Solomon Islands claim second-place at Pacific Four Nations as Australia U-20 win title

The Solomon Islands secured OFC bragging rights at the Pacific Four Nations tournament in Canberra, Australia as a 1-1 draw with Fiji earned a second-place finish in the overall standings. However, Australia’s U-20 side came top of the group, despite the abandonment of their final game against Papua New Guinea due to sickness in the…

The Solomon Islands picked up an historic victory over Papua New Guinea in the second round of matches at the Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament yesterday while hosts Australia’s U-20 side moved top of the group with a comfortable win over Fiji. The Solomon Islands came third at July’s OFC Women’s Nations Cup, a tournament…

A huge result in New Caledonia’s title race, promotion secured in Fiji,  the start of women’s premier action in Tonga plus action from New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands and Vanuatu in this week’s competitions wrap. Tiga Sport took a huge step towards potentially winning the Super Ligue crown in New Caledonia with a 3-1…

Fiji avenged their OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 final defeat to Papua New Guinea while the Solomon Islands came up just short against Australia’s U-20 side on the opening day of the Pacific Women’s Four Nations 2022. Goals from Cema Nasau and Luisa Tamanitoakula earned the Fijian Kulas a 2-0 victory over Oceania champions PNG…

Wellington Phoenix General Manager David Dome says he is proud to be representing the Oceania region on the second edition of the FIFA Diploma in Club Management and he has already utilised lessons learned in his role at New Zealand’s only professional football club. Dome, who has been in his current role with the A-League…

Football Australia will host a four-team invitational tournament featuring three of Oceania’s highly ranked women’s national teams in the 2022 Pacific Women’s Four Nations Tournament in Canberra from November 8-13 2022. The senior women’s national teams of Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands will join the Australia U-20s for a round-robin tournament that will…

Eight independent members from across the OFC Appeals Committee and OFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee had the opportunity to connect in person for the first time in Auckland at the FIFA/OFC Judicial Bodies Workshop last month.   Judicial bodies are instrumental in ensuring OFC is held accountable for administrative decisions and are responsible for upholding the…

Nineteen coaches from eight Oceania Football Confederation Member Associations will take part in the region’s first FIFA/OFC C-Licence course run specifically for females next week. The five-day course in Christchurch will feature experienced female coaches Debbie Fisher, Stephanie Spielmann, Margaret Aka and April Heinrichs as educators, while time spent at Football Ferns training sessions and…

We have new league winners in Vanuatu and some potentially crucial results at the top end of the tables in New Zealand as well as action from Tonga and the Cook Islands featured in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. In Vanuatu, Tafea FC claimed their first PVFA Women’s Premier League title despite losing their final…