New Caledonia 0 – 2 New Zealand

See below for all the play-by-play action.Starting line-ups: New Caledonia: 1. Rocky NYIKEINE [GK], 2. Jeremie DOKUNENGO, 3. Emile BEARUNE, 6. Olivier DOKUNENGO (c), 7. Dominique WACALIE, 10. Cesar LOLOHEA, 11. Bertrand KAI, 13. Noel KAUDRE, 16. Iamel KABEU, 17. Joel WAKANUMUNE, 19. Georges GOPE-FENEPEJ Substitutes: 4. Georges BEARUNE, 5. Kalaje GNIPATE, 8. Miguel KAYARA,…

Much has been made of the All Whites’ desire to redeem themselves after that semi-final defeat in Honiara in June put paid to hopes of qualifying for next year’s FIFA Confederations Cup.Indeed, Herbert says the team still feels driven to make amends by reaching the World Cup finals in Brazil – via a November 2013…

The gathering took place at the headquarters of the Secretariat of the Pacific Community in Noumea last month and brought together the HODs from nine of the Pacific countries expected to take part in the conference, as well as representatives from the New Caledonia Government and many of the other organisations involved.Chaired by Franck Castillo,…

The team has been named five months in advance to ensure coach Timote Polovilli has sufficient time to prepare his side, who will need to win the preliminary tournament in January in order to advance to the main event in April.The winner of the OFC U-17 Championship will earn a place at the FIFA U-17…

Each will rely on the form of several key players as they look to keep their dreams of making it all the way to Brazil alive.oceaniafootball.com has cast an eye over the respective squads and singled out one player from each team whose performances could ultimately prove the difference between glory and despair.Georges Gope-Fenepej (New…

The Toa Aito qualified for Brazil 2013 with a surprise win at the OFC Nations Cup in June and are now looking to follow up that unexpected success with more glory in Stage 3 of Oceania qualifying for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. oceaniafootball.com spent time with defender Vallar to talk about Tahiti’s preparations for…