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Football development ramping up in Kiribati

19 October 2020
Football development ramping up in Kiribati

OFC’s Football Development department has been assisting the Kiribati Islands Football Federation (KIFF) with an aim to grow the game in the small Micronesian nation. Football in Kiribati received a major boost following the Oceania Football Confederation’s decision to restart their Associate Membership and provide funding to both KIFF and Tuvalu Islands Football Association (TIFA)…

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Football Development
17 October 2020
Kiwi coaches studying A Licence

Sixteen coaches from across New Zealand have assembled in Auckland this week to complete Part 3 of the OFC/NZF A Licence course. Part 1 saw coaches connect in January this year, before Part 2 involved the candidates completing several distance learning tasks in their own football environment, including match analysis, implementing a football philosophy and…

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A Licence
15 October 2020
All Whites withdraw from England fixture

New Zealand Football have confirmed they are withdrawing from their All Whites fixture against England on November 13 NZT due to further travel and player availability complications caused by COVID-19. New Zealand Football CEO Andrew Pragnell said it was a challenging situation. “It is with deep regret that we have been forced to cancel our…

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New Zealand Football
14 October 2020
Football action heats up across Oceania

National leagues across the Pacific continue to take shape, while the champions have been crowned in Papua New Guinea. Last weekend marked the opening round of Ligue 1 in Tahiti with defending champions Pirae defeating Mataiea 7-2, while fellow heavyweights Venus beat Arue 5-0. In other matches, Tefana edged Central 1-0, Tiare toppled Excelsior 3-0…

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13 October 2020
A month of festivals planned for the WASH Tour of Fiji

A massive undertaking will kick off in Labasa, this week as the WASH Festivals Tour of Fiji gets underway with the first of more than 15 Just Play Festivals planned across the Northern, Western and Central Districts over the next four weeks. The WASH Festivals Tour of Fiji takes the Just Play Festival concept of…

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COVID-19
12 October 2020
NZF release national league draws

New Zealand Football have today confirmed the draw, and a new name, for the country’s top-tier men’s football competition.  The 2020/2021 competition will now be known as the ISPS Handa Men’s Premiership (formerly the ISPS Handa Premiership), mirroring the naming convention of the previously announced ISPS Handa Women’s Premiership (formerly the National Women’s League). The…

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New Zealand Football
9 October 2020
OFC aiming to host international futsal sides in 2021

If border restrictions ease, top international futsal teams could be offered the opportunity to play in next year’s OFC Futsal Invitational tournament. The Solomon Islands are scheduled to head to the rescheduled FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania in September, and they will need to play some tough games to ensure they’re battle hardened before…

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OFC futsal development
9 October 2020
Football and NCD awareness mix in Shefa Province

For the children of Vanuatu’s Shefa Province the past five weeks have flown by thanks to the Shefa Provincial Education Office Kick NCD Knockout tournament. Vanuatu Football Federation Development Officer Benjamin Noel Kalo has been organising the event for U-12s, which brings together 12 schools from across Port Vila. These 12 schools are attached to…

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Benjamin Noel
7 October 2020
NZ women’s U-17 team heading to training camp

Like many people, New Zealand’s women’s U-17 team have endured a frustrating year. The past 12 months have presented a number of roadblocks for the side which has seen multiple tournaments disrupted that they were due to compete in. The OFC U-16 Women’s Championship 2019 – that was set to be held in December –…

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Leon Birnie
7 October 2020
More than 200 MAs join FIFA’s Talent Development Programme

OFC Member Associations are among the 200-plus countries across the globe to have signed up for FIFA’s first-ever Talent Development Programme, setting a new benchmark for initiatives created by world football’s governing body in the area. Launched in January by FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development Arsène Wenger, the programme aims to provide Member Associations…

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FIFA