Oceania Football Confederation

Abbreviation	OFC
Formation	1966; 55 years ago (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, Rajesh Patel, senior vice-president
Parent organization	FIFA
Website	www.oceaniafootball.com

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC's members consist of New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and several 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. 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 FIFA 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 had been the President of OFC until April 2018, when he resigned and was replaced by Lambert Maltock. 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 Asian Football Confederation (AFC), but rejoined the OFC in 1978.^[3][4]Chinese Taipei was an OFC member from 1975 to 1989. In 1996, FIFA confirmed 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 an associate member. In late 2009, the Palau Football Association, geographically a part of Oceania but with no official ties to the OFC, also applied for the same status with the AFC as the Northern Mariana Islands association but was not successful.^[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
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	No	[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

Former members

•  Australia (1966-1972, 1978-2006)^[8]
•  Chinese Taipei (1976-1978, 1982-1989)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (as associate member 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 and 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.

• There are four independent Oceanic states, each a member of the United Nations (UN), that have national teams that are not affiliated with OFC or FIFA
  • Marshall Islands
  • Micronesia, Federated States
  • Nauru
  • Palau

• Although one of the two overseas collectivities of France in Oceania is a member of OFC ( Tahiti), the other is not
  •  Wallis and Futuna
• There are two other dependent territories in Oceania with teams that have no affiliation
  • Norfolk Island (external territory of Australia)
  • Tokelau (dependent territory of New Zealand)

Sovereign states and dependencies with territory in Oceania but are members of other federations.

• Australia (AFC)
• Guam (AFC)
• Northern Mariana Islands (AFC associate member)

Competitions

OFC competitions

Current title holders

Competition	Year	Champions	Title	Runners-up	Next edition
National teams (Men's)
Nations Cup	2016	New Zealand	5th	Papua New Guinea	2024
U-23 Championship	2019	New Zealand	1st	Solomon Islands	2023
U-19 Championship	2018	New Zealand	7th	Tahiti	2020
U-16 Championship	2018	New Zealand	7th	Solomon Islands	2020
Futsal Nations Cup	2019	Solomon Islands	5th	New Zealand	2023
Youth Futsal Tournament	2017	Solomon Islands	1st	New Zealand
Beach Soccer Nations Cup	2019	Tahiti	2nd	Solomon Islands	2021
National teams (Women's)
Women's Nations Cup	2018	New Zealand	6th	Fiji	2022
U-19 Women's Championship	2019	New Zealand	6th	Fiji	2021
U-16 Women's Championship	2017	New Zealand	4th	New Caledonia	2021
Youth Futsal Women's Tournament	2017	New Zealand	1st	Tonga
Club teams (Men's)
Champions League	2019	Hienghène Sport	1st	Magenta	2021
Futsal Champions League	2019	Kooline	1st	AS PTT	2021

FIFA world rankings

Men's & women's national teams

• Last updates:
  • Men's national teams - 19 September 2019^[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	122	New Zealand	1157	5		1	23	New Zealand	1766	4
2	141	Solomon Islands	1073	1		2	50	Papua New Guinea	1479
3	154	New Caledonia	1035			3	72	Fiji	1355	1
4	159	Tahiti	1014	1		4	87	Tonga	1249
5	163	Fiji	996			5	91	New Caledonia	1239
5	163	Vanuatu	996			6	97	Tahiti	1218	1
7	165	Papua New Guinea	991	3		7	119	Vanuatu	1161	1
8	192	American Samoa	900	2		8	110	Cook Islands	1159	1
9	194	Samoa	894	3		9	111	Solomon Islands	1153	1
10	205	Tonga	862	2		10	115	Samoa	1130	1
11	NR	Cook Islands	908	809		11	128	American Samoa	1047	3

• * - 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 tournament records

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)
•  o  -- Did not qualify
•  ×  -- Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
•     -- Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

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.

