An equal Oceania: Breaking Down the Barriers

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is committed to empowering women and girls in our region through football. By capitalising on the momentum created by FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™, and by working with partners, such as the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), OFC is looking to advance the positive…

The OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 kicks off on July 13 and runs through to the final on July 30 in Suva, Fiji. The tournament will determine the new champions of Oceania and reveal which OFC nation will take part in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Play-off Tournament, from which three teams will secure passage…

All 17 matches at the OFC Women’s Nations Cup will be distributed to broadcasters in the Pacific Islands by Pasifika TV and all matches will be broadcast live on Sky TV in New Zealand. Matches will also be streamed live and free on the OFC website and Eleven Sports. Each broadcast will start 15 minutes…

While the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup will put female talent on display, the tournament also serves as an opportunity off the pitch for female coaches like Katie Barrott.   Barrott recently accepted her role to become an assistant coach for the national Samoan women’s team after being approached by head coach Paul Ifill. She…

Samoa head coach Paul Ifill has confirmed his squad for the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup in Fiji, with a mix of domestic talent and overseas-based players named. The group’s arrival in Fiji comes after they staged training camps in New Zealand earlier in the year. Samoa play Tonga in the tournament’s opening match on…

Tonga have included a North American-based trio in their squad for the OFC Women’s Nations Cup, which kicks off on July 13 in Fiji. Daviana and Laveni Vaka from the Utah Avalanche have both been named in the squad, along with Canadian club player Kiana Swift, who plies her trade with the Victoria Highlanders club….

Vanuatu have named a 25-player squad for the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup. All of the players in head coach Jean Robert Yelou’s side play their club football in Vanuatu. The squad includes 10 players from Galaxy FC, with representatives from eight other clubs making up the remainder of the squad. Vanuatu have been drawn…

Host nation Fiji have named a 26-player squad for the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup. Head coach Lisa Cole has picked a locally-based team, with the exception of talented forward Trina Davis, who plays in the USA. The youthful side includes seven players from both Labasa FC and Ba FC, the two top-performing teams in…

Nine teams will compete in the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022. In Group A, Polynesian rivals Tonga, Cook Islands and Samoa will face off. Group B will see highest-ranked nation Papua New Guinea aim to fend off the challenge of Tahiti and Vanuatu while, in Group C, hosts Fiji will take on New Caledonia…

Premier football is back in Samoa, an unbeaten streak ends in Fiji and we reach the midway point in New Caledonia amid this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. In Samoa, the National Premier League has returned after a prolonged period of inactivity. Both the mens and women’s top club competitions began over the weekend with eye-catching…