Photo Credit: OFC Media Gone are the days of traditional teaching methods as OFC embraces new, modern approaches to training match officials and instructors. At a recent regional instructors’ course…
Photo Credit: OFC Media via Phototek: Left to right Yahya Alathwani, Reem Albishi, OFC Instructor Alejo Perez Leguizamon, Maria Estefania Pinto, Andres Daniel Pena Garcia OFC Futsal referees have benefited…
Photo Credit: OFC Media via Tonga FA The path to FIFA status has become that much clearer for OFC referees with the introduction of new badges for the region. At…
Photo Credit: SIFF Media It’s a significant milestone for Solomon Islands Football Federation (SIFF) with eight referees receiving their FIFA accreditation for 2024, in a ceremony held last week. The…
Photo Credit: OFC Media Plans to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) into OFC competitions have taken a significant step forward this week in Auckland. Under the guidance of Lewis Watterson…
Photo Credit: OFC Media Two referees from Oceania have been given the opportunity to attend Argentina Football Association’s Pre-season Camp for Professional Referees at the National Training Centre, “Lionel Messi”…
Photo Credit: OFC Media OFC delivered two refereeing workshops in Auckland in November, focusing on both fitness instructor development and women pre-elite referees. The three-day workshops – which ran concurrently…
For the first time, Oceania Football Confederation referees attended a Safeguarding workshop hosted by OFC who have been making admirable strides towards safeguarding in football. 44 referees across Oceania were…
Three match officials from the Oceania region were a part of all the action at the inaugural FIFA Arab Cup 2021™ in Qatar last month. New Zealand’s Matthew Conger was…
The Papua New Guinea Football Association (PNGFA), in collaboration with FIFA, held a week-long FIFA-MA Referee Workshop dedicated to females in Mount Hagen last month. The event – which was…