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Following in the family – meet Papua New Guinea’s Vira Gunemba and Piwen Foster

10 July 2024
Following in the family – meet Papua New Guinea’s Vira Gunemba and Piwen Foster

Michael Foster and Raymond Gunemba forged lengthy international careers with the Papua New Guinea Kapuls and now their daughters Vira Gunemba and Piwen Foster are hoping to follow in their footsteps. The pair of 15-year-olds were in Auckland recently as part of the PNG U-16 women’s team that competed at the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship…

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9 July 2024
New Zealand qualify for OFC U-19 Men’s Championship semi-final  

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek New Zealand are through to the semi-finals of the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship after a comfortable 5-0 victory against hosts Samoa. The defending champions caught the hosts napping in the opening minutes, Luke Supyk outmuscling the Samoan defence, before forcing a save from Joel Bartley, who tipped it on…

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9 July 2024
New Caledonia off the mark at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek New Caledonia have bounced back with a victory at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship after tight tussle against Papua New Guinea in Samoa. Both teams entered the match winless after suffering defeats to New Zealand and Samoa on match day 2 of the competition respectively. That put extra pressure…

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8 July 2024
Tahiti triumph against Vanuatu in difficult encounter

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Tahiti has clinched an all-important three points after edging Vanuatu 1-0 at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 in Samoa. 12 minutes into the match and Tahiti were awarded a penalty after a cross struck the hand of Vanuatu’s Jean Patriano Natou.  Up stepped Franck Papaura who sent his…

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8 July 2024
Solomon Islands secure emphatic victory over Fiji

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Solomon Islands show their class to take giant step towards securing a semi-final spot after 3-0 victory against Fiji at OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024. There was plenty riding on this match, with Fiji and the Solomon Islands knowing a victory would put them on six-points and on track…

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6 July 2024
Hosts Samoa edge Papua New Guinea in thrilling OFC U-19 Men’s Championship clash

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Samoa prevails 3-1 in a hard-fought battle against Papua New Guinea in their opening match of the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship in Apia. Papua New Guinea should have been ahead in the first five minutes of the match. Striker Johnson Belle was gifted an easy goalscoring opportunity, but metres…

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6 July 2024
Defending champions New Zealand start campaign with comfortable victory

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek New Zealand kick start their title defence with a comfortable 3-0 victory against New Caledonia in the opening match of Group B at the OFC Men’s U-19 Championship. Defending Champions New Zealand got stuck in right from the whistle, Auckland City attacker Stipe Ukich registering two early shots on…

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5 July 2024
Resilient Solomon Islands earn opening day victory against Vanuatu

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Solomon Islands open their campaign with a hard-fought 1-0 victory against Vanuatu at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 in Apia. Despite the disruption getting to Samoa, the Solomon Islands showed none of it phased them, after going up one-nil inside the opening 20 minutes. Solomon Islands captain Paul…

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5 July 2024
Fiji triumph over Tahiti in the opening match of the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Fiji pull off dramatic 3-1 comeback to secure all three points against Tahiti in the opening match at the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship in Apia, Samoa. There was plenty of expectation ahead of the opening match for 2022 finalists Fiji, who were up against a Tahitian side strengthened by…

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4 July 2024
Excitement builds as Samoa hosts OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Samoa will host the 24th edition of the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship – a tournament that doubles as qualification for the 2025 FIFA U-20 World Cup™ to be held in Chile next year.  New Zealand arrive as the defending champions having beaten Fiji in the final of the 2022…

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