to 11am each Saturday with sessions continuing through…

OFC is pleased to bring you a photo gallery of images from day three’s matches; Fiji v Solomons and Tahiti v Vanuatu shot by our staff at Temae Beach.   Solomon Islands booked their spot in Friday’s World Cup Qualification final with 11-2 win over Fiji and then Vanuatu turned around a 1-3 deficit to beat Tahiti in the days…