Oceania

The final eight teams vying for Oceania club football supremacy will soon learn their OFC Champions League 2022 group stage opposition through a draw confirmed for Thursday, June 30. The draw will take place at 1.00pm NZT at the OFC Home of Football – Te Kahu o Kiwa in Auckland, …

Funding from UEFA Assist has provided each of the Oceania Football Confederation’s 11 Member Associations with brand new TV, media and digital live streaming equipment, which is being put to use for the first time at a dedicated workshop in Lautoka, Fiji last week. The hybrid workshop was delivered in …

Refereeing in Tonga has made a gradual return following the eruption and devastation of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in January this year. It has been a tough situation for the people of Tonga who after a month of rebuilding their lives from the natural disaster, were hit by the COVID-19 …

Four Technical Directors from the Oceania region were selected to participate in the FIFA Standard Course for OFC and CAF in Cairo, Egypt between May 31 – June 2. Tahiri Elikana (Cook Islands), Timo Jankowski (Fiji), Paul Isorua (Papua New Guinea) and Moses Toata (Solomon Islands) spent three days in …

FIFA has today launched an invitation to tender (ITT) in the United Kingdom for the sale of media rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Since its inception in 1991, the FIFA Women’s World Cup has grown exponentially to become the most-watched single-sport event for women globally. The most …

Ongoing travel restrictions and logistical challenges have forced the cancellation of the OFC Champions League 2022 Qualifying Stage, which had been set to see the club champions of American Samoa, Cook Islands, Samoa and Tonga play each other for a single place in the competition’s finals stage. Following cancellation of …

The Oceania Football Confederation has today confirmed details for the OFC Champions League 2022 Finals Stage, as well as three other competitions which will be held later this year and early in 2023. The finals tournament for the OCL, the region’s flagship club competition, will be hosted by the OFC …

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) hosted an extensive webinar highlighting the recently launched FIFA Guide to Club Licensing in Women’s Football this week. FIFA’s Professional Football and Women’s Football Department Advisor Andres Portabella presented the informative session on Thursday, June 2. The event was made available to OFC’s 11 Member …

FIFA has today launched an invitation to tender (ITT) in France for the sale of media rights to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Since its inception in 1991, the FIFA Women’s World Cup has grown exponentially to claim the crown of the most-watched single-sport event for women globally. The …

The Football Federation Samoa (FFS) stepped foot onto OFC’s Home of Football pitches between May 25-26 to become the first Member Association to use the facilities following its completion last December. Gifted the Māori name Te Kahu o Kiwa, the Home of Football serves as a base for the Confederation’s …