OFC women’s national teams in action this month

National teams from around the region are putting in the hard work this month as they prepare for the upcoming OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022. Reigning champions New Zealand are travelling across the Tasman to face their FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™ co-hosts on April 8 and 12. Head coach Jitka…

Tournament winners have been crowned in Tahiti, a change at the top in Fiji and a five-goal haul. Here is a wrap of the action from some of the premier competitions across Oceania. The Coupe Élite competition in Tahiti came to its conclusion on April 2 with AS Dragon emerging as winners after a tense…

The Oceania Football Confederation is excited to bring a message of sport and peace, on the day devoted to observing how the two work together. A webinar is being held at 7pm on 7 April, bringing together key subject matter experts to discuss how sport can lead the way for understanding in the turbulent times…

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.  Adelaide…

The Football Federation Samoa (FFS) held their second talent identification fixture last month in Auckland for New Zealand-based players to show their interest in representing Samoa at national level. The match, which was played against the Saint Kentigern College Girls 1st XI team, followed on from Samoa’s first talent identification games in February this year….

The 2022 New Zealand National League is now underway with men’s and women’s action in the Northern League and early contenders in Central and Southern regions emerging.  Last year’s table-toppers Auckland City FC have enjoyed a perfect start to the new season, winning their opening game 2-1 v Melville United AFC before narrowly beating newly-promoted…

To kickstart preparations for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Costa Rica 2022™, a two-game series with Australia’s U-20s has been confirmed for the Junior Football Ferns on April 6 and 10 in Canberra. The series is hugely important for World Cup preparations, says New Zealand U-20s head coach Gemma Lewis. “Due to COVID-19 we’ve…

New Zealand now know the challenge that awaits them in the group stage of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ if they beat Costa Rica in their intercontinental play-off clash in June. The winner of Costa-Rica v New Zealand, to take place in Qatar on June 14, have been drawn into Group E at the…

Solomon Islands head coach Felipe Vega-Arango says the future is bright for the nation’s senior men’s team after an impressive showing in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Oceania Qualifiers. Over the two-week period, the Solomon Islands secured a 2-0 win over the Cook Islands, a 3-1 triumph over Tahiti and a thrilling 3-2 victory…