Oceania

The OFC Just Play Programme continues to show impressive growth in Tonga with 16 communities in the Vava’u island group benefiting from a recent two-day volunteer training session. The 15 new volunteers were trained in the latest Health and WASH curriculum by Just Play Master Instructor, Lafaele Moala and Tonga …

FIFA has opened two invitations to tender (ITT) for the media rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in the host markets of Australia and New Zealand. The tender processes will allow FIFA to select the media companies that are best placed to achieve FIFA’s objectives of providing maximum …

The International Day of Sport for Development and Peace offers an annual opportunity to celebrate how everyday, sport has an important role to play in society. In Oceania, no club reflects the values celebrated by IDSDP better than South Auckland’s Manukau United. The clubs’s core values have aligned it as …

Young footballers around the Pacific have the chance to develop their skills by participating in the OFC’s Stars of Tomorrow social media campaign. A series of videos will be posted on OFC’s social media platforms kicking off with an educational Skills Challenge every Tuesday in April on juggling, running with …

Twenty-one women across Fiji’s Southern Division participated in the OFC’s Women’s Capacity Building Programme workshop on March 30/31 in Vatuwaqa. The aim of the programme is to develop personal and professional skills of women in Pacific Island communities who are interested in working or volunteering in football. The two-day event …

A momentous OFC-FIFA Guardians Safeguarding in Football Orientation Webinar has successfully concluded with participants from nine OFC Member Associations, OFC staff and FIFA Development Office – Oceania all participating. The virtual webinar was staged in four parts where key speakers Kathryn Leslie, FIFA’s Head of Safeguarding and Child Protection, Gloria …

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup took an important and exciting step today with the announcement of the 9 Host Cities and 10 stadiums in Australia and New Zealand that will host matches during the tournament. With just over two years to go until some of the best players in …

FIFA has confirmed that the host cities for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will be announced on Wednesday, March 31. Following an eight-month review process involving each of the 12 candidate host cities and 13 stadiums, FIFA is set to announce which cities will …

The Oceania Football Confederation hosted an internal four-day workshop between March 24-29 at Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland, to review the Football Division’s activities and plan for 2021. OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo and Chief of the Football Division Patrick Jacquemet provided organisational updates, while twelve staff members from various …

The redesign of the OFC Just Play Emergency Programme resources has reached the testing phase of its development journey. The Just Play team in Fiji have played a pivotal role in responding to natural disasters around the Pacific, including Tropical Cyclone Winston in Fiji, the volcanic eruption in Ambae, Vanuatu …