FIFA World Cup record
Year	Qualifier	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	Format
1930 (13)	No teams from Oceania entered
1934 (16)
1938 (15)
1950 (13)
1954 (16)
1958 (16)
1962 (16)
1966 (16)	No OFC team qualified									Entered in Africa and Asia
1970 (16)										Entered in Asia
1974 (16)	Australia	Group stage	14th	3	0	1	2	0	5	Entered in Asia
1978 (16)	No OFC team qualified									Entered in Asia
1982 (24)	New Zealand	Group stage	23rd	3	0	0	3	2	12	Entered in Asia
1986 (24)	No OFC team qualified									Round-robin Play-off
1990 (24)										First round Second round Play-off
1994 (24)										First Round Second Round 1st play-off 2nd play-off
1998 (32)										First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2002 (32)										First Round Second Round Play-off
2006 (32)	Australia	Round of 16	16th	4	1	1	2	5	6	First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2010 (32)	New Zealand	Group stage	22nd	3	0	3	0	2	2	First Round Second Round Play-off
2014 (32)	No OFC team qualified									First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2018 (32)										First Round Second Round Third Round Play-off
2022 (32)	To be determined
2026 (48)
Total (2 teams)	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
Israel	2-1	Australia	1-0	1-1

1974 AFC-OFC Final Round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Australia	(A) 2-2	South Korea	0-0	2-2

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 Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team	1991 (12)	1995 (12)	1999 (16)	2003 (16)	2007 (16)	2011 (16)	2015 (24)	2019 (24)	2023 (32)	Years
Australia		GS	GS	GS	Part of AFC					3
New Zealand	GS				GS	GS	GS	GS	q	6
Total (2 teams)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0+1	8

Olympic Games For Men

Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
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)	2021 (16)	Years
Australia	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	=5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	4	13	15	7	Part of AFC				6
Fiji	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	-	1
New Zealand	-	-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	16	-	q	3
Total (3 teams)	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	10

Olympic Games For Women

Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team	1996 (8)	2000 (8)	2004 (10)	2008 (12)	2012 (12)	2016 (12)	2021 (12)	Years
Australia	-	7	5	Part of AFC				2
New Zealand	-	-	-	10	8	9	q	4
Total (2 teams)	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	6

OFC Nations Cup

OFC Nations Cup record
Team (Total 15 teams)	1973 (5)	1980 (8)	1996 (4)	1998 (6)	2000 (6)	2002 (8)	2004 (6)	2008 (4)	2012 (8)	2016 (8)	2020 (8)	2024 TBD TBD	Years
New Zealand	1st	GS	SF	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	1st	3rd	1st			10
Tahiti	2nd	2nd	2nd	4th	GS	3rd	5th	o	1st	GS			9
Vanuatu[a]	4th	GS	o	GS	4th	4th	6th	4th	GS	GS			9
Fiji	5th	4th	o	3rd	oo	GS	4th	3rd	GS	GS			8
Solomon Islands	×	GS	SF	o	3rd	GS	2nd	o	4th	SF			7
Australia	×	1st	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	Member of AFC					6
New Caledonia	3rd	3rd	o	o	o	GS	o	2nd	2nd	SF			6
Papua New Guinea	×	GS	o	o	o	GS	o	×	GS	2nd			4
Cook Islands	×	×	×	GS	GS	×	o	o	o	o			2
Samoa[b]	×	×	o	o	o	o	o	o	GS	GS			2
American Samoa	×	×	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o			0
Tonga	×	×	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o			0
Tuvalu	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	o	×	×			0
Kiribati	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			0
Niue	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×			0

