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2020 Oceania Champions League cancelled!

OFC’s Executive Committee has agreed to cancel the remaining matches in the OFC Champions League 2020 due to the border and travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The competition had reached the quarter-final stage after pool play in February and March before the pandemic took hold. The OFC Champions …

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Oceania FC & WIFA extend MOU for Just Play in Maharashtra region!

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and the Western India Football Association (WIFA) have extended the Memorandum of Understanding which will ensure a further nine months of OFC Just Play activities in the Maharashtra region. The OFC Just Play Programme was first introduced in India in July 2016 with a pilot …

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Oceania’s Football development continues amid pandemic!

Oceania FC’s Football Development department is operating a range of training courses while the coronavirus pandemic continues to bite. A move to alert level 3 in Auckland, New Zealand has forced OFC staff to work from home for the past fortnight, while border restrictions remain in place throughout the Pacific, …

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Just Play Knowledge Attitudes Practices (KAP) & Baseline Study!

Who are we? Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is the umbrella organisation of the national football associations within Oceania. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, OFC has 11 Member Associations which it supports financially and logistically through various programmes. OFC is the smallest of the world’s six Confederations but is an active …

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Oceania FC & The FA team up to develop mentors!

A partnership between the Oceania Football Confederation and the English Football Association is adjusting to the new normal with the launch of a new webinar series; Developing Mentors. The pilot programme targets Tonga, Solomon Islands and Fiji, and is spread across five 90-minute sessions, all delivered online. The content is …

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OFC Football Festival provides blueprint for MAs!

As part of Oceania Football Confederation’s strategic plan, the OFC Football Development department has piloted a successful Football Festival event at the Park Estate School in the Auckland suburb of Papakura. Eighty-seven children, between the ages of 8 and 10 participated in the activities designed to provide them with the …

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Oceania Football Confederation announces funding increases!

Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) will invest an unprecedented NZD$43 million directly into football development in 2021 and 2022. As part of its long-term strategy, the organisation is deeply committed to developing football in the Pacific. OFC will increase its development grant to its 11 Member Associations by more than $3 …

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Women’s football activities return to the Pacific!

Women’s football is making a steady return in the Pacific following the enforced break due to the coronavirus pandemic! Samoa’s Savai’i 7 Aside tournament will get underway on Saturday, August 1 with a range of age-groups taking part from an U-10 mixed division through to a Premier women’s competition. The …

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Oceania Football Confederation reschedules competitions!

The Oceania Football Confederation’s Executive Committee has agreed to reshape the tournament calendar for the rest of the year and the start of 2021. The committee approved a number of changes during their online conference last week that will impact this year’s OFC Champions League, various youth tournaments and the …

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Oceania FC & Melanesian Spearhead Group sign agreement!

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Secretariat Acting Director General George Hoa’au and the President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Lambert Maltock to establish a mutually cooperative relationship between the two organisations, in promoting and developing football and futsal in Melanesia. …

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