Culture at the heart of Tahiti’s recent beach soccer youth tournaments

The Fédération Tahitienne De Football (FTF) hosted youth beach soccer tournaments through April at Paofai Park, with participation and culture at the core. Over 350 boys and girls across three age-grades (U-11, U-15 and U-18) took Parton the field, but a general knowledge quiz on Tahitian culture and football determined the overall winners. The quiz…

The road to regional glory, and with it the chance to secure one of the remaining spots at the FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™, has been revealed today following the draw for the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022.  OFC women’s football manager Emma Evans, assisted by New Zealand women’s international footballer…

ABOUT US Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is the umbrella organisation of the national Football Associations within Oceania. Located at St Johns in Auckland, New Zealand, OFC supports 11 Member Associations strategically, financially, and logistically through tailored programmes. We are one of the world’s six Football Confederations and an active participant within the FIFA Football community. The positive, collaborative team environment…

ABOUT US Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is the umbrella organisation of the national Football Associations within Oceania. Located at St Johns in Auckland, New Zealand, OFC supports 11 Member Associations strategically, financially, and logistically through tailored programmes. We are one of the world’s six Football Confederations and an active participant within the FIFA Football community….

The coaching staff of New Caledonia’s women’s team have recently been in France in a bid to integrate French-based players into the squad ahead of the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022. One of those players in line to make the final squad is Aurelie Lalie, who currently plays her football for CJF Football Fleury-les-Aubrais in…

New Zealand will face Germany, Colombia and Mexico in the group stages of the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2022™. The Junior Football Ferns have been drawn in Group B for the tournament, which takes place from August 10-28 in Costa Rica. The draw for the competition was held today at the Teatro Nacional in…

New Zealand’s women’s national team will embark on a European tour in June to take on Norway and Wales in international friendly fixtures. The Football Ferns will play Norway in Oslo on Saturday, June 25, at 5.00pm local time (Sunday, June 26, 3.00am NZT), before heading to Pinatar, Spain, to take on Wales on Tuesday,…

The date and time of New Zealand’s crucial FIFA World Cup™ intercontinental play-off against Costa Rica has now been confirmed. Danny Hay’s side will face Costa Rica in a one-off fixture at Qatar’s Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on Tuesday, June 14 at 9.00pm local time (Wednesday, June 15, 6.00am NZT) with the winner qualifying for…

New Caledonia’s U-16 boys’ team have returned to action on the international stage, making the long journey to Europe to play in a UEFA International Exhibition Tournament. The team travelled to Estonia, where they took on the U-16 representatives from three UEFA nations – the host nation, Kazakhstan and the Faroe Islands. Manager Didier Blanc…

The development of beach soccer in Fiji took an important next step last month, with the association holding their first FIFA Beach Soccer Coaching Course in Vatuwaqa.  The course was led by Angelo Schirinzi, a FIFA Instructor with a history of helping to grow the game in Tahiti and Solomon Islands. He is also the current…