Plenty at stake as playoffs loom

NOUMEA: With the playoffs starting at the end of next month, the top five teams in New Caledonia’s division d’honneur are making every game count with only three play off spots available. League leader Magenta and second placed Mont-Dore should secure the first two playoff spots with a minimum seven point lead from the third…

SUVA: Ba are once again the champions of Fiji after dominating Rewa in the second leg of the Champion versus Champion series at Govind Park last weekend. In front of a 6500 home spectators, the men in black proved too strong scoring two late goals to win 2-0 and also the series 4:2 on aggregate….

2004 OFC Tournament Calendar finalised OFC Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation announced today that it was set to revive the OFC Club Championship after a three year hiatus. Following the news that the FIFA Club World Championship would return in 2005, the OFC has selected Tahiti to host the next OFC Club Championship in April…

OFC Auckland: The much anticipated start to Oceania’s 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany qualifiers gets underway in May 2004. The Oceania Football Confederation announced today that it has confirmed dates for the combined OFC Nations Cup/2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. These dates have now been submitted for final approval at the forthcoming 2006 FIFA World…

ASA RELEASE: The chairman of the Australian Soccer Association (ASA), Mr Frank Lowy, today announced the appointment of Mr John O’Neill as Chief Executive Officer of the ASA. The appointment is for an initial three-year period with an opportunity to extend it a further four years by mutual agreement. Mr O’Neill was Managing Director and…

OFC RELEASE, 9 February: Socceroo and Liverpool striker Harry Kewell has scored a runaway victory to win his third Oceania Player of the Year award. Kewell totalled 76 votes for the 2003 year with fellow Australian Mark Viduka second on 29 votes and New Zealand’s Ryan Nelsen polling 22 for third in today’s announcement by…

ASA: Several new players have been included in the 18-member Australian Women’s Soccer Team (the Matildas) to contest the upcoming Australia Cup in Brisbane, and the Oceania Olympic Qualifiers. The team announcement, the first Matildas selections in this Olympic year, was made today by National Women’s Coach Adrian Santrac. Two players – 20-year-old midfielder Kate…

2003 OFC Player of the Year to be announced on Monday, 9 February 2004 OFC, Auckland: The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has collated all votes for the 2003 OFC Player of the Year award and is set to announce the winner on Monday, 9 February 2004. The winner has been notified by the award coordinators…

Auckland, 5 Feb 2004: The Oceania Football Confederation has announced today that the 2004 OFC Women’s Olympic Qualifying soccer tournament will now be held in Ba, Fiji from 2-6 March. Late withdrawals from the tournament prompted the shift in venue with three teams now confirmed to participate; Fiji (host), Australia and Papua New Guinea. All…

ASA: Arch rivals Marconi Stallions and Sydney United both kept their top-six hopes alive with vitally important wins in round 22 NSL action last weekend. Marconi finished strongly to end Brisbane Strikers unbeaten home run, while United virtually ended the hopes of Newcastle United. Sydney United moved back into sixth position that was temporarily taken…