OFC and New Zealand Football partner to deliver first Pro Licence course in Oceania

The Oceania Football Confederation have partnered with New Zealand Football to deliver the first Pro Licence coaching diploma in Oceania.  The Pro Licence is the global standard for elite level coaches and a requirement to coach in many of the top leagues around the world. Andy Boyens, Technical Director at New Zealand Football, sees delivering this course…

Our OFC women’s national teams returned to action after a long lay off in May, with the Women’s Nations Cup held in Suva, Fiji. The tournament was a great success, with large crowds in to cheer on the home side and a very even spread of results from start to finish. Given this was part…

OFC international football burst back into life in March, when our region’s top men’s sides battled for the chance for a place in a World Cup play-off match. New Zealand, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Fiji traveled to Doha, Qatar, due to border restrictions meaning OFC was unable…

Eastern Suburbs have won New Zealand Football’s women’s National League Championship Grand Final, defeating Western Springs 4 – 0 in a dominant performance at Mt Smart Stadium. (Photo: photosport.nz via NZ Football). The victory sees Eastern Suburbs become the first club side to win the women’s National League Championship after the competition was restructured in…

The Fiji Football Association (FFA) has unskilled a number of female coaches through a pair of courses held in the country this month.  Five members of the Fijian women’s national team, Cema Nasau, Jotivini Tabua, Veniana Ranadi, Koleta Likuculacula and Unaisi Tuberi, were among the 20 participants who took part in the OFC C-Licence Course…

Match officials from eight Oceania Football Confederation Member Associations will control matches at January’s OFC U-17 Championship 2023 in Fiji.  Among the 20-strong group selected are female assistant referees Natalia Lumukana and Stephanie Minan, who in 2021 were among five Oceania match officials shortlisted to officiate at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™.  …

Last month saw the OFC and representatives from our Member Associations take part in the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) World Conference. Held every four years, the event in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland was the eighth time the conference has been held and was the largest yet – with 1,200 attending in person and…

FIFA and Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) have been collaborating on amateur football analysis, to gain a comprehensive understanding of how the amateur game in Vanuatu is organised and can be supported by FIFA in the future. VFF Technical Director Peter Takaro said Vanuatu can benefit from this initiative by FIFA, as long as they are…

Every match of January’s OFC U-17 Championship 2023 will be streamed live and free on oceaniafootbal.com via Eleven Sports. The match schedule below outlines all fixtures (in local Fiji time). Timezone graphics with the kick-off times for different Oceania nations will also be published on the OFC social media platforms. Click below to access each…

It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Tonga’s Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, with local coaches receiving guidance and support. OFC Player Development Officer Phil Parker was in Nuku’ualofa to have a look at the grassroots environment, complete assessments about the needs of the coaching staff and connect with those in charge of the grassroots and…