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 …
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Face-to-face refereeing activity has made a return in American Samoa after the country was in a nationwide lockdown due to a COVID-19 outbreak. The Referees Instructors Course in February was the last event held at the Football Federation American Samoa (FFAS). They then participated in sessions online until May where …
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Twenty Women’s Development Officers (WDOs) became qualified OFC Women’s Football Educators after completing the organisation’s Train the Trainer Programme earlier this year. The WDOs came from seven Member Associations, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and New Zealand. New Zealanders Annalie Longo, Alana Gunn and …
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The smiles said it all. When Shakael Pickering blasted a shot into the back of the net at the Kaikohe Football Club earlier this month, the humble 14-year-old probably wasn’t thinking about being a role model. But when you’re surrounded by dozens of local kids watching your every move, it’s …
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A combined effort involving the Oceania Football Confederation and three other leading football organisations has seen a new-look Grassroots Football Festival piloted at the Kaikohe AFC in New Zealand’s far north. Last weekend the OFC, alongside Māori Football Aotearoa (MFA), New Zealand Football (NZF) and Northern Region Football (NRF) delivered …
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International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022 was celebrated by the Oceania Football Confederation and its Member Associations on March 8, with children, football staff and administrators in the region all doing their part to pledge support for gender equality. This year’s theme was #BreakTheBias and aimed to call out gender bias, …
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Member Associations from across Oceania joined integrity experts from FIFA and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) this week for the opening of the latest edition of the FIFA Global Integrity Programme. In line with FIFA’s overall vision of making football truly global and its ongoing commitment to …
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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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