Oceania

Match officials from eight Oceania Football Confederation Member Associations will control matches at January’s OFC U-17 Championship 2023 in Fiji. Among the 20-strong group selected are female assistant referees Natalia Lumukana and Stephanie Minan, who in 2021 were among five Oceania match officials shortlisted to officiate at the 2023 FIFA …

Last month saw the OFC and representatives from our Member Associations take part in the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) World Conference. Held every four years, the event in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland was the eighth time the conference has been held and was the largest yet – with …

FIFA and Vanuatu Football Federation (VFF) have been collaborating on amateur football analysis, to gain a comprehensive understanding of how the amateur game in Vanuatu is organised and can be supported by FIFA in the future. VFF Technical Director Peter Takaro said Vanuatu can benefit from this initiative by FIFA, …

Twenty-nine Team Base Camps across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand have today been confirmed for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup – Australia & New Zealand. For the first time in FIFA Women’s World Cup history, competing countries will use dedicated Team Base Camps in next year’s tournament. A Team …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …