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All Whites return to action with win over Curaçao

10 October 2021
All Whites return to action with win over Curaçao

The New Zealand men’s national team returned to international action with a 2-1 win over Curaçao at the Bahrain International Stadium on Sunday morning NZ time. First half goals from Bill Tuiloma (9’) and Chris Wood (33’) had the Kiwis dominating at the break, but a second period resurgence from Curaçao saw them get a…

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8 October 2021
OFC competitions schedule update for 2022  

The Oceania Football Confederation’s Executive Committee this week agreed to changes to the region’s competitions calendar for 2022 and a reshaped format for next year’s OFC Champions League.   The changes, which were confirmed via an online meeting of the committee, come in response to the ongoing issues presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.  The revamped OFC Champions League 2022 will involve 18 teams through the qualifying stage, which will be made…

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7 October 2021
ALL IN: Naomi Waqanidrola – Fiji

  Naomi Waqanidrola’s influence on the field has been a slow burn since her first trial to represent Fiji in 2010. Fiji didn’t end up making an appearance at the OFC U-17 Women’s Championship that year, but having joined Rewa as part of her preparation Waqanidrola began her upward trajectory. At 18 she was named…

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Fiji
6 October 2021
Meet the team | OFC Production Manager Keith Woodmass

After a career spent working around the globe, UK-native Keith Woodmass joined the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in May this year as Production Manager. Below we catch up with Keith to find out a bit more about his life and goals for Oceania football.  OFC: How does a man from Newcastle in the far north of England end…

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6 October 2021
Solomon Islands beach soccer refs come together for latest course

Under the watchful eye of OFC Refereeing Consultant Neil Poloso, 19 referees participated in the Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) FIFA-MA Beach Soccer Refereeing Course in late September.   The course took place between September 20-23 and the referees came from the Honiara Football Association, Malaita Football Association and Western Football Association.  The main objective of the course was…

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Neil Poloso
5 October 2021
Sinclair features in futsal’s biggest game

As Portugal overcame Argentina to claim their first ever title in the Final of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021™ earlier this week, New Zealand match official Chris Sinclair was in the thick of the action as the third referee.   The appointment capped off a successful tournament which saw Sinclair earn appointments in a number…

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Chris Sinclair
4 October 2021
Just Play Youth Coaching Course trialled in Tonga

The trial of a new course run by the Tonga Football Association (TFA) saw 75 attendees take part in three separate courses held across the islands of Ha’apai, Vava’u and Tongatapu.  The Just Play Youth Coaching Course was a collaborative project between the TFA social responsibility and technical departments and included sessions relating to laws…

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4 October 2021
Q&A with OFC Women’s Football Consultant Ashleigh Cox

Ashleigh Cox recently joined the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) as a part-time Women’s Football Consultant. We caught up with her to learn more about who she is and her background in football.    OFC: Tell us a little bit about yourself? AC: I was born and raised in Auckland. I grew up following my older sister…

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Ashleigh Cox
4 October 2021
Late Futsal White Atta Elayyan remembered in Lithuania 

Members of the New Zealand futsal community have paid tribute to late Futsal Whites goalkeeper Atta Elayyan with a moving gesture at the FIFA Futsal World Cup™ in Lithuania.  Elayyan had long dreamed of getting to futsal’s biggest stage before he was tragically killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings in March 2019, six months before the OFC Futsal Nations Cup.  Last week Matt Fejos, Brayden Lissington, Fraser Hunter and Mitch…

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1 October 2021
Oceania football competitions wrap – Oct 1 

Port Vila in Vanuatu crowned its new first division champions last week with United Malampa overcoming Naka FC to claim the title, while regular season action continued in Papua New Guinea and Samoa’s Upolu and Savaii. Here’s this week’s wrap of the competition action from around the region.  Hekari United FC maintained a three-point buffer…

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