NZF make changes to national leagues

1 December 2020

New Zealand Football has confirmed the biggest changes to its domestic national leagues in more than a decade, overhauling the women’s and men’s competitions to make youth development and sustainability a priority. The new competitions structure will form an aligned and integrated pathway throughout all levels of the game. It will create one unified season…

1 December 2020

Tahiti looks to expand Just Play into Faa’a

The Fédération Tahitienne de Football has met with council officials in Faa’a to provide an overview of the award-winning Just Play Programme as it looks to integrate it into local schools. Just Play Project Manager Céline Haapuea met with Raymond Hinz, national education inspector responsible for the educational district of Faa’a, and his advisor in…

AS Tefana

30 November 2020

Pacific football roundup

The Hamilton Wanderers are at the top of the ISPS Handa Men’s Premiership standings in New Zealand after the opening three rounds. They beat Canterbury United 3-2 on Sunday as they kept their fine start to the season rolling along . The match was Tommy Semmy’s 50th for the club and the Papua New Guinea…

Cook Islands

27 November 2020

Women’s game on the rise in Oceania

Women’s football has seen massive growth in the Pacific recently and is showing no signs of slowing down. New Zealand will co-host the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023 but that is only one part of how the women’s game is developing in our region. More resources are being invested into women’s football with new…

Adelaide Tuivailala

27 November 2020

Fiji FACT semis set

UPDATE: These semi-final matches have been delayed until Saturday, December 5 due to unplayable pitch conditions at Subrail Park last weekend. The semi-finalists have been found in Fiji’s Football Association Cup Tournament (FACT) following some exciting fixtures in pool play. Labasa were the story of Group A as they beat Ba FC 3-1 in their…

Fiji FACT

26 November 2020

Auki Town celebrates International Children’s Day

Impacting children through football for a better tomorrow was the theme of celebrations for International Children’s Day held in Auki Town in the Malaita Province of Solomon Islands. After getting the green light from the Ministry of Education, ten schools were invited to participate in two festivals organised collaboratively between Just Play, the Ministry of…

25 November 2020

Pacific football news

Christmas might be only a month away but there’s still plenty of football and futsal action taking place across OFC’s Member Associations. In futsal news, the official draw for Fiji Football Association’s 2020 Inter District Championship (IDC) was completed at Suva’s ANZ Stadium on Sunday. Defending champions Suva will headline Pool A alongside Vodafone Futsal…

Cook Islands

24 November 2020

Just Play Cup wraps in Fiji

The success of the inaugural Just Play Cup in Fiji has organisers already looking ahead to the wider implementation of the pilot project in 2021. The Just Play Cup is a tournament-type programme which runs alongside the Just Play Programme incorporating a traditional football model alongside social components, providing players with more touch-time and opportunities…

Fiji

23 November 2020

Q&A with Anna Green

Football Fern Anna Green has enjoyed a lengthy career that has taken her to all corners of the globe. She made her senior international debut as a teenager in 2006 and has played at multiple major tournaments for New Zealand, including three FIFA Women’s World Cups. Now based in Wellington, she balances her work as…

Anna Green

20 November 2020

Leadership lessons for NZ women in football

The second two-day block of New Zealand’s Women in Football Leadership Programme wrapped up this week with a message to the participants to challenge the old rules of leadership and forge a new path. The programme was designed for women involved in the administration of the game with an eye on becoming future leaders. It…

Emma Evans

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