Oceania competitions wrap – Unbeaten streak ends and cup holders eliminated

Domestic cup champions are knocked out in New Zealand, an unbeaten streak ends in New Caledonia, Tahiti’s contenders win again and a big win at the top of the table in Fiji – all this and more in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. The eight teams who will contest New Zealand’s Kate Sheppard Cup quarter-finals…

NCD Hekari United FC have been crowned Papua New Guinea’s Women’s National Conference Soccer League champions, after a rampant second-half display earned them a 4-1 win over Bara FC on Saturday, June 18. A brace apiece from Sonia Embahe and Calista Maneo earned the comeback win after Bara had initially taken the lead at the…

The 20 players who will represent New Caledonia at the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 in Fiji has been announced. Head coach Michel Berbeche has included three women who currently play their football in France among the 20 selected, with the other 17 all based in New Caledonia. The squad have been in Lifou…

S-League winners Central Coast FC overcame a stunning first-half goal from John Alick to net an equaliser 15 minutes from the end of regulation time, ensuring the opening leg of the Oceania Champions League National Playoffs against the Solomon Warriors ended in a 1-1 draw on Sunday afternoon. John Alick gave the Warriors the lead…

Rewa FC have qualified for the OFC Champions League main stage after a comfortable 4-0 second-leg win over Lautoka FC secured a 5-1 aggregate victory in Fiji’s OCL National Playoff at the ANZ Stadium in Suva. A brace from the impressive Rusiate Matarerega and goals from Alick Worworbu and Samuela Nabenia ensured the home fans…

A brilliant reaction save from Joshua Willie prevented Galaxy FC from suffering defeat in the dying minutes of an Oceania Champions League National Playoffs match which they dominated the majority of in Luganville on Saturday afternoon. Galaxy had enjoyed the lion’s share of possession through the first 45 minutes and should have led at the break,…

Go back just a couple of years and Central Coast FC weren’t even playing in the top-flight of Solomon Islands football.  Now they’re potentially 180 minutes away from qualifying through to Oceania’s elite men’s club competition, the Oceania Champions League.   After winning the Telekom S-League last year, in just their second season competing at that…

After missing out on last year’s Telekom S-League title by two points to Central Coast FC, Solomon Warriors FC are eager to exact some level of revenge on their rivals by ending their Oceania Champions League dream this week. The two sides will meet at Lawson Tama Stadium on June 19 and June 25, with…