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Looking back: The OFC Nations Cup 2002

13 July 2020
Looking back: The OFC Nations Cup 2002

Before Australia left OFC to join the Asian Football Confederation, beating the Socceroos used to be one of the biggest challenges in the Pacific. But on July 14, 2002, New Zealand’s All Whites managed to edge their rivals from across the Tasman in the final of the OFC Nations Cup. Played in New Zealand’s winter,…

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All Whites
10 July 2020
Football activities starting to resume in Member Associations

A number of leagues across Oceania are set to resume in the coming weeks as football activities ramp up in our Member Associations. In Fiji, the Vodafone Premier League will recommence with defending champions Ba FC hosting Navua FC on Saturday, July 11, at the Fiji Football Academy Ground in Ba. Due to their OFC…

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AS Kunie
8 July 2020
Fiji’s new Football Academy on track

With the majority of the work already completed, Fiji Football Association Chief Executive Officer Mohammed Yusuf is confident the country’s brand new Football Academy in Labasa, which will also include a futsal court with floodlights, is on track to open early next year. Fiji FA have two other academies including one in the city of…

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Fiji Football Association
7 July 2020
OFC and MSG sign agreement

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat Acting Director General George Hoa’au and the President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Lambert Maltock to establish a mutually cooperative relationship between the two organisations, in promoting and developing football and futsal in Melanesia. The MoU’s objectives include a…

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Lambert Maltock
7 July 2020
Bareman: Women’s football can come back bigger, stronger and even more popular

To mark the one year anniversary since the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019, Sarai Bareman (FIFA Chief Women’s Football Officer) speaks with FIFA.com about her memories of the tournament and the current challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for women’s football ahead of the next FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. This time last year,…

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FIFA Women's World Cup 2019
3 July 2020
Funding projects approved in New Zealand

In more good news for the COVID-19 impacted community sports landscape, the New Zealand Football Foundation (NZFF) has approved two major funding projects, as well as announcing a second round of grants, to be launched in September. A registered charitable trust created by New Zealand Football in 2010 – using $4 million of the funds…

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Football Development
2 July 2020
PNGFA President outlines key goals for his term

Following his re-election as Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA) President last month, John Kapi Natto has outlined some of the key objectives to focus on during his four-year term. Kapi Natto, who was re-elected unopposed at the PNGFA’s 16th Congress, said good governance with transparent financial accountability was something the newly-elected Executive Committee was…

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Football Development
1 July 2020
SIFF Development Plan 2019-2022 passed by Congress

The Solomon Islands Football Federation’s (SIFF) Long Term Strategic Development Plan for the new cycle of 2019-2022 has been passed during the 2020 Ordinary Congress in Honiara at the Kwaimani building. The plan was proposed by the SIFF Executive Committee under the leadership of President William Lai and was put forward to congress members for…

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2020 Ordinary Congress
29 June 2020
OFC rolls out player development webinars

With international travel restrictions in place as a result of the global coronavirus pandemic, the Oceania Football Confederation has developed new initiatives to keep activities going in our Member Associations. Player development across our Member Associations (MAs) is a key part of the OFC Football Development Strategy 2019-2026, and in order to help to activate…

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OFC
27 June 2020
Longo ready for home WC

Annalie Longo was part of a team that inspired a generation of women’s football players in New Zealand and she has the opportunity to add another chapter to that story at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in 2023. The Football Ferns midfielder was a member of New Zealand’s squad at the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women’s…

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Annalie Longo