The OFC player development mission to Tonga proved insightful as coaches departed with new knowledge to strengthen youth football in the region. Under the guidance of OFC Player Development Officer Phillip Parker, 11 participants from Tonga Football Association (TFA) featured in the Youth Football coaching course certificate programme alongside a …
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Coaches from across Oceania celebrated the successful completion of the first-ever Coach Educator Course held at the Tonga Football Association (TFA). The course, a collaborative effort between Tonga and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), aimed to bolster the capacity of Member Associations (MA) to deliver top-tier learning experiences for coaches. …
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Teufaiva Stadium is all set to host it’s third and final tournament of the year, it’ll see four nations grace the turf as they vie for the final spot at the OFC U-16 Men’s Championship in Tahiti in July. For hosts Tonga, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, and American Samoa …
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Host nation Vanuatu will look to use their home field advantage as they kick off the OFC U-19 Men’s Championship 2024 – Qualifying in Port Vila tomorrow. The tournament begins at the spectacular setting of Freshwater Stadium which was extensively redeveloped ahead of last year’s OFC Men’s Champions League which …
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Tonga’s first professional player, Ata Inia, is already making his impact felt on the game of football despite not having set foot on the field for his country. At the end of 2020, Inia, committed his allegiance to Tonga despite representing his birth country, Australia, at U-18 level. Over three …
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Former Tongan international Mausia Patolo has become the first woman in OFC outside of New Zealand to achieve the OFC Goalkeeping C Licence. After being given a chance in 2022 through OFC/New Zealand Football to complete the C Licence course, Patolo officially qualified in February this year. It means Tonga …
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All three teams have been talking up their chances of qualifying for June’s OFC Nations Cup in Vanuatu, on the eve of the Qualifying tournament in Tonga. Host nation Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands will battle over the next week in Nuku’alofa for a place at the OFC showpiece …
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After seven years, things are looking up for Tonga Football Association (TFA), who will host three OFC competitions in 2024 and welcome a brand-new stadium in the Kingdom. February’s OFC Men’s Champions League – Qualifying in Nuku’alofa was the first time since 2017 that the Tonga FA had hosted an …
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It’s been over a year since the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami devastated Tonga, and lives are still far from normal. The eruption on January 15, 2022 affected more than 80% of the population of Tonga, with an estimated 36,500 children impacted. It caused an estimated $90.4 million in …
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Just over a year ago, Tonga experienced its most terrifying natural disaster. The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha’apai volcanic episode is considered to be the most powerful such event in the world since the history-book defining 1883 Krakatoa eruption. Ash and sediment rained down on Tonga’s main island Tongatapu as the summer …
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