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New Zealand dispatch Tonga to make final

18 September 2024
New Zealand dispatch Tonga to make final

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek New Zealand will play Samoa in the final of the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship after a comprehensive 8-0 victory over Tonga in today’s second semi-final. The Kiwis have subsequently booked their place at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup™ next year, after they proved too much to handle for…

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18 September 2024
Samoa prove too much for New Caledonia and secure final place

Photo credit: OFC Media via Phototek Samoa have booked their place in the final of the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship after a 2-0 victory over New Caledonia in Suva and qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup next year. Two goals inside the opening ten minutes was enough to see Samoa through against a…

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17 September 2024
History will be made tomorrow when two teams qualify for FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup™

Photo credit: FIFA via Getty Images Tomorrow is a significant day in Oceania football when, for the first time two teams will qualify for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2025, to be played in Morocco. The qualifiers will be the winners of the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship semi-finals – first Samoa vs New Caledonia,…

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16 September 2024
Sky is the limit with the launch of Talent Development IDC event in Fiji

Photo Credit: Fiji Football Association The Talent Development Inter-District Championship (IDC), organised by the Fiji Football Association, provides a pivotal space to nurture young football talent nationwide. Held in Suva earlier this month and sponsored by McDonald’s Fiji, this inaugural event showcased promising athletes from as young as nine to 15, across both boys’ and girls’…

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16 September 2024
A new football frontier for the Fa’arodo family

Photo credit: OFC Media via Phototek Pacific football fans looking at the Solomon Islands squad for the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship will see a familiar name: Fa’arodo For those who don’t recognise the surname, Bella-May Fa’arodo is the eldest daughter of Solomon Islands legend Henry Fa’arodo – former captain of the men’s national team, who…

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15 September 2024
New Zealand lose a tight opening encounter at FIFA Futsal World Cup™ in Uzbekistan.

Photo Credit: Anvar Ilyasov – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images The Futsal Whites have gone down fighting against Libya in their first ever match at a FIFA Futsal World Cup ™. Marvin Eakins side have been beaten 3-1 in their opening Group D fixture in Andijan. Libya had the first real chance to score in the…

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15 September 2024
Wonder goal for Kinë Hmaen caps off New Caledonia victory and semi-finals berth

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Two goals and an assist for the New Caledonian number ten seal’s last semi-final place. While progression to the semi-finals was a slightly complicated equation this morning, in the end New Caledonia secured a comprehensive victory to ensure progression. After their narrow defeat to New Zealand earlier in the…

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15 September 2024
Narrow loss sees Solomon Islands face nervous wait

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek The final day of group games began with three teams mathematically in with a chance of securing the last semi-final slot of the OFC U-16 Women’s Championships.    Solomon Islands started second in the group by virtue of their goal difference, they were disappointed to lose to New Caledonia on…

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14 September 2024
Samoa make it three wins from three and break Fijian hearts

Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek Samoa defeat OFC U-16 Women’s Championship hosts Fiji to progress to the semi-finals top of Group A, a result that sees Tonga progress in second place. The proposition was simple: After Tonga’s convincing win over the Cook Islands earlier in the day, Fiji knew a draw, or a win…

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14 September 2024
Tonga dig deep to beat resilient Cook Islands

Photo credit: OFC Media via Phototek Securing a decisive 6-0 win with a strong second half, Tonga now face a nervous wait to see if they will finish group runners up and make the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship semi finals. Coming into this game, Tonga knew that to stand a chance of making the semi-finals,…

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