2009 TAHITI NUI BEACH SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP – VANUATU BEAT SOLOMONS 4-2 IN EXTRA TIME

Vanuatu has upset defending OFC champions the Solomon Islands with a 4-2 extra time win in the first match on day one of the 2009 Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer Championship.   The Solomons started stronger in the first quarter with James Naka and Gibson Hosea Purasi both hitting the woodwork of the Vanuatu goal. But Solomons keeper Fred…

We’re less than an hour away from kick off at the Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer Championship 2009 and OFC can bring you the starting line-ups for the today’s tournament opening match between defending champions the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.   Solomon Islands: 6. Nicholas Muri MAKAA; 8. Gideon OMOKIRIO; 10. James NAKA; 11. Gibson Hosea…

On the eve of the 2009 Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer Championship, Oceania Football Confederation is bringing you a series of profiles to help you become more familiar with some of key players from each of the four competing nations.   First up is arguably Oceania’s most accomplished Beach Soccer player, a man who has scored 17 World…

The excitement is building on Tahiti’s beautiful Island of Moorea as the 2009 Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer Championship is poised to kick off tomorrow. Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) will bring you a series of profiles throughout the week to help you familiarise yourself with some of key players in each of the four competing national squads….

It will be fun in the sun for spectators at Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer Championship 2009 in Moorea this week but for FIFA Assistant Development Officer Patrick Jacquemet it will be a busy time of in-depth analysis and planning. Jacquemet, who is charged with developing Beach Soccer in Oceania, will assess the technical abilities of…

With football activities in Samoa continuing to increase at a steady rate, it was the coaches who benefited this week as the country played host to a four-day Youth Coaching Course. The course, organised by Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and Samoa Football Soccer Federation Normalisation Committee (SFSF-NC), was held at SFSF-NC headquarters in Tuana’imato, Apia…

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has denounced a public notice this week by Seth Daniels calling for an Extra-Ordinary Congress of the Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) in Port Moresby next month. The former PNGFA Senior Vice President, who is serving a three-year ban from football after he was found to have breached FIFA, OFC…

Fiji Beach Soccer coach Imtiaz Khan is racing against time as he tries to build a formidable combination for the Tahiti Nui Beach Soccer 2009 World Cup Qualifiers next week. The Fiji squad gathered in camp on Tuesday and have just a week together before flying out of the country next Monday for the four-nation qualifiers which features Solomon…

The Fiji squad gathered in camp yesterday and will just train for a week before flying out of the country next Monday for the four- nation qualifiers which features Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji and host nation Tahiti.“I am not expecting miracles in the qualifiers as this is the first time we will be participating in…