Oceania Football Confederation

Oceania Football Confederation
Abbreviation	OFC
Formation	1966
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
Membership	14 member associations (11 full)
Official language	English
President	Lambert Maltock ; acting
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	www.oceaniafootball.com

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football, consisting of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Tonga, and other Pacific Island countries. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.

OFC is predominantly made up of island nations where association football is not the most popular sport. Consequently, the OFC has little influence in the wider football world, either in terms of international competition or as a source of players for high-profile club competitions. In 2006, the OFC's largest and most successful nation, Australia, left to join the Asian Football Confederation, leaving New Zealand as the largest federation within the OFC.

David Chung has been the President of OFC until April 2018. Rajesh Patel is the Senior Vice President, Lee Harmon is the Vice-President while Tai Nicholas is the General Secretary.^[1]

Oceania is the only confederation to have not had at least one international title (AFC has won the Women's World Cup, CAF has enjoyed Olympic success, and members of the CONCACAF have won the Confederations Cup as well enjoyed successes in the Women's World Cup), the best result being Australia making the final of the 1997 Confederations Cup.

Member nations

Current members

OFC is made up of 11 full member associations and 3 associate members. Those three are associate members of the OFC, but are not FIFA members.^[2]

Code	Association	National teams	Founded	Membership	FIFA affiliation	OFC affiliation	IOC member
ASA	American Samoa	(M, W)	1984	Full	1998	1998	Yes	^{[Note 1]}
COK	Cook Islands	(M, W)	1971	Full	1994	1994	Yes	^{[Note 2]}
FIJ	Fiji	(M, W)	1938	Full	1964	1966	Yes
KIR	Kiribati	(M, W)	1980	Associate	N/A	2007	Yes
NCL	New Caledonia	(M, W)	1928	Full	2004	2004	No	^{[Note 3]}
NZL	New Zealand	(M, W)	1891	Full	1948	1966	Yes
NIU	Niue	(M, W)	1960	Associate	N/A	2006	No	^{[Note 2]}
PNG	Papua New Guinea	(M, W)	1962	Full	1966	1966	Yes
SAM	Samoa	(M, W)	1968	Full	1986	1986	Yes
SOL	Solomon Islands	(M, W)	1979	Full	1988	1988	Yes
TAH	Tahiti	(M, W)	1989	Full	1990	1990	Yes	^{[Note 3]}
TGA	Tonga	(M, W)	1965	Full	1994	1994	Yes
TUV	Tuvalu	(M, W)	1979	Associate	N/A	2006	Yes
VAN	Vanuatu	(M, W)	1934	Full	1988	1988	Yes

Notes

↑ Unincorporated territory of the United States
1 2 Free associated state with New Zealand
1 2 Collectivity of France

Former members

Australia (1966–1972, 1978–2006)^[3]
Chinese Taipei (1976–1978, 1982–1989)
Northern Mariana Islands (1998–2009)

Israel entered OFC World Cup qualification in 1986 and 1990 due to political reasons, though it never became a formal OFC member.

Non-members

Several sovereign states or dependencies in Oceania have national teams with no affiliation. All play infrequently and may have been inactive for several years. There are also some which do not have a national team.

F.S. Micronesia
Palau
Wallis and Futuna
Nauru
Marshall Islands
Tokelau
Norfolk Island
Pitcairn Islands

Sovereign states and dependencies with territory in Oceania but are members of other federations:
Asian Football Confederation

History

The confederation formed in 1966 with the following as founding members^[4]:

the Australian Soccer Federation (from 2005: Football Federation Australia)
New Zealand Soccer (subsequently New Zealand Football)
the Fiji Football Association
the Papua New Guinea Football Association

Australia resigned as an OFC member in 1972 to pursue membership with the AFC, but they rejoined in 1978.^[5]^[6] Chinese Taipei were an OFC member from 1975 to 1989. In 1996 FIFA confirmed the OFC as a full confederation and granted it a seat on the FIFA executive.^[7] In 1998 the OFC unveiled a new logo and an official magazine, entitled The Wave. On 24 May 2004, New Caledonia became the 12th member of the OFC. On 1 January 2006, Australia left the OFC again and joined the Asian Football Confederation. In 2008 an associate member, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, also left the OFC and in 2009 joined the AFC as a quasi-member. In late 2009 the Palau Soccer Association also applied for the same status with the AFC.^[8]

