Explainer: How OFC will implement Social Development Goals

The Oceania Football Confederation was last month admitted into the UN’s Football for the Goals, a programme launched by the United Nations to use football as a tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It’s been well established that sport can be an important enabler for achieving the SDGs. But OFC’s Social Responsibility Manager…

  The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) President Lambert Maltock and the FIFA President Gianni Infantino met in Paris yesterday for top level discussions on the future of football in Oceania. The meeting was also attended by OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo. The various high-level discussions included an update on the proposed OFC Professional League which…

A stunning curling shot from the sideline by Dennis Ifunaoa has helped Solomon Warriors qualify for the OFC Champions League 2023. They have beaten Kossa FC 2-1 in the second leg of their National Play-Off fixture in Honiara and means they advance to the main draw 3-2 on aggregate. The match had an explosive start…

Six of the eight teams who will contest the OFC Champions League 2023 have been found after this weekend’s games, with Ifira Black Bird, AS Pirae and Suva FC winning the Vanuatu, Tahiti and Fiji National Play-Offs respectively. Defence wins the day for Ifira Ifira Black Bird made the perfect start to their second leg…