FIFA – NZFC CAPTURES WORLD ATTENTION

The imminent kick-off of the NZFC has attracted the attention of FIFA.com. With Auckland City Tokyo-bound, the rest of the football world is curious about Kiwi and Oceania football… “The league may be a mere toddler at just two years old, but already the New Zealand Football Championship has seen the emergence of an undisputed…

Solomon Islands Bilikiki coach and former international defender Viv Wickham will help lead his team into their first foray into a FIFA world event alongside Eddie Omokirio. The eyes of the world will be watching the Melanesian side with interest as they take on Portugal, Cameroon and Uruguay. Oceania Football Confederation Media Officer Gordon Glen…

The eagerly anticipated third NZFC season kicks off on Saturday when Danny Halligan’s Canterbury United meet last season’s cellar-dwellers Hawkes Bay United. Hawkes Bay United – coached by former Celtic and Scotland international, Jonathan Gould and his father, former Wales coach, Bobby Gould – will be looking to avoid a repeat of last season’s struggles…

Anticipation and excitement is high in the Solomon Islands with just over 4 weeks to go before their 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup campaign gets underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Affectionately known as the Bilikiki, the team carries not only the hopes of their country to the tournament, but that of the Oceania…

The Solomon Islands Bilikiki will kick off their 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Finals campaign against the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in Rio de Janeiro on November 2nd. The Bilikiki will then face South American giants, Uruguay, on November 4th before they conclude the group stage against Portugal on November 6th. It will be…

Australia Schoolboys will undertake a tour of New Zealand and Samoa between the 9th to the 25th January, 2007. The caliber of the side is expected to be high with three players drafted into the Australian Institute of Sport in preparation for the World Youth Olympics. The remainder of the squad is of similar standard…

Solomon Islands U20 coach, Patrick Miniti, will brief his squad at the SIFF academy this Friday in preparation for for the OFC U20 Championship in New Zealand in January. The squad’s last action was in a friendly international against Papua New Guinea U20 and Miniti says further matches will be needed to bring his side…

The Junior Futsal Tournament in Lae ended successfully on Friday with a good turnout attending the final day. A PNGFA spokesperson said technical staff had found and identified excellent young talent full of creative skills in the game despite futsal being new to the country. St. Paul’s Primary school were too strong for Chevasing in…

The Solomon Bilikiki Beach Soccer team will not leave tomorrow as initially planned for matches in the Reunion. The office of the Solomon Islands Football Federation confirmed the changes this afternoon following advice from the Oceania Football Confederation office in Auckland, New Zealand this morning. SIFF General Secretary Eddie Ngava said the news was a…

Just over 31 years ago both Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands made an application to become members of the Oceania Football Confederation at an Extra-Ordinary Congress in Auckland, New Zealand, September 14th, 1975. Their application was joined by one from Chinese-Taipei who wished to leave the Asian Football Confederation to become full members…