The stage was set for another chapter in a heated rivalry as Auckland City FC and Wellington Olympic AFC locked horns at Kiwitea Street Stadium on a bright, sunny Saturday in Auckland. The Navy Blues secured a narrow 1-0 victory over Wellington Olympic AFC in a tightly contested first leg of the New Zealand NationalContinue reading “Auckland City takes narrow lead over Wellington Olympic in first leg of OFC Champions League Qualifier”
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OFC Women’s U-19 Championship quarterfinal stage is set
Fiji is hosting the OFC U-19 Women’s Championship, the most important youth tournament for women’s football in the South Pacific. Well-known players such as Gabi Rennie and CJ Bott (New Zealand), Kiani Wong (Tahiti), Matalena Daniells (Samoa) and Meagan Gunemba (Papua New Guinea) had already participated in this tourament, giving their first steps to impressContinue reading “OFC Women’s U-19 Championship quarterfinal stage is set”
Football Ferns in dire straits as FIFA Women’s World Cup looms
The New Zealand women’s football team has always been one of the greatest prides of Oceania, managing to compete at a high level with teams such as Brazil, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and other powers of the sport. Just a few months before the World Cup where New Zealand will be one of the hostsContinue reading “Football Ferns in dire straits as FIFA Women’s World Cup looms”
OFC U-17 Championship: New Zealand beats New Caledonia to lift the trophy
New Zealand confirmed their favoritism and won the OFC U-17 Championship for the ninth time, moving ever closer to overtaking Australia – which has 10 titles – as the tournament’s greatest champion. It was not an easy tournament for the Kiwis, they faced difficulties in almost every match of the competition. In the final –Continue reading “OFC U-17 Championship: New Zealand beats New Caledonia to lift the trophy”
Four teams, two spots and a dream: the FIFA U-17 World Cup
New Zealand, Fiji, Tahiti and New Caledonia will play the semifinals of the U-17 OFC Championship on Wednesday – January 25th – in search of their dream of going to Peru to compete at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. New Zealand have played in the tournament numerous times before, New Caledonia will be looking toContinue reading “Four teams, two spots and a dream: the FIFA U-17 World Cup”
OFC U-17 Championship: Fiji and New Zealand play decisive semifinal
Fiji and New Zealand will meet at 7 pm local time on January 25th in Suva, the Fijian capital. Both teams have confirmed their favouritism and advanced to the semifinal of the tournament. FIJI VS COOK ISLANDS Fiji started the game controlling possession as expected, but the lack of creativity not allowed the hosts toContinue reading “OFC U-17 Championship: Fiji and New Zealand play decisive semifinal”
OFC U-17 Championship: The quarterfinals are set
The quarterfinals of the OFC U-17 Championship were decided this Wednesday – 18th January – after a draw by the Oceania Football Confederation. In the first leg of the quarterfinals New Caledonia will face Samoa in Suva on January 21st at 4pm local time; New Caledonia is the favourite to take the semifinal spot, butContinue reading “OFC U-17 Championship: The quarterfinals are set”
New Zealand and Tahiti win to qualify for quarterfinals of OFC U-17 Championship
New Zealand and Tahiti came in as heavy favourites for the matches against American Samoa and the Cook Islands respectively. And on the field both responded positively by qualifying for the quarterfinals of the OFC U-17 Championship. NEW ZEALAND VS AMERICAN SAMOA New Zealand had no mercy on American Samoa and did what is expectedContinue reading “New Zealand and Tahiti win to qualify for quarterfinals of OFC U-17 Championship”
New Zealand and Tahiti win on the first match day of the OFC U-17 Championship
NEW ZEALAND VS NEW CALEDONIA New Zealand and New Caledonia took the field in Ba to kick off the OFC U-17 championship yesterday – January 11th. Against the odds, the game started with New Caledonia putting the Kiwis under pressure, with coach Leonardo Lopez employing a bold strategy to try to surprise New Zealand –Continue reading “New Zealand and Tahiti win on the first match day of the OFC U-17 Championship”
All set for the start of the OFC U-17 Championship in Fiji
On Wednesday the 11th New Caledonia and New Zealand will kick off the OFC U-17 Championship. Nine teams (Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, American Samoa, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands) begin the race for two spots in this year’s U-17 World Cup to be held in Peru. Solomon Islands and Papua NewContinue reading “All set for the start of the OFC U-17 Championship in Fiji”
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