Oceania Football Confederation
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.
Abbreviation | OFC |
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Formation | 1966 |
Type | Sports organisation |
Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
Region served | Oceania (Australian continent) |
Membership | 14 member associations (11 full) |
Official language | English |
President | Lambert Maltock |
Parent organization | FIFA |
Website | www |
FIFA confederations |
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AFC, CAF, CONCACAF |
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA |
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. OFC is the only confederation to have not had at least one international title, the best result being Australia making the final of the 1997 Confederations Cup.
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]
History
The confederation formed in 1966 with the following as founding members[2]:
- 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.[3][4] Chinese Taipei was 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.[5] 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 Football Association also applied for the same status with the AFC.[6]
Presidents
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.[7]
Code | Association | National teams | Founded | Membership | FIFA affiliation |
OFC affiliation |
IOC member |
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ASA | (M, W) | 1984 | Full | 1998 | 1998 | Yes | [Note 1] | |
COK | (M, W) | 1971 | Full | 1994 | 1994 | Yes | [Note 2] | |
FIJ | (M, W) | 1938 | Full | 1964 | 1966 | Yes | ||
KIR | (M, W) | 1980 | Associate | N/A | 2007 | Yes | ||
NCL | (M, W) | 1928 | Full | 2004 | 2004 | No | [Note 3] | |
NZL | (M, W) | 1891 | Full | 1948 | 1966 | Yes | ||
NIU | (M, W) | 1960 | Associate | N/A | 2006 | No | [Note 2] | |
PNG | (M, W) | 1962 | Full | 1966 | 1966 | Yes | ||
SAM | (M, W) | 1968 | Full | 1986 | 1986 | Yes | ||
SOL | (M, W) | 1979 | Full | 1988 | 1988 | Yes | ||
TAH | (M, W) | 1989 | Full | 1990 | 1990 | No | [Note 3] | |
TGA | (M, W) | 1965 | Full | 1994 | 1994 | Yes | ||
TUV | (M, W) | 1979 | Associate | N/A | 2006 | Yes | ||
VAN | (M, W) | 1934 | Full | 1988 | 1988 | Yes |
Notes
- Unincorporated territory of the United States
- Free associated state with New Zealand
- Collectivity of France
Former members
Australia (1966–1972, 1978–2006)[8] 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
Sovereign states and dependencies with territory in Oceania but are members of other federations.
- Australia (AFC)
- Guam (AFC)
- Northern Mariana Islands (AFC)
- Hawaii (CONCACAF under USA)
- Easter Island (CONMEBOL under Chile)
- West Papua (AFC under Indonesia)
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
Competitions
Current title holders
OFC Competitions
National teams:
- OFC Nations Cup
- OFC U-23 Championship
- OFC U-20 Championship
- OFC U-17 Championship
- OFC Women's Nations Cup
- OFC U-20 Women's Championship
- OFC U-17 Women's Championship
- OFC Futsal Championship
- OFC Beach Soccer Championship
- OFC Champions League
- OFC Futsal Champions League
National teams:
Clubs:
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Rankings
Men's & women's national teams
Top men's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA. |
Top women's national teams Rankings are calculated by FIFA. | |||||||||
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OFC | FIFA | Nation | Points | +/- | OFC | FIFA | Nation | Points | +/- | |
1 | 122 | 1157 | 1 | 23 | 1766 | |||||
2 | 141 | 1073 | 2 | 50 | 1479 | |||||
3 | 154 | 1035 | 3 | 72 | 1355 | |||||
4 | 159 | 1014 | 4 | 87 | 1249 | |||||
5 | 163 | 996 | 5 | 91 | 1239 | |||||
5 | 163 | 996 | 6 | 97 | 1218 | |||||
7 | 165 | 991 | 7 | 119 | 1161 | |||||
8 | 192 | 900 | 8 | 110 | 1159 | |||||
9 | 194 | 894 | 9 | 111 | 1153 | |||||
10 | 205 | 862 | 10 | 115 | 1130 | |||||
11 | 999 | 908 | 11 | 128 | 1047 |
- * – 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
Top ranked men's national teams
Major Tournaments
FIFA World Cup
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 the Australians 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.