OFC Women's Nations Cup

OFC Women's Nations Cup record
Team (Total 15 teams)	1983 (4)	1986 (4)	1989 (5)	1991 (3)	1994 (3)	1998 (6)	2003 (5)	2007 (4)	2010 (8)	2014 (4)	2018 (8)	2022 TBD TBD	Years
New Zealand	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st		11
Papua New Guinea	--	×	5th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd		9
Australia[a]	2nd	2nd	3rd[b]	2nd	1st	1st	1st	Member of AFC					7
Cook Islands	--	--	--	--	--	--	5th	×	3rd	3rd	GS		4
Fiji	4th	--	--	--	--	4th	×	×	GS	--	2nd		4
Tonga	--	--	--	--	--	--	×	3rd	GS	4th	GS		4
Samoa	--	--	--	--	--	GS	4th	×	--	--	GS		3
Chinese Taipei[a]	--	1st	1st	Member of AFC									2
New Caledonia	3rd[c]	--	--	--	--	--	--	×	--	--	4th		2
Solomon Islands	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4th	4th	--	o		2
Tahiti	--	--	--	--	--	--	×	×	GS	--	GS		2
American Samoa	--	--	--	--	--	GS	×	--	--	--	o		1
Australia B[a][d]	--	--	4th[b]	--	--	--	--	Member of AFC					1
New Zealand B[d]	--	4th	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--		1
Vanuatu	--	--	--	--	--	--	×	×	GS	--	o		1

Notes

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
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)	Years
Australia[11]		o	QF	R1	R1	R1	o	4th	4th	QF	R2	R1	R2	R2	R1	Part of AFC								12
Fiji		o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1	o	o		1
New Zealand		o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1	o	R1	R1	R2	R2	R2		6
Tahiti			o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1	o	o	o	o	R1		2
Vanuatu	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1	o		1
Total (5 teams)	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	24

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team	2002 (12)	2004 (12)	2006 (16)	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
Australia	QF	QF	GS	Part of AFC							3
New Zealand	o	o	GS	GS	GS	GS	QF	GS	GS	q	8
Papua New Guinea	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	GS	o	o	1
Total (3 teams)	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	12

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup record
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)	Years
Australia	QF	QF	R1	QF	QF	QF	o	2nd	QF	R1	R1	Part of AFC								10
New Caledonia	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1	o		1
New Zealand	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1	R1	o	o	o	R1	R2	R2	R1	R2	R1	R1		9
Solomon Islands	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	o	R1		1
Total (4 teams)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	23

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team	2008 (16)	2010 (16)	2012 (16)	2014 (16)	2016 (16)	2018 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
New Zealand	R1	R1	R1	GS	GS	3rd		6
Total (1 team)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team	1989 (16)	1992 (16)	1996 (16)	2000 (16)	2004 (16)	2008 (20)	2012 (24)	2016 (24)	2021 (24)	Years
Australia	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	Part of AFC				5
Solomon Islands						R1	R1	R1	q	4
Total (2 teams)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team	2005[+] (12)	2006 (16)	2007 (16)	2008[+] (16)	2009 (16)	2011 (16)	2013 (16)	2015[+] (16)	2017[+] (16)	2019 (16)	2021 (16)	Years
Australia	R1	Part of AFC										1
Solomon Islands		R1	R1	R1	R1		R1					5
Tahiti						R1	4th	2nd	2nd	R1		5
Total (3 teams)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	11

Notes

Former tournaments

FIFA Confederations Cup

FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team	1992 (4)	1995 (6)	1997 (8)	1999 (8)	2001 (8)	2003 (8)	2005 (8)	2009 (8)	2013 (8)	2017 (8)	Years
Australia[note 1]	×	×	2nd	o	3rd	o	GS	Part of AFC			3
New Zealand	×	×	o	GS	o	GS	o	GS	o	GS	4
Tahiti	×	×	o	o	o	o	o	o	GS	o	1
Total (3 teams)	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8

Notes

See also

• FIFA
• Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
• CONCACAF
• Confederation of African Football (CAF)
• CONMEBOL
• UEFA
• List of association football competitions

References

External links

• Official website (in English)
• Oceania Football Confederation, SoccerLens.com. Retrieved: 10 September 2010.