Football Ferns coach wary of improving Pacific rivals at Women’s Olympic Tournament-Oceania Qualifier

Photo Credit OFC Media New Zealand heads into the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament- Oceania Qualifier (February 7-19) as strong favourites to qualify for their fifth Olympic Games. But coach Jitka Klimkova believes the standard of women’s football throughout the Pacific is rapidly improving, with increased emphasis on developing the women’s game, a legacy of the…

Photo Credit Fiji FA Words: Avikash Chand, Fijian FA The Fiji Women’s Football side is determined to go one step further than the last time they chased a place at the Olympics. The Fijian Kulas squad has been named for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament – Oceania Qualifier which kicks off in Apia, Samoa on…

Photo Credit PNGFA Papua New Guinea have high hopes heading into the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament-Oceania Qualifier in Samoa next week. The PNG side won its sixth Pacific Games gold medal in Honiara in December and is one of the sides expected to challenge tournament favourites New Zealand. There’s a new coach at the helm,…

Photo Credit: VFF Media Vanuatu has selected a mix of experience and youth in their squad for the Women’s Olympic Football tournament -Oceania Qualifier 2024 in Samoa. Coach Jean Robert Yalou has stuck with consistency ahead of this tournament, with 16 members of the 2023 Pacific Games squad to play in Apia. Among the 22…