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India U-19s to face Vanuatu & New Caledonia!

Gearing up for the AFC U-19 Championship qualifiers later this year, the Indian U-19 National Team will be participating in the OFC Youth Development Tournament and clashing swords against Vanuatu U-19 and New Caledonia U-19 later this month. Prior to their encounters against Vanuatu on August 18 and New Caledonia …

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204 member associations in contention for 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar berths!

With 204 member associations still in the race for a berth at the 2022 FIFA World Cup – Qatar, AFC House in Kuala Lumpur is set to take centre stage on July 17, 2019, when 40 Asian member associations will learn their fate during the draw for the second round of …

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Pacific Islands benefit from AFC-SOAP workshop!

A second AFC-Special Olympics Asia Pacific (SOAP) Social Responsibility workshop concluded recently on the Pacific Island of Fiji. The workshop is part of an ongoing Memorandum of Understanding between the AFC and SOAP to promote social inclusion through football in Asia, with the first taking place in Singapore for the …

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Oceania Football Confederation president David Chung resigns!

World football governing body FIFA has taken note of the resignation of David Chung as a member of the FIFA Council and as President of OFC (Oceania Football Confederation) for personal reasons. In accordance with the FIFA Statutes (art. 33 par. 8), OFC members will now have to decide on …

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2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup: New Caledonia keeping it in the family!

When New Caledonia take the field later this year at the FIFA U-17 World Cup, it will mark the latest of several such milestones for Oceania football in recent years. Tahiti and Papua New Guinea have hosted maiden FIFA tournaments in the past couple of years, while just last month …

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WIFA, MCGM & Mumbai City FC join hands to launch Just Play Program!

The Western India Football Association (WIFA) with the support of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and Mumbai City FC today announced the launch of the award winning Just Play pilot programme in the state of Maharashtra. Just Play is an Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) programme developed in 11 …

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