Presidents

Competitions

Current champions

Competitions	Champion	Title	Runner-Up	Next edition
Clubs
OFC Champions League	Team Wellington	1st	Lautoka	2019
Nations men
OFC Nations Cup	New Zealand	5th	Papua New Guinea	2020
OFC U-20 Championship	New Zealand	6th	Vanuatu	2018
OFC U-17 Championship	New Zealand	6th	New Caledonia	2018
OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	Fiji	1st	Vanuatu	2019
OFC Futsal Championship	Solomon Islands	5th	New Zealand	2018
OFC Youth Futsal Tournament	Solomon Islands (men's) New Zealand (women's)	1st	New Zealand (men's) Tonga (women's)	2018
OFC Beach Soccer Championship	Solomon Islands	4th	New Caledonia	2019
Nations women
OFC Women's Nations Cup	New Zealand	5th	Papua New Guinea	2018
OFC U-20 Women's Championship	New Zealand	6th	Fiji	2019
OFC U-17 Women's Championship	New Zealand	4th	New Caledonia	2019
OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament	New Zealand	3rd	Papua New Guinea	2018

OFC Competitions

Clubs:

National teams:

Defunct

Wantok Cup

FIFA World Cup qualifiers

Oceania has sent representatives to the FIFA World Cup four times: Australia in 1974 and 2006, and New Zealand in 1982 and 2010. (Australia has additionally qualified three times since leaving the OFC for the AFC following the 2006 FIFA World Cup: 2010, 2014 and 2018.) Neither Australia in 1974 nor New Zealand in 1982 and 2010 progressed beyond the first round. Of the four teams, only Australia in 2006 advanced to the second round.

The OFC is the only FIFA confederation that does not have a guaranteed spot in the World Cup finals (a major reason for Australia's leaving the confederation in 2006 to join Asia). Between 1966 and 1982, OFC teams joined the Asian zone qualification tournament, while from 1986 onwards, the winners of the Oceanian zone qualification tournament have to enter the intercontinental play-offs against teams from other confederations in order to gain a spot in the FIFA World Cup finals.

Senior OFC teams record

OFC FIFA World Cup record
Year	Qualifier	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Format
1930	No teams from Oceania entered
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966	No OFC team qualified									Entered in Africa and Asia
1970	No OFC team qualified									Entered in Asia
1974	Australia	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	0	5	Entered in Asia
1978	No OFC team qualified									Entered in Asia
1982	New Zealand	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	12	Entered in Asia
1986	No OFC team qualified									Round-robin Play-off
1990										First round Second round Play-off
1994										First Round Second Round 1st play-off 2nd play-off
1998										First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2002										First Round Second Round Play-off
2006	Australia^{[n 1]}	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	5	6	First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2010	New Zealand	Group stage	22nd	3	0	3	0	2	2	First Round Second Round Play-off
2014	No OFC team qualified									First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2018	No OFC team qualified									First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2022	To be determined
2026	To be determined
Total	4/20	Round of 16		13	1	5	7	9	25

↑ Australia qualified through OFC qualifying competition however the Football Federation Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC on 1 January 2006.

OFC play-off record

1970 AFC–OFC Final Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Israel	2–1	Australia	1–0	1–1

1974 AFC–OFC Final Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	2–2¹	South Korea	0–0	2–2

¹ Australia beat South Korea 1–0 in a play-off to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.

1986 UEFA–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	2–0	Australia	2–0	0–0

1990 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Colombia	1–0	Israel	1–0	0–0

Israel played in the OFC zone for political reasons.

1994 CONCACAF–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canada	3–3 (P)	Australia	2–1	1–2

1994 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	1–2	Argentina	1–1	0–1

1998 AFC–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Iran	(A) 3–3	Australia	1–1	2–2

2002 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	1–3	Uruguay	1–0	0–3

2006 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Uruguay	1–1 (P)	Australia	1–0	0–1

2010 AFC–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bahrain	0–1	New Zealand	0–0	0–1

2014 CONCACAF–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Mexico	9–3	New Zealand	5–1	4–2

2018 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
New Zealand	0–2	Peru	0–0	0–2

FIFA U-20 World Cup

See also: Men's U-20 World Cup Qualifiers

FIFA U-17 World Cup

See also: Men's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

Women's World Cup Finals

Australia is no longer an OFC member since 2006, when they joined the AFC.

