Vale Glenn Turner

The Oceania Football Confederation extends its sincere condolences to the family and friends of Pacific football stalwart Glenn Turner, and the wider global football community, following his passing this week in New Zealand. Glenn, who in 2020 was made an honourable member of the OFC in recognition of his contribution to the game, served as…

The final four in the Fiji FACT are now finalised, Tahiti’s top two run rampant and New Caledonia’s early pacesetters continue winning ways in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. The semi-finals of this year’s Fiji Football Association Cup Tournament (FACT) are now set following the end of a pulsating group stage over the weekend. In…

It may be over three years since Hienghène Sport were crowned OFC Champions League winners, but SC Ne Drehu say their National Playoff opponents still deserve full respect as the competition’s defending champions. The two sides will face each other on June 4 and June 6, with the winner from the two legs earning the…

The Football Federation Samoa (FFS) stepped foot onto OFC’s Home of Football pitches between May 25-26 to become the first Member Association to use the facilities following its completion last December. Gifted the Māori name Te Kahu o Kiwa, the Home of Football serves as a base for the Confederation’s 11 Member Associations and two…

Face-to-face refereeing activity has made a return in American Samoa after the country was in a nationwide lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The Referees Instructors Course in February was the last event held at the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS). They then participated in sessions online until May where FFAS held their first referees…

OFC Executive Committee Member Johanna Wood was re-elected as New Zealand Football’s (NZF) President at their 2022 Annual Congress on May 26.  Wood was re-elected for a second term as both NZF President and Executive Committee (ExCo) Member, while Scott Moran was elected as Vice President. The newly-elected members to the NZF Executive Committee are…

Tickets for New Zealand’s crucial FIFA World Cup 2022™ intercontinental play-off at Qatar’s Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium go on sale at midnight. General admission tickets for New Zealand’s crunch tie against Costa Rica on June 14 will be available for just QAR 30 ($12.70 NZD). Tickets will be available from May 26 at 3pm Doha…

Early surprises in Fiji FACT, new leaders in Tahiti, quarter-final draw in Papua New Guinea and an unbeaten streak ends in New Caledonia. All in this week’s Oceania competitions wrap. The Fiji Association Cup Tournament (FACT) is now underway after matchday one took place at ANZ Stadium in Suva over the weekend. There was an early…

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is excited to support Member Associations through the wide-ranging possibilities created by FIFA’s new club licensing guide for women’s football. The FIFA Guide to Club Licensing in Women’s Football was launched in April as another step on the organisation’s core vision pathway of enabling and accelerating the development of the…

Grassroots and youth football development has been taken to a new level in Fiji after the launch of their first curriculum called Totolo Futupolo in Suva, Labasa and Ba earlier this month.  The 231-page document is a blueprint for future football development programmes with different guidelines on planning, playing principles, coaching and a range of…