Oceania referees leading OCL National Playoffs

This month’s OFC Champions League National Playoffs present a welcome return to action for not just the region’s leading clubs and players, but also match officials from across the confederation.  Forty match officials from the six Oceania nations taking part in the playoffs – which will decide the remaining teams who will contest the finals…

Lautoka FC head coach Anginesh Prasad has spoken of the pride he would feel in leading Fiji’s reigning domestic champions to the Oceania Champions League finals, and the opportunity such an achievement would provide his players. Lautoka take on rivals Rewa FC this weekend with the winner over two legs progressing to the final eight-team…

Rewa FC head coach Marika Rodu does not believe recent results will have any influence on their upcoming OFC Champions League 2022 National Playoff. Rewa take on reigning Premier League champions Lautoka FC on June 17 and June 19, with the winner over two legs earning the right to represent Fiji at the eight-team finals…

New Zealand have fallen agonisingly short of qualification for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ after a 1-0 loss to Costa Rica in the Intercontinental Playoff at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium in Qatar. Joel Campbell’s third minute goal proved the difference in a game New Zealand dominated for large periods despite having Kosta Barbarouses…

New Zealand men’s national football team’s head coach Danny Hay is encouraging his team to “seize the moment” when they face Costa Rica with a place at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ on the line.  New Zealand, who won the Oceania Qualifiers in March, have the chance to become the OFC’s representative at November’s…

AS Pirae have been crowned Coupe du President winners following a 4-2 win over AS Tiare Hinano in the final this weekend. Pirae, who had scored 29 goals in four games to reach the final, got the better of their rivals at the Stade de la FTF. Staying in Tahiti, in men’s football the Coupe…

Three months on from leading the Tahiti men’s national team to a brave 1-0 semi-final defeat at the hands of eventual winners New Zealand at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers, Sam Garcia is keen to fly the flag for the country once again with his club side AS Vénus. Vénus face AS…

Heimanu Teuira knows he has big shoes to fill after taking over the head coaching role at AS Pirae from Naea Bennett, and is keen to use this week’s OFC Champions League playoff match against AS Vénus as a chance to stamp his style onto the team. After taking Pirae to the FIFA Club World…

Refereeing in Tonga has made a gradual return following the eruption and devastation of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January this year. It has been a tough situation for the people of Tonga who after a month of rebuilding their lives from the natural disaster, were hit by the COVID-19 pandemic which put restrictions in…