FIFA and the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), on the sidelines of the 72nd FIFA Congress in Doha, committing to working together to enhance awareness of climate change mitigation action to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and leverage opportunities for climate-resilient football …
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The Oceania Football Confederation Football Division hosted a three-day workshop earlier in March to review 2021 and plan for 2022. The event was held online via Zoom due to the current COVID-19 restrictions in New Zealand. OFC Chief of Football Division Patrick Jacquemet said the purpose of the workshop was …
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Following the decisions taken by the football associations of the Cook Islands and Vanuatu to withdraw from the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Oceania Qualifiers due to positive cases of COVID-19 that affected their respective national teams, the Bureau for the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers has taken the following decisions …
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The Oceania Football Confederation can confirm that due to a number of positive cases of COVID-19 in the Vanuatu and Cook Islands squads, Match Day 3 of the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Oceania Qualifiers will not go ahead. As a result of the vast majority of the squad testing …
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Following rapid antigen testing conducted on Thursday, March 17 which revealed positive cases of COVID-19 in a vast majority of the Vanuatu squad, the scheduled Match Day 1 meeting between Vanuatu and Tahiti at the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Oceania Qualifiers will not go ahead. The tests were conducted …
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After over 730 days, football from the Pacific region is back with the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Oceania Qualifiers in Qatar between March 17-30. All 15 games will be streamed live and free on MyCujoo/Eleven Sports and available via oceaniafootball.com which will be published across OFC social media channels. …
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has today announced Free TV Australia (Free TV) as their new media partner in various island nations in the Pacific Ocean, including Fiji, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Free TV’s deal covers the AFC’s major national team and club competitions in …
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New Zealand Football has named a 30-person squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – OFC preliminary competition, which kicks off later this month in Qatar. Wellington Phoenix duo Ben Old and Ben Waine have been called up to the senior national side for the first time, while seasoned veterans …
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Four Oceania female coaches have secured a scholarship as part of the FIFA Coach Education Scholarship programme, designed to increase the number of female coaches in football. New Zealand trio Tessa Nicol, Alana Gunn, Annalie Longo and Papua New Guinea’s Margaret Aka were among the 47 female coaches accepted from …
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On International Women’s Day this year, the UN Women Fiji Multi-Country Office (MCO), through the Pacific Partnership, and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) announce an exciting new partnership, affirming their joint commitment to gender equality through a multiyear partnership, focusing on making football safer and more accessible for women and girls, …
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