Tag Archives: Oceania

The OFC Extraordinary Congress held at Kigali in Rwanda has elected Lambert Maltock (Vanuatu) unopposed as President for a second four-year term. Maltock was first elected at the March 2019 Congress in Auckland New Zealand. FIFA President Gianni Infantino addressed the Congress saying “this year is huge for the Oceania …

Clubs from all six of FIFA’s confederations are assured of participating in the inaugural expanded 2025 tournament after the access blueprint was unanimously agreed upon by the FIFA Council in Rwanda on Tuesday on March 14, 2023. The initial decision to revise the format of the competition to a 32-team …

International Women’s Day saw OFC staff in Auckland help evolve one of our most important pieces of work in the last year. The Gender Equality Playbook was launched last November, but was never intended to be a static document, instead something that would grow thanks to data collected around the …

Clarity, Connection and Cohesion were the buzz words at OFC’s Executive Programme launch for General Secretaries in Auckland late last month. The three Cs are important to consider when discussing strategy, especially at a time of tremendous organisational growth within the Member Associations. General Secretaries are in a key position …

The Oceania Football Confederation was last month admitted into the UN’s Football for the Goals, a programme launched by the United Nations to use football as a tool to address the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It’s been well established that sport can be an important enabler for achieving the SDGs. …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Lambert Maltock, President of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), have met in Paris for high-level talks on the future of football within the region. A wide variety of topics were discussed during the meeting, which was also attended by OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo, including …

Fiji hosted Just Play’s first regional instructor training in three years last month in Nadi with representatives from Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and Kiribati Islands where the programme is launching for the first time this year. The focus was on the Health and Wash curriculum …

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) and New Zealand Football (NZF) will hold a Goalkeeper C course between March 2-5 at Memorial Park, Petone in Wellington. Participants will take part in pre-course online modules, in course practical and theoretical learning before leading their own sessions at the end of the course. …

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is pleased to announce it has been accepted as an official member of the United Nation’s Football for the Goals (FFTG). The programme is a UN initiative that provides a platform for the global football community to engage with and advocate for the 17 Sustainable Development …

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has launched the Power of Football strategy, an ambitious programme to enhance the wellbeing of individuals and communities across the Pacific. OFC has long recognised the power of football to develop individuals and communities and has led the delivery of football for development programmes which …