- Legend
- 1st – Champion
- 2nd – Runner-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
- GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
- 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
- • — Did not qualify
- × — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
- — Hosts
FIFA World Cup record | ||||||||||
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Year | Qualifier | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | Format |
No teams from Oceania entered | ||||||||||
No OFC team qualified | Entered in Africa and Asia | |||||||||
Entered in Asia | ||||||||||
Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | Entered in Asia | ||
No OFC team qualified | Entered in Asia | |||||||||
Group stage | 23rd | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | Entered in Asia | ||
No OFC team qualified | Round-robin Play-off | |||||||||
First round Second round Play-off | ||||||||||
First Round Second Round 1st play-off 2nd play-off | ||||||||||
First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off | ||||||||||
First Round Second Round Play-off | ||||||||||
Round of 16 | 16th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off | ||
Group stage | 22nd | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | First Round Second Round Play-off | ||
No OFC team qualified | First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off | |||||||||
First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off | ||||||||||
To be determined | ||||||||||
Total | 4/23 | Round of 16 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 25 | ||
OFC play-off record
1970 AFC–OFC Final Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Israel |
2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
1974 AFC–OFC Final Round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Australia |
(A) 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
1986 UEFA–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Scotland |
2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
1990 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Colombia |
1–0 | 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 |
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Canada |
3–3 (P) | 2–1 | 1–2 |
1994 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Australia |
1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
1998 AFC–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Iran |
(A) 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
2002 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Australia |
1–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 |
2006 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Uruguay |
1–1 (P) | 1–0 | 0–1 |
2010 AFC–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Bahrain |
0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
2014 CONCACAF–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Mexico |
9–3 | 5–1 | 4–2 |
2018 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
New Zealand |
0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
FIFA Women's World Cup
Australia is no longer an OFC member since 2006, when they joined the AFC.
Team | 1991 (12) | 1995 (12) | 1999 (16) | 2003 (16) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (16) | 2015 (24) | 2019 (24) | 2023 (32) | Total |
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GS | GS | GS | Part of AFC | 3 | ||||||
GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
Summer Olympics for men
Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games.
Team | 1900 (3) | 1904 (3) | 1908 (6) | 1912 (11) | 1920 (14) | 1924 (22) | 1928 (17) | 1936 (16) | 1948 (18) | 1952 (25) | 1956 (11) | 1960 (16) | 1964 (14) | 1968 (16) | 1972 (16) | 1976 (13) | 1980 (16) | 1984 (16) | 1988 (16) | 1992 (16) | 1996 (16) | 2000 (16) | 2004 (16) | 2008 (16) | 2012 (16) | 2016 (16) | 2020 (16) | Total | |
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– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | =5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 7 | Part of AFC | 6 | |||||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16 | – | 1 | ||
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14 | 16 | – | q | 3 | ||
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Summer Olympics for women
Team | 1996 (8) | 2000 (8) | 2004 (10) | 2008 (12) | 2012 (12) | 2016 (12) | 2020 (12) | Total |
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– | 7 | 5 | Part of AFC | 2 | ||||
– | – | – | 10 | 8 | 9 | q | 4 | |
Total | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Team | 1977 (16) |
1979 (16) |
1981 (16) |
1983 (16) |
1985 (16) |
1987 (16) |
1989 (16) |
1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (16) |
1997 (24) |
1999 (24) |
2001 (24) |
2003 (24) |
2005 (24) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
2019 (24) |
2021 (24) |
Total |
