Oceania

The OFC U-17 Championship and OFC U-20 Championship tournaments have been postponed but remain on track to take place this year. The events were originally meant to be played in 2020 as qualifiers for the FIFA U-17 and FIFA U-20 World Cups but were delayed due to travel restrictions caused …

Perth Glory has confirmed that it has extended its partnership with Macron for an additional four seasons. The club first partnered with the Italian sportswear company in 2013 and the relationship is now set to extend beyond a decade, making it one of the most enduring in A-League history. “We …

FIFA has today been informed by Auckland City FC that, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and related quarantine measures required by the New Zealand authorities, the club will be unable to participate in the 2020 FIFA Club World Cup. Despite FIFA’s regular exchanges with the club, New Zealand Football …

Oceania Football Confederation’s (OFC) Football Development department completely changed the way they worked in 2020. The coronavirus pandemic has thrown many challenges at workplaces around the world and OFC is no different. Travel is one of the key pillars of how the Football team operate at OFC as it allows …

Football Australia and the newly formed Australian Professional Leagues (APL) today announced that terms have been agreed to ‘unbundle’ the A-League, Westfield W-League and Y-League (‘Professional Leagues’) from Football Australia. This unbundling of the Professional Leagues from Football Australia means that the Australian football structure will be in line with …

The 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Qatar will kick off with Al Duhail SC facing Oceania representatives Auckland City FC at the Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium on February 1. Al Duhail confirmed their place as the host team after emerging the 2019-20 Qatar Stars League champions. The winners will …

The OFC Executive Committee has agreed to further changes to the OFC’s football calendar for the upcoming year 2021. Due to the uncertain international environment caused by COVID-19 and border restrictions throughout the Pacific, OFC remains unable to operate football tournaments. The OFC U-20 Championship, that was due to be …

The OFC Executive Committee has held its final meeting for 2020, wrapping up a year unlike any other in the Oceania Football Confederation’s 54-year history. Although 2020 has been forgettable for many reasons, OFC believes many positives have resulted from a year of uncertainty and unprecedented disruption. The Executive Committee …

The success of the inaugural Just Play Cup in Fiji has organisers already looking ahead to the wider implementation of the pilot project in 2021. The Just Play Cup is a tournament-type programme which runs alongside the Just Play Programme incorporating a traditional football model alongside social components, providing players …

The OFC Executive Committee has agreed to nominate New Zealand’s Auckland City FC as the Confederation’s representative to participate in the FIFA Club World Cup in February 2021. The winner of this year’s OFC Champions League was set to attend the tournament in Qatar, but the Champions League was cancelled …