Oceania

Just over a year ago, Tonga experienced its most terrifying natural disaster. The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcanic episode is considered to be the most powerful such event in the world since the history-book defining 1883 Krakatoa eruption. Ash and sediment rained down on Tonga’s main island Tongatapu as the summer …

The Oceania Football Confederation was last month admitted into the UN’s Football for the Goals, a programme launched by the United Nations to use football as a tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It’s been well established that sport can be an important enabler for achieving the SDGs. …

A stunning curling shot from the sideline by Dennis Ifunaoa has helped Solomon Warriors qualify for the OFC Champions League 2023. They have beaten Kossa FC 2-1 in the second leg of their National Play-Off fixture in Honiara and means they advance to the main draw 3-2 on aggregate. The …

FIFA has today confirmed that all nine Host Cities will have a FIFA Fan Festival during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand. This is the first time that FIFA Fan Festivals will be rolled out at a FIFA Women’s World Cup, in keeping with the …

Six of the eight teams who will contest the OFC Champions League 2023 have been found after this weekend’s games, with Ifira Black Bird, AS Pirae and Suva FC winning the Vanuatu, Tahiti and Fiji National Play-Offs respectively. DEFENCE WINS THE DAY FOR IFIRA Ifira Black Bird made the perfect …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Lambert Maltock, President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), have met in Paris for high-level talks on the future of football within the region. A wide variety of topics were discussed during the meeting, which was also attended by OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo, including …

The inaugural edition of the Play-Off Tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup proved to be an enormous success. On the field a range of new star players arose, not just from the three victorious nations – Haiti, Panama and Portugal – but from all ten participating nations. But a …

The first-ever Play-off Tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off on February 17 in Aotearoa New Zealand with ten teams from AFC, CAF, CONMEBOL, Concacaf, UEFA and OFC competing for the final three berths in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium and Hamilton / …

Inter Rapidísimo, has expanded its partnership with FIFA by signing a new agreement to become an Official Supporter of this year’s 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand tournament, the largest women’s sporting event in the world. Last year, Inter Rapidísimo became the first Colombian company to …

Fiji hosted Just Play’s first regional instructor training in three years last month in Nadi with representatives from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and Kiribati Islands where the programme is launching for the first time this year. The focus was on the Health and Wash curriculum …