ACTIVITY REPORT 2011 OCEANIA FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION PO Box 62-586, Greenlane, Auckland 1546, New Zealand. Telephone: + 64 9 531 4096 · Fax: + 64 9 529 5143 Email:
[email protected] · Website: www.oceaniafootball.com CONTENTS | 1 YEAR IN REVIEW 4 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY President’s Welcome 3 Football for Life 25 2011 at a Glance 4 / 5 Just Play 26 / 27 Scholarships 28 Member Associations 6 / 7 Special Olympics / PYASC 29 2 DEVELOPMENT Grassroots 9 MARKETING AND TELEVISION Infrastructure 10 5 OFC Commercial 31 Education 11 OFC TV 32 Referee Development 12 Partnerships 33 Women’s Football 13 Beach Soccer and Futsal 14 Football for Health 15 6 ADMINISTRATION Governance and Legal Matters 35 Communications 36 3 COMPETITIONS IT Infrastructure 37 2014 FIFA World Cup™ Stage 1 Qualifiers 17 Finance 38 / 39 O-League / FIFA Club World Cup 18 OFC Office Bearers 40 U-17 Championship / FIFA U-17 World Cup 19 OFC Standing Committees 41 U-20 Championship / FIFA U-20 World Cup 20 FIFA Standing Committees 42 / 43 Futsal 21 Beach Soccer / FIFA Beach Soccer 22 Pacific Games 23 PRESIDENT’S WELCOME | 7 Welcome Message I am delighted to present this Activity Report for 2011 including the many highlights and achievements from across our Confederation. It was an important year for OFC, marking the start of But while significant progress has been made, it is a four-year term in which the newly elected Executive also important to note that the football environment is YEAR IN REVIEW Committee settled into its work. increasingly complex and ever changing. The Pacific region is made up of thousands of different cultural We began with the ‘First 100 Days’ of office initiative, groups spanning across a vast geographical area, which I am proud to say was hugely successful in which brings with it a unique set of challenges.