2009 O-LEAGUE – PREMIER TO ATTEND FINAL

HONIARA – As the hype surrounding the O-League First-leg Final reaches fever pitch, the Hon. Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands Dr Derek Sikua has joined the party by confirming his attendance at today’s match between Koloale FC and Auckland City FC. The first-leg final kicks off at 3:00pm (local time) at Honiara’s Lawson Tama…

The New Zealand Men’s U-17 Football team has qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Nigeria with a 2-0 win over Tahiti at the Oceania Football Confederation qualification tournament on Friday. New Zealand maintained their unbeaten record and tournament clean-sheet despite playing the second half against Tahiti without midfielder Jack Hobson-McVeigh who was sent…

Welcome to North Harbour Stadium in Auckland for the final match of the OFC U-17 World Cup qualifying tournament between Tahiti and New Zealand. New Zealand know that nothing less than a win will be good enough to see them progress to the World Cup and so this one is set to be an entertaining…

HONIARA – Auckland City FC have had just two days to acclimatise to Honiara’s stifling humidity ahead of their O-League Final against Koloale FC on Saturday but coach Paul Posa is confident  his team won’t be overcome by the conditions. With a shot at FIFA’s Club World Cup on the line, the crucial first leg final kicks…

Following the conclusion of Match Day Two of the OFC U-17 Championship New Zealand 2009, Oceania Football Confederation wishes to advise that the kick-off time for the match on 24 April 2009 between Vanuatu and New Caledonia has been amended to 12h30 (local time).  The change comes following mutual agreement between Vanuatu and New Caledonia…

AUCKLAND – Match Day Two of the OFC U-17 Championship in Auckland on Wednesday has seen New Zealand and Tahiti move into pole position to take out the tournament and qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup Nigeria 2009. Tahiti found themselves a goal down in today’s opening match on North Harbour Stadium’s artificial turf…

The second game of Match Day Two between New Caledonia and New Zealand is about to get underway and Oceaniafootball.com will bring you live text updates. The sun is shining bright here at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium and the temperature is around 25 degrees. In today’s earlier match Tahiti beat Vanuatu 4-1 moving the Tahitians…

Welcome to North Harbour Stadium for the opening match on Day Two of the OFC U-17 Championship between Vanuatu and Tahiti. It’s perfect conditions for football here in Auckland with light winds and clear skies. Vanuatu need a result today to stay in the competition after they lost to New Zealand 0-3 on Match Day One while Tahiti will want…

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and Radio New Zealand International (RNZI) will continue to provide full radio coverage of the OFC U-17 Championship on Wednesday as Vanuatu take on Tahiti in the opening match of Day Two while New Caledonia battle New Zealand in the second match. Commentary starts at 12h30 NZ time (0300 UTC) and can be heard on 13730 kHz (AM) in…

Match Day 1 of the OFC U-17 New Zealand 2009 produced plenty of goals and a whole lot of rain as Tahiti and New Zealand ran out winners over New Caledonia and Vanuatu respectively. Tahiti and New Zealand are now equal on points and goal difference after the Tahitians beat New Caledonia 5-2 in the…