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“Football is an inclusive sport”: Celebrating International Day for Persons With Disability with This Is How We Football

3 December 2024
“Football is an inclusive sport”: Celebrating International Day for Persons With Disability with This Is How We Football

To tie in with International Day for Persons With Disabilities, OFC invites its football communities to explore how they can make football more inclusive through their programmes as one of the suggested actions for the 16 Days of Activism Campaign. Today Football Federation Samoa took that opportunity in celebrating the end of their 2024 This…

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29 November 2024
Tahiti the biggest movers in latest FIFA Rankings

Tahiti have gained six places (153) in the latest FIFA/Coca-Cola Men’s World Ranking, after their impressive performance in the latest round of FIFA World Cup 26™ Oceania Qualifiers. Samuel Garcia’s side secured victories over Samoa in Hamilton and Vanuatu in Auckland to advance from Group B and set-up a semi-final clash with New Caledonia in…

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26 November 2024
Future OFC Match Coordinators Gain Hands-On Experience at FIFA World Cup 26™ Oceania Qualifiers

Photo Credit: OFC Media Seven participants from OFC Member Associations attended match day five of the FIFA World Cup 26™ Oceania Qualifiers in Auckland as part of the OFC Match Coordinator Programme. It’s an initiative under the OFC Strategy aimed at developing skilled competition organisers across the region. Representing Tonga, Fiji, Tahiti, Vanuatu and New…

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26 November 2024
Tom Stevens first to achieve OFC/NZF Goalkeeping B Licence

Photo Credit: OFC Media via NZF Media Southern United Women’s Assistant/Goalkeeping Coach Tom Stevens is the first OFC/NZF GK B licence qualified coach after successfully completing his final assessment. The inaugural Goalkeeping B Licence was delivered in two parts which were run in April and October in Auckland. The final assessment for coaches, was to…

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25 November 2024
OFC kicks off 16 Days of Activism campaign to challenge violence against women and girls

Photo credit: OFC Media Oceania Football Confederation staff today donned orange to acknowledge International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and kick off a 16-day period of activism to challenge violence against women and girls. With orange being the campaign colour, 16 Days of Activism is a global campaign that links 25 November,…

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25 November 2024
Two coaches make history as first women in Vanuatu to achieve OFC Senior C Licence

In a groundbreaking achievement for women’s football in Vanuatu, youth coaches Nesta Kate and Freda Warsal have become the first females in the country to earn the OFC Senior C Licence. Their success marks a significant milestone for gender representation at the highest level in football coaching in the Pacific. Both Kate and Warsal are involved in football development…

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24 November 2024
OFC Women’s Football Conference Day 4: “We can see that the dial has moved”

The final day of the OFC Women’s Football Conference 2024 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara / Wellington focused on the This Is How We Football programme, monitoring and evaluation, and raising the visibility of women’s football. OFC This Is How We Football technical consultant Matelita Vukaso ran an interactive evaluation session on the This Is How We…

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23 November 2024
OFC Women’s Football Conference Day 3: “When you bring your whole self, you get the best out of you”

Day 3 of the OFC Women’s Football Conference saw delegates participate in an executive and organisational coaching workshop run by Pae Tauārai. A key element of the OFC Women’s Football Conference has been taking the opportunity to upskill and develop the participants in a way that’s culturally relevant and beneficial, explains conference organiser and OFC…

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22 November 2024
Kids Go Free During Exclusive New Zealand FIFA World Cup 26™ Oceania Qualifiers Ticket Pre-sale 

Tickets for the FIFA World Cup 26™ Oceania Qualifiers Semi-Finals and Final in Wellington and Auckland are now on pre-sale exclusively to New Zealand Football’s Football Whānau members, with free kids tickets (14 and under) if purchased with an adult ticket until 8:59am on 27 November 2024.  Book tickets from Ticketek.co.nz Sign up for free…

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22 November 2024
Opportunities in the game the key message at Day 2 of OFC Women’s Football Conference

Photo credit: OFC Media via Phototek The progress and abundance of opportunity now available in the women’s game was the key message of day two of the OFC Women’s Football Conference. FIFA Chief Women’s Football Officer Sarai Bareman opened with a presentation that focused on the infrastructure available in football to enable the development of…

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