It’s been a busy couple of weeks at Tonga’s Loto-Tonga Soka Centre, with local coaches receiving guidance and support. OFC Player Development Officer Phil Parker was in Nuku’ualofa to have a look at the grassroots environment, complete assessments about the needs of the coaching staff and connect with those in …
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Eighteen goalkeeping coaches have passed a three-day OFC Goalkeeper Coaching Certificate Course, held at Fiji FA Academy in Suva last weekend. Course instructor and Fiji FA national team goalkeeper coach Robert Mimms said the main objective of the course was to provide learners with the capabilities to design and deliver …
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Last month’s FIFA/OFC C-Licence course for women held in Christchurch, New Zealand has been hailed a success, with 19 female coaches from eight Member Associations taking part. The five-day course saw attendees take part in both theory and practical sessions, in addition to observing camp with the Football Ferns who …
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Fourteen Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) officials took the opportunity to upskill in Sydney on November 25/26. Football Federation Australia facilitated a VAR course for them, designed to show how the video assistant referee system works. The course was run by Mathew Cheeseman, Edward Lennie and Renae Coghill of the FFA. …
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The Fiji Football Association (FFA) has bolstered their match official ranks following an OFC Level 1 Referees Course held last week, which saw 24 new referees become qualified. The course was run over three days, with FFA Referees Director Rakesh Varman particularly pleased to see the number of young people …
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The Oceania Football Confederation Executive Committee has approved plans for the formation of the OFC Professional League, during the OFC Executive Committee meeting in Doha, Qatar on November 19. A taskforce was formed in 2019 with the sole purpose of determining the viability of a professional league in the Oceania …
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Social Responsibility managers and champions of equality across several countries and sports gathered at OFC’s Home of Football, Te Kahu o Kiwa, on Friday, November 11 to take part in the OFC Sport for Gender Equality Workshop. The workshop acted as an introduction to OFC’s ‘Equal Oceania’ Playbook for Gender …
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November 20 marks World Children’s Day, a special time across the region. OFC is committed to using football to enrich the lives of our young people around Oceania, with the theme this year being ‘Inclusion, For Every Child’. So far this year, our Just Play program has brought football to …
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The OFC’s commitment to women’s football took another step last night, with the launch of the Gender Equality Playbook. An event held on Auckland’s Viaduct saw the Playbook officially shown to the public after months of research and authorship. The Playbook is an eight-chapter resource, complete with gender equality checklists, …
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The future of goalkeeping in Oceania is in increasingly safe hands as the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and New Zealand Football (NZF) recently ran a coaching course attended by participants from across the region. Prospective coaches across six different Member Associations took part in the OFC/NZF Goalkeeper C course over …
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