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FIFA World Cup 26™ – Oceania Qualifiers explained

4 September 2024
FIFA World Cup 26™ – Oceania Qualifiers explained

11 nations, one dream – to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 26™ in Canada, Mexico and the USA. The journey starts for four OFC member nations in Apia, Samoa, on Friday September 6, with Match Day 1 in the FIFA World Cup 26™ – Oceania Qualifiers. For the first time in the nearly 100-year…

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4 September 2024
Fiji suffer second defeat at FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2024

Photo credit: FIFA via Getty Images A classy Canada outfit has beaten Fiji 9-0 at Estadio Atanasio Girardo, all but likely securing the Oceania sides exit at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Colombia 2024. All the damage was done in the opening half with forward Annabelle Chukwu scoring the first hat-trick of the tournament,…

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3 September 2024
New Zealand fall to Japan in World Cup opener

Photo credit: FIFA via Getty Images Japan put on a masterclass to defeat New Zealand 7-0 in the Oceania side’s opening FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup 2024 game. It was an utterly dominant performance from the 2018 winners and 2022 runners up, who over the 90 minutes had a total of 30 shots on goal…

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3 September 2024
New Zealand kick off U-20 Women’s World Cup campaign with an eye on the future

Photo credit: FIFA via Getty Images A few things stand out when you compare this year’s New Zealand Women’s U-20 squad for this year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to that from 2022. First, the familiar faces –  five of the squad – Milly Clegg, Ruby Nathan, Ella Findlay, Zoe McMeeken and Emma Pijnenburg –…

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2 September 2024
Draw confirmed for OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup 2024

The draw for the OFC Beach Soccer Men’s Nations Cup 2024 was conducted at the OFC Home of Football – Te Kahu o Kiwa, in Auckland, New Zealand this morning. The tournament, which sees four nations competing in a single group format, will take place in Honiara in the Solomon Islands, from October 22-26. Each…

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1 September 2024
Brave Young Kulas kick off maiden World Cup campaign with defeat

Photo credit: FIFA via Getty Images Fiji’s Young Kulas kicked off their first ever World Cup with a 9-0 defeat to 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup bronze medalists Brazil in Colombia today.  Lining up in a 4-3-3, head coach Angelina Chua started with Aliana Vakaloloma in goal, a back four of Seruwaia Laulaba, Talei…

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31 August 2024
Kiwi futsal stars making strides overseas

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek The first-ever OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup was an important early step in the development of the women’s game across the Pacific. For a contingent of New Zealand’s victorious squad however, their development will continue many kilometres from home, as they return to club action in Europe and Asia….

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30 August 2024
Fiji’s Young Kulas get set to take on the world

Photo credit: FIFA via Getty Images When Fiji’s Young Kulas step onto the pitch against Brazil at Estadio Atanasio Girardot in Medellín, Colombia on Sunday, they will make history as the first Fiji women’s side to play in a FIFA Women’s World Cup at any level. They have a tough first assignment, being drawn in…

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30 August 2024
Auckland’s Go Media Stadium Mt Smart joins Hamilton’s FMG Stadium as FIFA World Cup 26™ – Oceania Qualifiers host venue

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek New Zealand Football has chosen Go Media Mt Smart Stadium as its second host venue for the November FIFA World Cup 26™ – Oceania Qualifiers. Vanuatu will play Tahiti at 4pm before New Zealand take on OFC Qualifiers round one winner at 7-30pm Monday November 18. Hamilton’s FMG Stadium…

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28 August 2024
Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS) dismisses appeal brought by Lee Harmon, former President of the Cook Islands Football Association (CIFA), against OFC Appeal Committee decision.

On 21 August 2024 the Court of Arbitration of Sport dismissed an appeal brought by Lee Harmon against a decision issued by the OFC Appeal Committee on 21 May 2024. The OFC Appeal Committee found Mr Harmon had breached the OFC Code of Ethics on three occasions, namely breaches of Articles 13 (General rules of…

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