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Oceania

Vanuatu’s Maltock returned for another term as OFC president

By Samindra Kunti in Kigali

March 15 – Lambert Maltock from the Pacific Island Vanuatu has been re-elected for another four-year team as president of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). 

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Concacaf

Concacaf and OFC look to the future with new Memorandum of Understanding

October 24 – Concacaf and The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding which will see the two confederations collaborate on developing the game in both regions.

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Oceania

Auckland FC secure 10th appearance at CWC with 10th OFC Champions League win

August 17 – New Zealand’s Auckland City FC have booked a ticket for the Club World Cup after defeating Tahiti’s AS Venus 3-0 to clinch a 10th OFC Champions League.

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Oceania

Cook Islands club gifted slot for Oceania Champions League finals in New Zealand

June 7 – The finals tournament for Oceania’s Champions League will be hosted by New Zealand in August, with all eight competing teams to be confirmed at the end of June, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has announced.

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Oceania

Fiji to host OFC Women’s Nations Cup, winners earn 2023 World Cup play-off

April 29 – Fiji will host the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 in July with the winner earning a spot for the inter-continental playoffs on the road to the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

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Oceania

New Zealand beat Tahiti to set up OFC qualifying final against the Solomon Islands

By Samindra Kunti in Doha

March 28 – New Zealand edged towards a ticket for the international World Cup playoff following a laboured 1-0 victory against Tahiti to set up the OFC qualification final against Solomon Islands.

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Oceania

OFC 2022 qualifiers: Covid kills Vanuatu’s campaign, Cook Islands also hit

March 21 – Vanuatu have withdrawn from Oceania’s eight-team World Cup qualifiers because of a Covid-19 outbreak in the squad. The Cooks Islands’ second game was also postponed due to positive coronavirus cases. 

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Oceania

OFC 2022 qualifiers: Solomon Islands open with win, Vanuatu hit by Covid, NZ waiting

March 18 – The Solomon Islands defeated the Cook Islands 2-0 to kick off the eight-team Oceania World Cup qualifiers with a ticket for the intercontinental playoffs at stake, but on the first day of the tournament Tahiti – Vanuatu had to be postponed because of a Covid-19 outbreak.

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Law

Arrest warrants issued for OFC bosses charged with fraud over House of Football site in NZ

By Andrew Warshaw

February 17 – Years after being plunged into scandal with a spate of high ranking officials banned for financial wrongdoing, the Oceania Football Association (OFC) has once again become embroiled in chaos and corruption.

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Football Asia

AFC mobilises Asian support for OFC’s Tongan appeal

January 25 – Support is gathering for the Oceania Football Confederation’s campaign to support Tonga following the devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami which hit the country.

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Coronavirus

Auckland City record ‘disappointing’ Club World Cup double

January 4 – Auckland City officials say they are “bitterly disappointed’’ at having to pull out of Club World Cup finals in the United Arab Emirates for a second successive year over Covid-19 quarantine issues.

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Oceania

Qatar to host OFC nations for centralised 2022 World Cup qualifying

November 30 – Qatar will host the 2022 Oceania World Cup qualifiers featuring eight participants following the withdrawal of both Samoa and American Samoa, FIFA have announced.

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Oceania

FIFA-forgotten Pacific Islands plan new regional tournament

February 14 – A new competition for non-FIFA affiliated Oceania regions is in the pipeline according to local reports.

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Oceania

Pacific pariah: FIFA bans former OFC boss Nicholas for eight years

By Andrew Warshaw

May 30 – Yet another high-profile former FIFA bigwig has been thrown out of the game, making a mockery of the suggestion that corruption is over among those who have served football’s world governing body.

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Oceania

Wood becomes first female president of New Zealand FA

April 3 – Johanna Wood has been elected the first female president of New Zealand Football (NZF) in an overhaul of the ruling body’s governance following a tumultuous 2018.

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