Oceania

The eight teams that have qualified for the OFC Champions League 2023 in Vanuatu will know their opponents on Thursday, March 23. The draw will take place at 1pm NZT at the OFC Home of Football – Te Kahu o Kiwa in Auckland, New Zealand. OFC Competitions Director Chris Kemp …

With four months to go until a historic FIFA Women’s World Cup, fans from 25 countries wishing to go “Above and Beyond” in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have already secured their ticket-inclusive hospitality packages. Offers start at USD 170 (AUD 250, 275 NZD) and include a match ticket, food …

Auckland City FC have qualified for the OFC Champions League 2023, beating Wellington Olympic 5-3 at Kiwitea St, Auckland. The result sees Auckland advance on a 6-4 aggregate. The home of the defending OFC Champions League champions turned on a nice day for the crucial game, and it was Auckland …

Gianni Infantino has announced a significant increase in the funding for teams and players taking part in and contributing to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia and New Zealand . “Today, (we are) embarking on a historic journey for women’s football and for equality,” said the FIFA President, …

The Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tahiti and Fiji national men’s beach soccer teams gained the opportunity to learn from one of the world’s best coaches Angelo Schirinzi, who spent a week in each country holding week-long workshops. Schirinzi is the current head coach of the Switzerland national men’s beach soccer team …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has addressed delegates gathered for the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Extraordinary Congress, and took the opportunity to congratulate Lambert Maltock, moments before the incumbent President was re-elected unopposed. In his speech, the FIFA President also offered words of support to the wider OFC community for their …

The OFC Extraordinary Congress held at Kigali in Rwanda has elected Lambert Maltock (Vanuatu) unopposed as President for a second four-year term. Maltock was first elected at the March 2019 Congress in Auckland New Zealand. FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed the Congress saying “this year is huge for the Oceania …

Clubs from all six of FIFA’s confederations are assured of participating in the inaugural expanded 2025 tournament after the access blueprint was unanimously agreed upon by the FIFA Council in Rwanda on Tuesday on March 14, 2023. The initial decision to revise the format of the competition to a 32-team …

New Zealand’s Dunedin / Ōtepoti is just a few months away from becoming the most southerly city to host a men’s or women’s FIFA World Cup match. While that slice of history awaits, for now the locals had their appetites whetted for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia …

International Women’s Day saw OFC staff in Auckland help evolve one of our most important pieces of work in the last year. The Gender Equality Playbook was launched last November, but was never intended to be a static document, instead something that would grow thanks to data collected around the …