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• | QF | R1 | R1 | R1 | • | 4th | 4th | QF | R2 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | Part of AFC | 12 | |||||||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | 1 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | R1 | R1 | R2 | R2 | R2 | 6 | |||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | • | • | • | R1 | 2 | ||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | 1 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
Team | 2002 (12) |
2004 (12) |
2006 (16) |
2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2020 (16) |
Total |
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QF | QF | GS | Part of AFC | 3 | |||||||
• | • | GS | GS | GS | GS | QF | GS | GS | q | 8 | |
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | • | 1 | |
Total | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Team | 1985 (16) |
1987 (16) |
1989 (16) |
1991 (16) |
1993 (16) |
1995 (16) |
1997 (16) |
1999 (16) |
2001 (16) |
2003 (16) |
2005 (16) |
2007 (24) |
2009 (24) |
2011 (24) |
2013 (24) |
2015 (24) |
2017 (24) |
2019 (24) |
2021 (24) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
QF | QF | R1 | QF | QF | QF | • | 2nd | QF | R1 | R1 | Part of AFC | 10 | ||||||||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | • | 1 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | R1 | • | • | • | R1 | R2 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R1 | 9 | ||
• | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | R1 | 1 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Team | 2008 (16) |
2010 (16) |
2012 (16) |
2014 (16) |
2016 (16) |
2018 (16) |
2020 (16) |
Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R1 | R1 | R1 | GS | GS | 3rd | 6 | ||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
FIFA Futsal World Cup
Team | 1989 (16) | 1992 (16) | 1996 (16) | 2000 (16) | 2004 (16) | 2008 (20) | 2012 (24) | 2016 (24) | 2020 (24) | Total |
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R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | Part of AFC | 5 | ||||
R1 | R1 | R1 | q | 4 | ||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
The following is a performance timeline of the OFC teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.
Team | 2005[†] (12) |
2006 (16) |
2007 (16) |
2008[†] (16) |
2009 (16) |
2011 (16) |
2013 (16) |
2015[†] (16) |
2017[†] (16) |
2019 (16) |
2021 (16) |
Total |
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R1 | Member of AFC | 1 | ||||||||||
R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | |||||||
R1 | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | R1 | 5 | |||||||
Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
- Notes
- ^ In 2005, 2008, 2015 and 2017, no OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and teams were selected to represent OFC (2005: Australia; 2008: Solomon Islands; 2015 and 2017: Tahiti).
FIFA Confederations Cup
Team | 1992 (4) |
1995 (6) |
1997 (8) |
1999 (8) |
2001 (8) |
2003 (8) |
2005 (8) |
2009 (8) |
2013 (8) |
2017 (8) |
Total |
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× | × | 2nd | • | 3rd | • | GS | • | • | GS | 4 | |
× | × | • | GS | • | GS | • | GS | • | GS | 4 | |
× | × | • | • | • | • | • | • | GS | • | 1 | |
Total | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
- Notes
- Australia was an OFC member until 2005, and played three times in the FIFA Confederations Cup as an OFC member (1997, 2001, 2005). They became an AFC member in 2006, and qualified in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup as an AFC member.
See also
- FIFA
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
- CONCACAF
- Confederation of African Football (CAF)
- CONMEBOL
- UEFA
- List of association football competitions
References
- "Oceania Football Confederation – OFC Home". oceaniafootball.com. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. 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.
- "Regarding the agenda/ decisions of the 29th EAFF Executive Committee Meeting". Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
- "Member Associations". Oceania Football. Oceania Football Confederation. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
- "Oceania Football Confederation – Content". archive.org. 6 October 2009. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
- FIFA.com. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table - Oceanian Zone - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- FIFA.com. "The FIFA Women's World Ranking - Oceanian Zone - FIFA.com". fifa.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- "Overall World Ranking OCEANIA – OFC". Beach Soccer Worldwide. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- Australia represented OFC before 2006.
External links
- Oceania Football Confederation official website
- Oceania Football Confederation, SoccerLens.com. Retrieved: 10 September 2010.