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VFF Champions League finals await

30 June 2021
VFF Champions League finals await

The stage is set for the semi-finals in this year’s VFF Champions League in Vanuatu. RueRue FC topped Group A with three victories from as many matches and will meet the Malampa Revivors from Group B, while Group B winners Galaxy will tackle Kraisun FC. Both matches are scheduled to be played in Luganville on…

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American Samoa
29 June 2021
OFC pilot Club Management Introduction Certificate

OFC staff members took the opportunity to upskill this week with an internal Introduction to Club Management Certificate course. The two-hour event served as a pilot before its rollout online across our Member Associations later this year. The learning material was split into three parts: understanding football environments, understanding club football in Oceania, and developing…

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Chris Kemp
25 June 2021
NZ name Olympic squads

Experience and youth characterise the men’s and women’s teams for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, confirmed on Friday by New Zealand Football and the New Zealand Olympic Committee. The Football Ferns will rely on a core of experience, as the quartet of Abby Erceg, Ria Percival, Anna Green and Ali Riley will be playing at…

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New Zealand
23 June 2021
Solomon Islands appoint new coach

The Solomon Islands have appointed Felipe Vega-Arango as the coach of their senior men’s national team. Vega-Arango is no stranger to the area having previously worked as the country’s Technical Director and he briefly managed the national side in 2017. The Spaniard said he was thrilled to be involved with the Solomon Islands again and…

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Fiji
17 June 2021
Kurukuru set for road to World Cup

The Solomon Islands have announced their extended squad for the upcoming FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania and are gearing up towards a training camp in Australia next month. Known as the Kurukuru, the extended squad consists of 17 home-based players, including Raphael Le’ai, Micah Lea’alafa and Clifford Misitana, while James Egeta and Jack Wetney…

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FIFA Futsal World Cup
16 June 2021
AS Pirae top Tahiti’s Ligue 1

AS Pirae have claimed the Ligue 1 title in Tahiti. The 2020/2021 season endured a long stoppage due to COVID-19 but the champions were crowned following a 1-1 draw with AS Vénus last week. Having gone through the round-robin phase of the competition as the top qualifiers, Pirae only needed a draw from their Play-off…

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Cook Islands
16 June 2021
AS Dragon awarded for embracing spirit of social inclusion

Tahiti football club, AS Dragon, has embraced the ethos of football being a sport for all with its award-winning “Football Pour Tous” programme. The club was this week announced as the winners of the national challenge within the Federation Education Programme (Federal Programme Educatif, P.E.F.), run by the Federation Tahitienne de Football (FTF), with a…

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AS Dragon
15 June 2021
Tongan national women’s team in final selection stages

Twenty-two players gathered in Vava’u last week for an internal workshop ahead of Tonga’s national women’s team naming. Trials for the national team started in April as part of the Tonga Football Association’s (TFA) strategy to prepare for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 qualifiers. Coached by former Australian Matildas representative Connie Selby, a final…

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OFC Women's Football
11 June 2021
FIFA delegation to visit WWC 2023 venues

With just over two years to go until kick-off, preparations for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 will take an important step forward in Australia and New Zealand this month with a delegation from FIFA set to begin a two-week visit to the host countries. After completing the mandatory quarantine period in the host countries,…

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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023
11 June 2021
Sermanni to depart Ferns role after Olympics

New Zealand Football has announced that Tom Sermanni will end his tenure as Football Ferns head coach in August, following the conclusion of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After joining for an initial nine-month contract in October 2018, the former USA women and Australian Matildas coach Sermanni led the Ferns at the 2018 OFC Women’s…

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Andrew Pragnell