2003 OFC Women’s World Cup Qualifiers kick off

The 2003 OFC Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament has kicked off at the Belconnen Soccer Centre in Canberra, Australia. Be sure to visit the official tournament website by clicking on the icon on the OFC website home page, to check for results and updates. The tournament runs from 5-13 April with Australia, New Zealand, Samoa,…

The draw for the 2003 South Pacific Games men’s football tournament was announced this week in Fiji where the Games will be hosted in June. The eleven entries have been placed in two opposing pools with allocations based on the results at the SP Games in 1995. There was no tournament during the last SP…

AUCKLAND, 27 March 2003 – The match officials for the 2003 OFC Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament were confirmed today. The tournament kicks off next week on Saturday 5 April. The venue is the Belconnen Soccer Centre in Canberra, Australia. The match officials are as follows; Match Commissioner: Joseph Brondolino (Australia) Referee Inspector: Ken Wallace…

AUCKLAND – At its meeting last Sunday, 16 March 2003, the OFC Executive Committee confirmed that the OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament will be deferred to January, 2004. The OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament was supposed to be held in June this year, but the busy competition schedules this time of the year for many…

AUCKLAND – The Oceania Football Confederation has finalised the format for the Oceania Qualifying path to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The OFC Executive Committee agreed on this format at its meeting in Auckland, New Zealand last Sunday, 16 March, 2003. The proposed format will be sent to FIFA for its endorsement at the next…

18 March, 2003, Auckland: The draw for the 2003 OFC Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament has been revised after the late withdrawals of both Fiji and Vanuatu. The revised draw was approved by the OFC Executive Committee at its meeting in Auckland last Sunday with FIFA being informed of the changes. The withdrawals have reduced…

Courtesy Relay – The FIFA World CupTM will head to South America in 2014 following a decision taken by the FIFA Executive Committee, chaired by President Joseph S. Blatter, on the second day of its meeting at FIFA headquarters in Zurich. This decision fulfilled the long-time wish of CONMEBOL to see the competition return to…

OFC RELEASE – The venue and official draw for the 2003 OFC Women’s World Cup Qualifying Tournament has now been confirmed. The Belconnen Soccer Centre in Canberra, Australia will be the official venue for the tournament which runs from 5-13 April, 2003. The Belconnen Soccer Centre was the venue for the highly successful Australia Cup…

Sydney speedster Brett Emerton has continued the Australian run of success as the latest Oceania Footballer of the Year. Emerton was announced today as the 2002 winner by 17 votes from defending champion Harry Kewell with third-placed Mark Schwarzer completing a Socceroo trifecta. Emerton, who plays with Feyenoord in Holland, polled 63 votes from Kewell…

Courtesy Relay – In view of the current world political climate and having carefully weighed up all the options, the FIFA Executive Committee, meeting today (Thursday) in Zurich, has approved FIFA President Joseph. S Blatter’s proposal to postpone the FIFA World Youth Championship 2003 to a later date. The tournament was due to be played…