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Baby Bens set for golden chance to learn from All Whites veterans

11 March 2022
Baby Bens set for golden chance to learn from All Whites veterans

Wellington Phoenix youngsters Ben Waine and Ben Old have been rewarded for their breakthrough seasons at club level with selection in the All Whites’ squad for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. After featuring in New Zealand’s history-making Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games campaign last year, the pair are in line to earn their…

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Ben Old
9 March 2022
NZ squad named for Oceania Qualifiers

New Zealand Football has named a 30-person squad for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition, which kicks off this month in Qatar. Wellington Phoenix duo Ben Old and Ben Waine have been called up to the senior national side for the first time, while seasoned veterans Chris Wood, Kosta Barbarouses and Tommy…

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New Zealand
9 March 2022
Samoa WDO Fausagafou Angela Lafaialii-Pauga is ALL IN

A key part of the ALL IN: OFC Women’s Football Strategy 2027 launched last year was to establish a Women’s Development Officer in every OFC Member Association. With that goal now achieved, we sit down to learn a little more about each of the women driving the growth of women’s football in our region.  Fausagafou…

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Samoa
8 March 2022
Oceania female coaches to benefit from FIFA’s Coach Education Scholarship Programme

Four Oceania female coaches have secured a scholarship as part of the FIFA Coach Education Scholarship programme, designed to increase the number of female coaches in football. New Zealand trio Tessa Nicol, Alana Gunn, Annalie Longo and Papua New Guinea’s Margaret Aka were among the 47 female coaches accepted from across 27 Member Associations. To…

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Coaching Development
8 March 2022
UN Women Fiji MCO and Oceania Football Confederation ‘kick-off’ new partnership to progress gender equality and address violence against women and girls

On International Women’s Day this year, the UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office (MCO), through the Pacific Partnership, and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) announce an exciting new partnership, affirming their joint commitment to gender equality through a multiyear partnership, focusing on making football safer and more accessible for women and girls, while promoting gender equality, supporting…

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Social Responsibility
8 March 2022
Cashmere Technical lift New Zealand’s Chatham Cup

New Zealand’s Chatham Cup has returned to the South Island for the first time since 2014, as Cashmere Technical defeated Miramar Rangers 4-2 at Jerry Collins Stadium in Porirua last weekend. Delayed from its usual September final due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2021 Chatham Cup final, typically the winter season-ender, became the 2022 season-opener….

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7 March 2022
Football development activity returns in Fiji

Weekends at the Fiji Football Association (FFA) headquarters have been filled with football development activity in recent times, after months without action due to the pandemic and nationwide lockdowns. In February the FFA held a two-day female coaching workshop facilitated by the national women’s head coach Lisa Cole. The event aimed to help coaches with…

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Fiji
4 March 2022
Labasa prove too strong in Fiji’s Women’s IDC

Labasa powered to the 2021 Women’s Inter-District Championship title last weekend with a comprehensive 4-0 victory over Ba in the final. Spurred on by another star showing from Cema Nasau – who would later be named the competition’s Golden Boot and Golden Ball winner, Labasa were too good for their opponents, after earlier edging out…

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4 March 2022
Cook Islands confirm squad for Oceania Qualifiers 

The Cook Islands have called on players based in New Zealand, Australia and England, in addition to talent from their own domestic league, for this month’s Oceania Qualifiers in Qatar.   Coach Alan Taylor has included eight players in his group who play club football outside of the Cook Islands, along with a selection from local…

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3 March 2022
Familiar names head up Vanuatu’s group for Qatar

Veteran internationals Kensi Tangis and Brian Kaltak headline a 25-strong Vanuatu men’s squad named to take part in this month’s FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ OFC preliminary competition in Qatar.   Auckland City FC defender Kaltak will wear the captain’s armband in his third World Cup qualifying campaign, joining Australia-based players Jared Clark and Mitch Cooper,…

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