Shield appointed for All Whites first match

OFC: Top Australian Referee, Mark Shield, has been appointed as the fourth official for New Zealand’s opening match of the FIFA Confederations Cup against Japan in France tomorrow morning (NZT). The All Whites will be playing Japan at the Stade de France in Paris. The young referee will not be daunted however having officiated previously…

FIFA RELEASE: FIFA and U.S. Soccer officials have formally unveiled the match schedule and official logo of the FIFA Women’s World Cup USA 2003, an action-packed 32-match, 23-day tournament that will take place in the United States between 20 September and 12 October. The world’s premier football event for women will feature the top 16…

OFC RELEASE: The June issue of The Wave magazine is out and you can read it by clicking on the Wave link on the home page, or by clicking on the link in Publications. Keep up to date with what’s going on around Oceania – read the Wave, the best source of football news coming…

Of the eight teams taking part in the FIFA Confederations Cup which kicks off in France tomorrow, New Zealand is arguably the team with the smallest international profile. Besides Colombia, it is the only other team in the line-up that did not take part in the 2002 FIFA World Cup. But Colombia possesses a vastly…

OFC RELEASE: The men’s and women’s match schedules for the 2003 South Pacific Games football tournament have been released by the host organisers in Fiji. The men’s tournament runs from 30 June – 11 July with all matches rotated amongst four venues. The gold/silver and bronze medal playoff matches will be staged at the National…

FIFA U-17 World Championship Venue: Finland Dates: 13-30 August 2003 Australia will represent the OFC at this tournament.

The FIFA Emergency Committee has taken the decision to relocate the 4th FIFA Women’s World Cup, originally due to be played in China PR, to the United States of America. Four other countries had also submitted an offer to step in for China PR: Sweden, Australia, Italy and Canada. The exact schedule of the competition…

AUCKLAND, 22 May 2003: Samoa will be representing the Oceania Football Confederation at the Northern Ireland Milk Cup from 19-25 July. It will be the second time an island nation has represented Oceania at this prestigious international youth tournament since Solomon Islands sent a team two years ago. Australia sent a youth team in 2002….

Auckland, 20 May, 2003: The Oceania Football Confederation president, Basil Scarsella, will officially represent FIFA at the inauguration ceremony of the Goal Project for Papua New Guinea on 24 May, 2003. The Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) had been informed that FIFA President, Joseph Blatter, was unable to attend because of a busy schedule…