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Oceania competitions wrap – March 24

24 March 2022
Oceania competitions wrap – March 24

Two early pacesetters in Fiji’s top-flight battle it out, frontrunners emerge in the Women’s Super League and penalties are needed to establish two of the semi-finalists in Tahiti’s Coupe Élite. Here is a wrap of the action from some of the premier competitions across Oceania. There was late drama as Rewa FC and Suva FC…

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24 March 2022
A week of Just Play awareness in Tahiti

The Tahitian Football Federation (FTF)  marked International Women’s Day by actively promoting gender equality, whether on or off the field. Friday, March 11 saw a Just Play Festival, organised by FTF Social Responsibility Project Manager Céline Haapuea, held at the FTF technical centre with students of the Fautaua Vai school. The seven classes of year…

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23 March 2022
Update on FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers

Following the decisions taken by the football associations of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu to withdraw from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers due to positive cases of COVID-19 that affected their respective national teams, the Bureau for the FIFA World Cup™ Qualifiers has taken the following decisions in order to determine the…

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22 March 2022
Record-breaking Wood fires NZ past Fiji

A record-breaking double by Chris Wood has helped New Zealand to a dominant 4-0 win over Fiji in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. His 73rd minute goal makes him the outright leading goal scorer for the All Whites and vindicated his selection straight into the lineup after arriving in Doha just days…

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22 March 2022
Heroic defensive effort secures win for Papua New Guinea

After a couple of days of disruption, the on field action returned to FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers in Doha, with Papua New Guinea beating New Caledonia 1-0 in a physical but wildly entertaining encounter at Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium. Both sides made several changes to their starting XI’s after first round losses,…

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22 March 2022
LIVESTREAM | Group B | New Zealand vs Fiji
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21 March 2022
LIVESTREAM | Group B | Papua New Guinea vs New Caledonia
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20 March 2022
Begg a boy wonder on and off the football pitch 

High school exams wedged in between nights at training camps, his 18th birthday spent in Doha surrounded by Oceania’s top male footballers and sharing a room with his childhood idol.   It’s been a big few months for Fiji’s Nabil Begg.  The versatile Ba FC midfielder is the youngest player in the Fijian squad, having celebrated…

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19 March 2022
Statement on COVID-19 cases impacting FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers – Group A  

The Oceania Football Confederation can confirm that due to a number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the Vanuatu and Cook Islands squads, Match Day 3 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers will not go ahead. As a result of the vast majority of the squad testing positive to COVID-19, Vanuatu have…

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19 March 2022
Nalaubu strikes twice to sink New Caledonia on Match Day 2

A Sairusi Nalaubu double saw Fiji edge New Caledonia 2-1 in a thrilling encounter on Match Day 2 of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. While much of the pre-match attention on Fiji focussed on the inclusion of captain Roy Krishna in the starting side, just over 24 hours after he arrived in…

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