More than four years on from the last edition of the tournament being held in September 2018, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the OFC U-17 Championship returns. Held across venues in both Suva and Ba in Fiji, the tournament serves as the Oceania qualifier for the FIFA U-17 World Cup …
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The provisional squad lists for the OFC U-17 Championship 2023 have been confirmed ahead of the tournament kicking off this week. Ten Member Associations will contest the tournament between January 11-28, with the two finalists qualifying for FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru. OFC U-17 Championship 2023 – Provisional squads American …
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The Oceania Football Confederation have partnered with New Zealand Football to deliver the first Pro Licence coaching diploma in Oceania. The Pro Licence is the global standard for elite level coaches and a requirement to coach in many of the top leagues around the world. Andy Boyens, Technical Director at …
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Match officials from eight Oceania Football Confederation Member Associations will control matches at January’s OFC U-17 Championship 2023 in Fiji. Among the 20-strong group selected are female assistant referees Natalia Lumukana and Stephanie Minan, who in 2021 were among five Oceania match officials shortlisted to officiate at the 2023 FIFA …
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Last month saw the OFC and representatives from our Member Associations take part in the International Working Group on Women and Sport (IWG) World Conference. Held every four years, the event in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland was the eighth time the conference has been held and was the largest yet – with …
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Last month’s FIFA/OFC C-Licence course for women held in Christchurch, New Zealand has been hailed a success, with 19 female coaches from eight Member Associations taking part. The five-day course saw attendees take part in both theory and practical sessions, in addition to observing camp with the Football Ferns who …
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Fourteen Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) officials took the opportunity to upskill in Sydney on November 25/26. Football Federation Australia facilitated a VAR course for them, designed to show how the video assistant referee system works. The course was run by Mathew Cheeseman, Edward Lennie and Renae Coghill of the FFA. …
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The Oceania Football Confederation Executive Committee has approved plans for the formation of the OFC Professional League, during the OFC Executive Committee meeting in Doha, Qatar on November 19. A taskforce was formed in 2019 with the sole purpose of determining the viability of a professional league in the Oceania …
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Social Responsibility managers and champions of equality across several countries and sports gathered at OFC’s Home of Football, Te Kahu o Kiwa, on Friday, November 11 to take part in the OFC Sport for Gender Equality Workshop. The workshop acted as an introduction to OFC’s ‘Equal Oceania’ Playbook for Gender …
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November 20 marks World Children’s Day, a special time across the region. OFC is committed to using football to enrich the lives of our young people around Oceania, with the theme this year being ‘Inclusion, For Every Child’. So far this year, our Just Play program has brought football to …
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