PNG 1-7 NZL

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Two goals from Kig via free kicks – one just three minutes into the game, the other in the third and final minute of additional time – secured a 2-1 victory for Papua New Guinea over New Caledonia, setting up a meeting with New Zealand in 23 January final.After leading 1-0 for most of the…

Papua New Guinea have consistently proven themselves to be the Football Ferns main rival in Oceania, and won their way through to Stage 2 by virtue of their victory during last year’s XV Pacific Games on home soil. As the region’s top-ranked nation, New Zealand were seeded directly into the play-off, and they will be…

Download match summary here Visit us on twitter here: @OFCfootball NZLvFIJ U17WNew Zealand 12. Nadia OLLA (GK), 3. Amber PHILLIPS, 5. Michaela FOSTER, 6. Nicole METTAM, 7. Hannah BLAKE, 10. Sarah KRYSTMAN, 11. Jacqueline HAND, 13. Kate WILLIAMS, 15. Francesca GRANGE, 17. Emma MAIN, 18. Gabrielle JILLINGSSubstitutes: 1. Anna LEAT (GK), 2. Claudia BUNGE, 4….

New Zealand will play Papua New Guinea in the final of the 2016 OFC U-17 Women’s Championship on 23 January, where a spot at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016 awaits the winner.While they will both meet in the decider as unbeaten teams, their semi-final experiences couldn’t have been more different.New Zealand cruised…

Download match summary here Visit us on twitter here: @OFCfootball PNGvNCL U17WPapua New Guinea 1. Faith KASIRAY (GK), 2. Belinda GIADA, 3. Margaret JOSEPH, 4. Alison PAULIAS, 5. Robertlynn KIG, 6. Francisca MANI, 7. Natasha SAGEM, 8. Loretta YAGUM, 10. Isabella NATERA, 14. Melissa JOFARI, 15. Anna MALARA Substitutes: 20. Veronica VANUA (GK), 9. Selina…

As a member of the six-strong discussion panel at the FIFA/OFC Women’s Football Regional Development Seminar Taputu was put on the spot about the progression of the women’s game in French Polynesia. “It’s true that for a lot of reasons, since 2011 we haven’t had 11-a-side football in Tahiti,” she says. “But we have had…

Midfielder Maggie Jenkins has seven goals in three games, including a four-goal haul against Tonga on Match Day 5, which has seen her jump to equal-second in the race for the Golden Boot.For coach Gareth Turnbull it has been a pleasant surprise, after initially intending for Jenkins to play a smaller role in the squad.“To…

After navigating their way through pool play New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia and Fiji will fight for a spot in the final of the tournament, where direct qualification to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016 awaits for the eventual winner.New Zealand and Fiji kick off the semis on 21 January at…

A minute later it erupted into scenes of joy at Takitumu School, after news filtered through that they had qualified through to the semi-finals at their first ever OFC U-17 Women’s Championship.Despite taking a point from the contest with Papua New Guinea, Fiji had to wait for news that Vanuatu had gone down 5-1 to…