New Caledonia welcomed into FIFA family

FIFA, Paris – At the FIFA Centennial Congress, the football association of New Caledonia was welcomed into the world football family as the 205th FIFA member association. The associations’ delegates also ratified an addition to the statutory provisions that govern eligibility to play for Association teams. Following yesterday’s celebrations and the Centennial matches in the…

APIA: Papua New Guinea has comfortably beaten Samoa 4-1 in the last match of the Stage 1 group qualifiers in Apia today. With Vanuatu’s shock win against Fiji ending their slim chance of qualifying for Stage 2, PNG kept focussed to win their second match of the tournament. Goals to Reginald Davani and Andrew Lepani…

OFC – Auckland: The teams for Stage 2 of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup/2006 FIFA World Cup Oceania Preliminaries have been confirmed after today’s final group results from Stage 1 in Samoa. Vanuatu’s stunning 3-0 victory over Fiji in today’s final round of Group 2 confirmed their place alongside their vanquished opponents for Stage 2….

Stage 1 (Group 2) Round 5 – Match 9 result APIA, 19 May 2004 Match 9: Fiji 0-3 Vanuatu (half-time 0-1) Vanuatu has scored an emphatic 3-0 win over Fiji in today’s first match of the final round. The win elevates the Carlos Buzzetti coached side to the top of Group 2 and in the…

HONIARA, 19 May 2004: Tahiti has qualified alongside Solomon Islands for Stage 2 in Adelaide, Australia after drawing 1-1 with the Group 1 hosts today in front of a full house at the Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara. Tahiti needed at least a draw to push clear of New Caledonia who earlier improved their chances…

FIFA, Paris: Meeting at the Carrousel du Louvre on 20-21 May, the 204 associations of world football’s governing body have a packed programme to contend with while celebrating FIFA’s 100th birthday in Paris. On the agenda: – Approval of the official reports from the Extraordinary Congress of 28 May 2002, Seoul, 53rd Ordinary Congress of…

FIFA – Zurich: South Africa will host the 2010 FIFA World CupTM, the first in the history of world football’s governing body to be held in Africa. With 14 votes, South Africa were declared as winners after the first round of voting. Morocco received 10 votes, while Egypt did not tally any. FIFA President Joseph…

FIFA – Paris/Zurich: The FIFA Club World Championship will replace the Toyota Cup from 2005 onwards. With a new six-team format, the tournament will next be held in Tokyo from 11 to 18 December 2005. Following negotiations with all of the contractual partners of the Toyota Cup, the FIFA Executive Committee, meeting in Paris today,…

OFC Auckland, 19 May 2004: The Stage 1 preliminaries of the 2004 OFC Nations Cup/2006 FIFA World Cup tournament enters the final round of action starting today in the Solomon Islands with the Group 1 final standings to be decided when hosts Solomon Islands take on Tahiti while New Caledonia plays Tonga. Over in Samoa,…

Match 8: Samoa 0-4 Fiji (ht: 0-1 Fiji) – 4pm local time kickoff APIA: Fiji has beaten an injury depleted Samoan side 4-0 in the second match of round 4 in Apia today. Samoa came out firing and held the Fijians to just a one goal in the first half to giant striker Veresa Toma….