OFC welcomes special guests at Home of Football Inauguration

The Oceania Football Confederation celebrated the milestone achievement of the completion of the new Home of Football, with distinguished guests from across the footballing world attending the Inauguration of Te Kahu o Kiwa on Friday, October 21.   The Inauguration, which was delayed due to the travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, comes after…

A three-day workshop attended by the General Secretaries/Chief Executive Officers from each of the Oceania Football Confederation’s Member Associations is taking place this week in Auckland.  Held at the OFC Home of Football, the OFC General Secretaries Workshop is the first step in defining the OFC Executive Programme with Member Associations General Secretaries and CEOs,…

Match Schedule and kick-off times confirmed for FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ The much-anticipated match schedule, for the 32-team, ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, to be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand is now complete. Following Saturday night’s draw in Auckland, kick-off times have now been…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which will see the two confederations work together for the further development of football.  As part of the MoU, both parties undertake to strengthen their cooperation and dialogue, with an aim to develop…

OFC President Lambert Maltock has pledged the region’s unanimous support for FIFA President Gianni Infantino ahead of the elective 73rd FIFA Congress – which takes places in Kigali, Rwanda on March 16, 2023. Speaking at the OFC 28th Ordinary Congress on Friday, October 21 in Auckland, New Zealand, Maltock gave President Infantino the backing of…

The domestic cup champions from New Caledonia and Tahiti have discovered their opponents in round seven of the Coupe de France following the draw overnight in France. Coupe de Calédonie champions Hienghène Sport will face an away trip to face Olympique Saint-Quentin while Coupe de Polynésie winners AS Vénus will host ASM Belfort FC in…

It is something of a cliché that football brings people together. However, at the recent OFC U-19 Championships that cliché proved true. In fact it went one better,  by bringing a family, separated across two different Pacific nations, together in Tahiti. While American Samoa may have exited at the group stage of the competition following…

League action is back in Tahiti and leaders face off in New Zealand as well as action from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia in this week’s competitions wrap. Tahiti’s Ligue 1 began with a bang this weekend, with AS Dragon and star striker Roonui Tinirauarii both laying down an early marker. Last season, Dragon…

Papua New Guinea’s potential final path to the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ became clear last week following the draw for the qualifying Play-Off Tournament to be played in New Zealand in February 2023. Papua New Guinea have been drawn in Group C – alongside Chinese Taipei, Paraguay and Panama – following the draw at…

October 15 marks World Hand Washing Day, an important date in Oceania. Sanitation is vital in our communities to prevent the spread of disease and to save lives. The theme of this year is Be A WASH Champion. WASH stands for WAter, Sanitation and Hygiene, a UNICEF initiative that focuses on providing basic facilities for…