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OFC announces schedule changes for early 2021

5 November 2020
OFC announces schedule changes for early 2021

The OFC Executive Committee has decided upon significant changes to the football calendar for the first quarter of 2021. Border restrictions and limited flights throughout the Pacific due to the coronavirus pandemic continue to pose a challenge for OFC. There is also quarantine or managed isolation protocols in place for international travellers in 10 of…

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FIFA World Cup Qualifiers
4 November 2020
Pacific football rolling on

In the Solomon Islands, the Telekom S-League will return to action this week following a short break as the table-topping Henderson Eels look to carry on their early season dominance. The Eels were the standout side during the first round of the competition, winning nine of their 10 matches with one loss as they gathered…

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Caledonia Cup
2 November 2020
Tavergeux elected President in New Cal

Gilles Tavergeux has been elected as the new President of Federation Caledonienne de Football. The retired policeman, who was a goalkeeper in his playing days, received 11 of the 19 votes to win the role ahead of incumbent Steeve Laigle (eight votes); the election was held in Noumea on Saturday. The 19 voting delegates represent…

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Gilles Tavergeux
30 October 2020
Faupula forging GK development in Tonga

Soane Faupula has taken some unique steps towards improving the development of goalkeeping in Tonga. He recently translated OFC’s Introduction to Goalkeeping course into the Tongan language to ensure it was easier for the country’s goalkeeping coaches to understand. Generally speaking, all OFC course material is produced in English but Faupula wanted to ensure he…

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James Bannatyne
28 October 2020
Readings relishing new role

Tony Readings has forged a successful coaching career with football teams in New Zealand for the past 15 years and the next challenge is to impart his wisdom across the Pacific. Readings began his role as FIFA’s Technical Consultant for Oceania in September and has endured a slightly muted start to the job given the…

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Football Development
23 October 2020
Vanuatu beach soccer on the rise again

Beach soccer has a rich and proud tradition in Vanuatu with three runners-up and a third place finish at Oceania level between 2006 and 2013. And there is renewed excitement about the future of the popular sand-based game thanks to a fresh long-term vision and development strategy in the Melanesian country. Following a six-year hiatus,…

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Beach Soccer
23 October 2020
Temanava building up to a new golden era

Tahiti club AS Temarii Temanava is on a mission to return to the form which saw them become the first-ever Moorea-based side to compete in the OFC Champions League. To turn that dream into a reality the side has swapped the familiar fields of Moorea for the stadiums of Tahiti, where they’ve joined the country’s…

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Bernard Vahirua
22 October 2020
TFA works with Ministry of Education to promote WASH awareness

Tonga Football Association (TFA) is working closely with the Tonga Ministry of Education to raise awareness of COVID-19 protocols across Tongatapu, Vava’u, Ha’apai and ‘Eua, via the Just Play WASH curriculum. The Just Play Programme has been a feature after school, during lunch or during Movement and Fitness sessions with the approval of the Ministry…

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Capacity Building
21 October 2020
Clapham working on coaching craft

Former All White Aaron Clapham is making rapid progress as a coach. The long-time fixture in New Zealand’s national league – largely for Canterbury United who he represented more than 130 times – retired from playing in June. Clapham believes his future lies in coaching and he was in Auckland last week completing the next…

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Aaron Clapham
20 October 2020
Host city selection process for WWC 2023 set to begin

Following the decision in June to award Australia and New Zealand the right to host the next FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023, the process to select the host cities for the tournament took its first steps today with confirmation that virtual workshops between FIFA and the 12 candidate cities will take place from October…

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FIFA Women's World Cup 2023