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James Naka: Solomon Islands’ King of the Sand

20 November 2020
James Naka: Solomon Islands’ King of the Sand

It’s not every day that an 11-a-side player becomes a legend in another football code but if you were born on the sand, what else can you do? Known as the ‘King of the Sand’ to his fellow countrymen, former Solomon Islands beach soccer captain James Naka may have retired but this spirited veteran is…

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Beach Soccer
20 November 2020
Shefa Province U-12 tournament concludes in Vanuatu

Thursday afternoons at Port Vila Stadium will be a little quieter after the Shefa Provincial Education Office Kick NCD U-12 Knockout tournament concluded in Vanuatu last week. Vanuatu Football Federation Development Officer Benjamin Noel Kalo organised the event for U-12s, bringing together 12 schools from across Port Vila all of which are attached to the…

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Just Play Vanuatu
19 November 2020
Auckland City nominated for CWC

The OFC Executive Committee has agreed to nominate New Zealand’s Auckland City FC as the Confederation’s representative to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021. The winner of this year’s OFC Champions League was set to attend the tournament in Qatar, but the Champions League was cancelled following the group stage due…

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Auckland City FC
18 November 2020
FIFA moves CWC and cancels women’s youth World Cups

In light of the current global COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact on football, the Bureau of the FIFA Council has taken a number of decisions related to FIFA competitions, including the FIFA Club World Cup 2020 as well as the women’s youth tournaments planned for 2020. Following discussion and approval at the most recent…

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FIFA Club World Cup
18 November 2020
The NZ women’s U-17s at the 2018 WC – Part 2

Two years on from New Zealand’s historic bronze medal at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, OFC Media takes a look back at their successful ride. In the second instalment of this two-part series, we will examine their run at the tournament in Uruguay in 2018. Catch up on Part One here. Part Two Before…

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2018
16 November 2020
The NZ women’s U-17s at the 2018 WC – Part 1

Two years on from New Zealand’s historic bronze medal at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, OFC Media takes a look back at their successful ride. In the first of a two-part series, we will chart their path to the global tournament, which began with victory in the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship in 2017. Part…

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New Zealand
13 November 2020
Rogerson eager to kick off new season

Auckland City FC’s attacking midfielder Logan Rogerson can’t wait for the start of New Zealand’s 2020-21 domestic national premiership which is set to get underway this weekend. The Navy Blues will host Eastern Suburbs AFC at Kiwitea Street on Sunday and Rogerson said his side was prepared and excited to get their title defence going….

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Auckland City FC
11 November 2020
Titles decided across the Pacific

During an action-packed weekend of football across Oceania all eyes were on Fiji, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands where major titles were up for grabs. In Fiji, Suva were crowned 2020 Vodafone Premier League (VPL) champions following a scoreless draw with Nadi in the final round of the competition on Sunday. The capital city side…

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Cook Islands
9 November 2020
Kiwi GK coaches start new course

Isaac Tetteh and Enaut Zubikarai will go from goalkeeping course classmates to coaching rivals this weekend. Both men are part of the inaugural OFC/NZF Goalkeeping C Licence course being held in Auckland. The five-day coaching course is spread across two blocks and began with a three-day stretch that ran from November 6-8 with the final…

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Football Development
6 November 2020
Q&A with Jess Ibrom

Football Federation Samoa’s (FFS) new Technical Director Jess Ibrom has been passionate about football since childhood. He began playing in the United Kingdom and the United States before moving into coaching and has clocked up 20 years of grassroots and elite experience at professional and international level in five countries across four continents. Ibrom, who…

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Football Federation Samoa