OFCACTIVITY Annual Report 1 REPORT 2019 2 Activity Report 2019 Activity Report 3 4 Activity Report 2019 Activity Report 5 CONTENTS 7. President’s Foreword Governing & Operating the Game 9. General Secretary's Foreword 64. Good Governance 66. Member Association Services Playing the Game 68. OFC’s Competitions Department 12. Celebrating Football Across Oceania Make Key improvements in 2019 14. OFC Champions League 2019 71. Marketing, Media & TV Production 19. OFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2019 73. Media & TV Capacity Building 20 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier 2019 74. OFC Broadcast Partners 23. OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019 75. 2019 Digital Stats 24. OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2019 76. 2019 Season in Stats 27. New Competition is Formed 78. Finance & Services | OFC Futsal Champions League 2019 81. Home of Football 28. OFC Youth Development Tournament 2019 83. 2019 Financial Statement 31. The Laws of the Game & Audit Report Developing the Game & its Communities 35. Education 36. Elite Football 39. Player Development 40. Goalkeeping 43. Women’s Football 44. Futsal 47. Beach Soccer 48. Refereeing 51. OFC Officials on the World Stage 53. Clubs & Leagues 55. Social Responsibility 58. FIFA Forward 2.0 6 Annual Report 2019 President’s Foreword 7 In 2019 the Oceania Football One of the most ambitious goals we have Confederation transitioned towards set for ourselves is to see two Oceania greater stability with a focus on football nations participating at the FIFA World development and good governance. Cup 2026. Ambitious? Yes. Impossible? Absolutely not. On Saturday 9 March 2019 I was elected to lead OFC for the next four years and with Through the activities we offer, the capacity my appointment I pledged to focus on four building of a wide-range of personnel key items throughout my term. across the region, the resources we provide all our Member Associations and • The implementation of the OFC Football the policies we put in place, the Oceania Development Strategy Football Confederation is developing a solid • Raising the quality of football via foundation. revisited competitions • Uphold the reforms and continue The impetus is on the Member Associations, building on the foundations of good with guidance from OFC, to take the governance lead in moving football forward by taking • Complete the Home of Football advantage of the opportunities and resources on offer to them. Much needed changes were made to the OFC Statutes as part of the reform process We must all continue to work together for and we continue to focus on building our the improvement of football in Oceania. We governance principles to ensure we are know the talent our pool of players possess operating in an optimum manner. and we need to ensure we are offering pathways which cater to their development. The 2019-2026 Football Development Through the OFC Football Development Strategy was developed, and is now being Strategy and the ongoing review of our implemented, by Chief of the Football competitions we will continue to raise the Development Division Patrick Jacquemet quality of football for stakeholders across and his team. With this strategy we are the Pacific. showing our determination to provide the HARNESSING best possible conditions for the game to THE POWER OF develop in Oceania. FOOTBALL FOR Lambert Maltock OCEANIA OFC President 8 GeneralActivity Secretary’s Report Foreword 2019 OFC Activity Report 9 Following a challenging 2018, the Oceania Football Confederation’s main emphasis in 2019 was on the continued implementation of reforms designed to build sustainability, security and transparency through good governance. In 2019 Oceania Football Confederation We also launched a Member Association In many ways, 2019 was a watershed I would also like to extend my gratitude took a step towards the future. Services unit that will assist in capacity year for OFC and we are proud of our for the support of our wider football family building for our 11 Member Associations. achievements from the past 12 months as across the Pacific and the support of all our With a new OFC Football Development we continue to develop and nurture the partners, including FIFA, UEFA and the UEFA Strategy 2019-2026 in place, the It was also a busy year for our game in our region. Foundation for Children, the New Zealand Confederation reformed its governance social responsibility activities with Government, the Australian Government, structures. We made changes to the OFC the introduction of a new Just Play As we continue to look ahead, I would like Football Federation Australia, UNICEF and Statutes and Code of Ethics and created curriculum. We signed a memorandum to acknowledge every OFC staff member MyCujoo. a strictly independent 10-member judicial of understanding with the Western India for their hard work throughout the year and body called the OFC Disciplinary and Football Confederation as the