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OFC host second online course to raise the standards of club football

28 October 2021
OFC host second online course to raise the standards of club football

Sixteen administrators across five Member Associations completed an OFC Introduction to Club Management Certificate course via Zoom last Thursday.    Samoa, Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Zealand and Tonga took part in the course.  Facilitated by OFC Clubs and Leagues Officer Steven Dillon, the learning material was split into three parts; understanding football environments, understanding club football…

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28 October 2021
Oceania football competitions wrap – October 28 

The champion of champions is decided in Tahiti, major women’s and men’s titles are awarded in Vanuatu and action returns for the first time in six months in Fiji. Here’s this week’s wrap of the competitions action from around the region. (AS Pirae celebrate their Trophee des Champions title. Credit: Christophe Fotozz via FTF.) A booming 60-metre wonder…

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26 October 2021
Cook Islands host first Future Stars festival

The Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA) held their inaugural Future Stars grassroots festival earlier this month, which catered for over 100 kids between the ages of five and 13 at its complex in Matavera.   The Future Stars festival was initiated by CIFA, with a framework based on the OFC Player Development Grassroots Programme – to…

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Cook Islands
22 October 2021
All Whites among biggest movers in men’s world rankings 

Two wins from two games in October has seen New Zealand jump 10 places to 111th in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, positioning them as international football’s biggest mover alongside Indonesia (165, +10).  Earlier this month the All Whites claimed a 2-1 win over Curaçao before beating Bahrain 1-0 in their second match, in what was their first…

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22 October 2021
ALL IN: Jackie Pahoa – New Caledonia

  In 2016, when she was 15 years old, Jackie Pahoa made her entrance on the regional stage at the OFC U-17 Women’s Championship. Not only did she net six goals in five games, her first international goal came just three minutes into New Caledonia’s match against Tonga. Since then, Pahoa has continued to show…

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Jackie Pahoa
21 October 2021
Samoa promotes futsal with first festival

Over 200 young footballers were introduced to futsal last week at the Football Federation Samoa’s (FFS) inaugural Futsal Festival in Tuana’imato.  The one-day event was initiated by the FFS Upolu Technical Development Programme and targeted at boys and girls from the U-12 and U-14 age groups, with games to encourage participants to give futsal a go.   FFS…

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20 October 2021
Oceania football competitions wrap – October 20 

The best female footballers in Vanuatu face off in the inaugural VFF Women’s Champions League, Telekom S-League games continue in the Solomon Islands and Fiji prepares for a long-awaited return to action. Here’s our wrap of this week’s competition action from around the region.   At the time of writing the first ever VFF Women’s Champions League in Vanuatu had just finished its…

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19 October 2021
Big turnout at Iumi Play U-14 Football Championship

Young footballers in the Solomon Islands spent a week in Honiara playing in the Iumi Play U-14 Football Championship at DC Park earlier this month.   The competition featured 18 boys’ and girls’ teams from the Makira Ulawa, Western, Honiara, Guadalcanal, Renbel, Malaita, Choiseul, Isabel and Central football associations.    The event kicked off with an opening ceremony attende by…

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Football Development
19 October 2021
VFF Women’s Champions League underway in Vanuatu  

The inaugural Vanuatu Football Federation Women’s Champions League kicked off last weekend with the first of three group stage rounds being played at Luganville Stadium in Luganville. The eight competing teams – LL Echo (Tafea), Galaxy FC (Port Vila), Huka 21 (Shefa), Uripiv FC (Malampa), Tokotara (Penama), Northern Region Technical Centre (Luganville), Banban United (Sanma)…

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19 October 2021
OFC launches new online learning platform OFC Learn 

The Oceania Football Confederation is proud to announce the launch of its new online learning platform OFC Learn, which will revolutionise the way people learn across Oceania and in other regions around the world.   Funded by UEFA Assist – UEFA’s programme to support other Confederations and their Member Associations – OFC Learn aims to create a community of learners.  OFC Learn (which can be accessed at: https://ofclearn.com) will offer different educational…

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