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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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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The Cook Islands have called on players based in New Zealand, Australia and England, in addition to talent from their own domestic league, for this month’s Oceania Qualifiers in Qatar. Coach Alan Taylor has included eight players in his group who play club football outside of the Cook Islands, along …
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Members of last year’s Coupe de Polynesie champions AS Venus account for almost half of Tahiti’s final 23-man squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Oceania preliminary competition, while four Europe-based players have also been included. Forward Eddy Kaspard, who played for French side Trelissac FC against AS Venus …
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Players from the local domestic league and competitions in Europe have been included in New Caledonia’s squad for March’s 2022 FIFA World Cup – OFC preliminary competition in Qatar. National team stalwarts such as Bertrand Kai, Joel Wakanumune and Emile Bearune head up the local contingent in coach Dominique Wacalie’s …
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The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) welcomes the announcement by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) that it has filed criminal charges against two former OFC officials, in relation to the construction and delivery of the OFC’s Home of Football complex in Auckland. OFC became aware of irregularities with the Home of …
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