programme thank OFC’s Executive Committee for their Ethics Committee. As part of our agenda expanded and moved into India. continued trust and support. for reform following a challenging 2018, we remain committed to building sustainability, As part of our desire to strengthen our ties security and transparency within OFC. with other Confederations, the Solomon Islands U-17 team played in a UEFA With support from FIFA, OFC conducted international development tournament seminars on professional development in in Belarus, while the Tahitian U-20 squad all areas of the game in 2019, including participated in the CONMEBOL Friendship governance, infrastructure, women’s Cup in Paraguay. Officials from the AFC football and competition management. also had an active role in some of OFC’s tournaments. In order to foster the commercial growth of OFC, as well as our Member Associations, OFC has developed new strategies to enhance financial services and commercial Franck Castillo communication. General Secretary 10 Activity Report 2019 Activity Report 11 Celebrating Football Across Oceania OFC Champions League 2019 OFC U-19 Women’s Championship 2019 OFC Men’s Olympic Qualifier 2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2019 OFC Futsal Champions League 2019 OFC Youth Development Tournament 2019 PLAYING The Laws of the Game THE GAME 12 Annual Report 2019 OFC TOURNAMENTS 13 2019 1. OFC Champions League Papua New Guinea 1 Cook Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tahiti Solomon Islands 1 3 Samoa Vanuatu 1 2 2. OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup Tahiti American Samoa Tahiti 1 6 Fiji New Caledonia 1 4 Cook Islands 3. OFC Youth Development Tournament Tonga Vanuatu 1 5 4. OFC Futsal Nations Cup New Caledonia New Zealand 1 7 5. OFC U-19 Women's Championship Cook Islands 6. OFC Men's Olympic Qualifier CELEBRATING Fiji FOOTBALL 7. OFC Futsal Champions League ACROSS New Zealand OCEANIA 14 Activity Report 2019 Activity Report 15 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2019 Qualifying Stage two victories and a draw. They were joined The annual tournament showcasing by Henderson Eels whose 6-5 victory over Oceania’s top clubs got underway in the Lautoka proved the difference in seeing Cook Islands in January with four sides them through to the next stage. vying for the final two spots on offer in the Group Stage of the competition. Three Group C consecutive victories for Cook Islands Group C was held in Port Vila, Vanuatu, champions Tupapa Maraerenga saw them where the defending champions Team through to the next stage with ease. They Wellington were joined by Ba FC of Fiji, were joined by Kiwi FC of Samoa, who went qualifier runners-up Kiwi FC and hosts through with two wins. Erakor Golden Star. Team Wellington topped the group with relative ease scoring Group Stage 18 goals while keeping a clean sheet in all of The Group Stage of the OFC Champions their three matches. Also qualifying for the League was held in four different locations: quarter-finals was Ba FC. Despite finishing New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands equal on four points with Erakor Golden and Fiji. Star, the Fijians went through with their superior goal difference. Group A Held in New Caledonia’s Kone, in the Group D Northern Province, Group A featured local Hosted at Lawson Tama Stadium in Honiara, club champions Hienghene Sport, Papua Solomon Islands, Group D featured New Guinea champions Lae City, AS Tefana former champions Auckland City FC, New from Tahiti and Vanuatu’s Malampa Caledonia club AS Magenta, qualifier Revivors. With two wins and a draw against winners Tupapa Maraerenga and home side Lae City, Hienghene Sport topped the Solomon Warriors. A narrow victory for group on home soil. With two draws and a the New Zealanders over Magenta helped win over Malampa Revivors, Lae City joined them top the group with the full set of them as runners-up in the quarter-finals. nine points. Magenta joined them in the quarter-finals with two wins and a defeat to Group B Auckland seeing them through. Hosted in Fiji, this group featured the host club Lautoka along with AS Central Sport of Tahiti, FC Morobe Wawens from Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands club Henderson Eels. AS Central Sport secured their place in the quarter-finals following 16 Activity Report 2019 Activity Report 17 OFC CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 2019 Quarter-finals The following match saw Magenta play The quarter-finals of the competition were Auckland City where a first half goal to one-off matches held over the weekend of Solomon Islands international Micah 6-7 April in four different locations. At Lea’alafa sent the visitors on their way. Kiwitea Street, hosts Auckland City FC saw However, that was followed a short time off Lae City with a 4-0 victory which later by a red card for Auckland City’s featured a hat-trick from Papua New goalkeeper Enaut Zubikarai and his Guinea international David Browne.