OFC World Futsal Qualifiers deferred till 2004

Auckland, 3 October 2003: The OFC World Futsal Qualifying Tournament scheduled for Canberra, Australia from 20-25 October 2003, has now been deferred to 2004. The Oceania Football Confederation made this decision after the withdrawal of Fiji which left the three teams remaining for this tournament Rather than proceeding with just three teams, the tournament has…

Courtesy FIFA.com: Defending Women’s World Cup champion United States may have to beat its two biggest rivals to reach the final of this year’s tournament. The Americans, who completed a perfect first round by beating North Korea 3-0 on Sunday, will face 1995 champion Norway in the quarterfinals on Wednesday in Foxboro, Massachusetts. If they…

New Zealand Soccer is pleased to announce the All Whites squad to travel to Iran for the one off AFC/OFC Challenge Cup match on October 12th in Teheran. There are 6 new faces from the 23-man squad that travelled to the Confederations Cup in France, with Head Coach Mick Waitt looking to the future. “This…

Courtesy FIFA.com: Africa’s reigning Women’s Footballer of the Year, Alberta Sackey, showed all of her class in claiming a brace to hand the Black Queens of Ghana their first ever FIFA Women’s World Cup victory – a 2-1 triumph over Australia at the first USA 2003 match at Portland’s PGE Park. Heather Garriock pulled a…

SA RELEASE: The Qantas Matildas secured a credible 1-1 draw with world powerhouse China at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in a do-or-die clash in Los Angeles. Although the point keeps Australia in the race, the result still leaves Australia with an uphill task of qualifying for the quarter finals, and they must beat Ghana…

The latest FIFA rankings released on 24 September see Australia regain its place at the top of the Oceania hierarchy gaining six places to occupy the 62nd spot. However, they still have a way to go to get back into the top fifty and can do with more similar results to their 2-1 victory over…

FIFA.com – The Russians left it late to down brave Australia 1-2 on 21 September in Carson, California. After slamming a second-half penalty off the crossbar, Elena Fomina unleashed a right-footed blast in minute 89 that took a cruel deflection and nestled in the back of the net to settle the Group D clash. On…

The September edition of The Wave, the OFC’s official publication, can now be read online. Just click on The Wave link on the homepage of the OFC website and check out the latest news and features in football from the Oceania region.

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 September 2003: The AFC-OFC Challenge Cup 2003 between Iran and New Zealand has been confirmed for Sunday, 12th October 2003 at the magnificent 100,000 plus capacity Azadi Stadium in Tehran, kick-off at 1535hrs, local time. The match was to have been played on a home and away basis back in March and…

Auckland 8 September 2003: The Oceania Football Confederation held an extraordinary congress at the Carlton Hotel in Auckland last Saturday, 6 September, 2003, where OFC president, Basil Scarsella, resigned from his post effectively after a majority 12-10 vote by the members. The senior vice president, Tautulu Roebeck of Samoa, will now serve as acting president…