Oceania

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat Acting Director General George Hoa’au and the President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Lambert Maltock to establish a mutually cooperative relationship between the two organisations, in promoting and developing football and futsal in Melanesia. …

In more good news for the COVID-19 impacted community sports landscape, the New Zealand Football Foundation (NZFF) has approved two major funding projects, as well as announcing a second round of grants, to be launched in September. A registered charitable trust created by New Zealand Football in 2010 – using …

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be staged in Australia and New Zealand, following a vote taken by the FIFA Council during its meeting held via videoconference, the result of which was announced by FIFA President Gianni Infantino. The joint bid submitted by Football Federation Australia and New Zealand …

With just days to go until the FIFA Council votes to decide the location of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand have come together to support their nations’ historic joint bid to host the world’s largest …

On Saturday, June 13, Mumbai City FC and other clubs from the City Football Group will come together for the first time to host a Group-wide global EA SPORTS FIFA 20 challenge. The CFG FIFA Challenge will see pro-FIFA players and eSports teams alongside footballers from men’s and women’s teams …

Following a detailed assessment of the bid books and visits to the bidding countries, today FIFA confirmed that three bids will be submitted to the FIFA Council in order for it to select the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup host(s) at its meeting to be held online on June 25, 2020. The …

The OFC U-17 Women’s Championship 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Oceania Football Confederation’s Executive Committee made the decision to cancel the tournament and nominate New Zealand as OFC’s representative for the rescheduled FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup that is due to be played in India next …

Barca Academy Cup – Asia Pacific 2020 came to an end at the premises of The Heritage School in Sector-62, Gurgaon today. 48 teams represent India, Australia, Turkey, Singapore, Japan and Spain with over 700 young footballers participated in the tournament. A whopping 815 goals were scored by the young …

The pitches at Barca Academy, Gurugram situated at The Heritage Xperiential Learning School is set to reverberate with competitive action from January 30 to February 2, 2020 when over 650 young footballers representing seven countries, 48 teams and four age groups vie for the Barca Academy Cup – Asia Pacific. …

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup bidding process, which has seen an unprecedented interest from member associations, has reached an important milestone, with the following four bids having been submitted by the deadline of December 13, 2019: Joint submission by the Football Federation Australia and New Zealand Football Submission by …