Education
OFC and its Member Associations deliver a comprehensive futsal education programme.
In coaching, the OFC Futsal C Licence course was introduced in 2016 and is available to all member associations with regular youth and/or senior futsal competitions.
Following the OFC Futsal Coach Educator course in 2019, member association futsal coaching certificate courses were introduced, enabling member association futsal coach educators to facilitate youth and senior coaching courses at regional and national level, in order to meet the increasing demand of the futsal community.
Futsal refereeing certificate and licence courses are also available in member associations who conduct futsal activities.
Programmes
Futsal plays a pivotal role in football player development in Oceania.
Due to the game’s many technical benefits, regular futsal activities are now a common feature of many member association grassroots and youth football programmes and increasing an increasing number of the region’s top exponents of the 11-aside game such as Sarpreet Singh (NZL), and Micah Lea’alafa (SOL) played spent many hours on the futsal court as youngsters.
OFC’s football division is supporting the continued of futsal through programmes designed to extend the season by providing futsal tournaments, leagues and training centres for boys, girls, men and women in all member associations.
These include:
- Futsal balls
- Futsal tournament packs
- Futsal youth league packs
- Futsal performance centres
OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2022