Team	1991	1995	1999	2003	2007	2011	2015	Total
Australia		GS	GS	GS	part of AFC			3
New Zealand	GS				GS	GS	GS	4

See also Women's U-20 World Cup Qualifiers
See also Women's U-17 World Cup Qualifiers

FIFA Confederations Cup

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
GS – Group stage
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
q — Qualified; tournament in progress
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
× — Did not enter / Withdrew from the OFC Nations Cup or withdrew from the Confederations Cup / Banned
— Hosts

Team	1992	1995	1997	1999	2001	2003	2005	2009	2013	2017	Total
Australia	×	×	2nd	•	3rd	•	GS				3
New Zealand	•	•	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	•	GS	4
Tahiti	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	GS	•	1
Total	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8

FIFA Futsal World Cup

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals
R2 — Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
R1 — Round 1
Q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
— Hosts

Nation	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	Years
Australia	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1				5
Solomon Islands						R1	R1	R1	3
Nations	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Legend

1st — Champions
2nd — Runners-up
3rd — Third place
4th — Fourth place
QF — Quarterfinals (1999–2001, 2004–present)
R1 — Round 1
q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•• — Qualified but withdrew
• — Did not qualify
— Hosts

Nation	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	Years
Australia	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 9th									1
Solomon Islands	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	R1 16th	R1 12th	R1 13th	•	R1 11th	•		5
Tahiti	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	R1 12th	4th	2nd	2nd	4
Nations	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1

National Team rankings

Last updates:
- Men's national teams – 7 June 2018 –^[9]
- Women's national teams – 7 June 2018 –^[10]

Top men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.				Top women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA.
OFC	FIFA	Nation	Points	OFC	FIFA	Nation	Points
1	120	New Zealand	256	1	20	New Zealand	1810
2	143	Solomon Islands	190	2	148**	Papua New Guinea	1473
3	154	New Caledonia	150			Fiji	1292
4	157	Tahiti	130			Tonga	1258
5	117	Vanuatu	117			New Caledonia	1252
6	165	Fiji	104			Tahiti	1238
7	166	Papua New Guinea	103			Cook Islands	1185
8	192	American Samoa	38			Solomon Islands	1144
9	192	Cook Islands	38			Vanuatu	1139
10	197	Samoa	32			Samoa	1138
11	205	Tonga	0			American Samoa	1075

* – Provisionally listed due to not having played more than five matches against officially ranked teams
** – Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not ranked

References

↑ "Oceania Football Confederation - OFC Home". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Member Associations". Oceania Football. Oceania Football Confederation.
↑ "Oceania Football Confederation - Content". archive.org. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ A Dictionary of Sports Studies. ISBN 019921381X.
↑ OFC History oceaniafootball.com
↑ "Oceania admit Taiwan and Aussies quit". Reuters, UPI. The Straits Times. 1 March 1976.
↑ FIFA.com. "FIFA Congress - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
↑ FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table - Oceanian Zone - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
↑ FIFA.com. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking - Oceanian Zone - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

External links

Oceania Football Confederation official website
Oceania Football Confederation, SoccerLens.com. Retrieved: 10 September 2010.

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[uninc-usa-3] Unincorporated territory of the United States

[free-nz-4] 1 2 Free associated state with New Zealand

[coll-fr-5] 1 2 Collectivity of France

[Australia2006-12] Australia qualified through OFC qualifying competition however the Football Federation Australia officially left the OFC and joined the AFC on 1 January 2006.

[1] "Oceania Football Confederation - OFC Home". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[2] "Member Associations". Oceania Football. Oceania Football Confederation.

[6] "Oceania Football Confederation - Content". archive.org. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[7] A Dictionary of Sports Studies. ISBN 019921381X.

[8] OFC History oceaniafootball.com

[9] "Oceania admit Taiwan and Aussies quit". Reuters, UPI. The Straits Times. 1 March 1976.

[10] FIFA.com. "FIFA Congress - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 14 March 2017.

[11] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-03-27.

[13] FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table - Oceanian Zone - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[14] FIFA.com. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking - Oceanian Zone - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

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Abbreviation	OFC
Formation	1966 (1966)
Type	Sports organisation
Headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
Membership	14 member associations (11 full)
Official language	English
President	Lambert Maltock acting
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	www.oceaniafootball.com