Oceania Football Confederation (OFC)

Held in Palmerston North, 22 New Zealand-based coaches and six others from Papua New Guinea, Fiji and the Solomon Islands participated in sessions on performance culture, sports psychology, performance and prevention.

Guest speakers included NZF High Performance Manager Gareth Jennings, NZF Sport Psychologist Dom Vettise, FIFA Technical Director Tony Readings and HUDL Oceania Representative, Simon Mead.

NZF Coach Development Manager, Michael Mayne said the course was designed to support the development of the coaches at the highest level.

• An Equal Oceania – Participation: Breaking down the barriers   
• A Visible Oceania – Visibility: Raising the awareness of possibilities   
• A Stronger Oceania – Education: Building the foundations 
• An Elevated Oceania – Performance: Raising the standards  
• An Inclusive Oceania – Culture: Leading by example   

The OFC qualifiers will be played in a mini-tournament format featuring eight teams and consisting of a round-robin group stage, semi-finals and the final.

Prior to this, a single qualification match will be played between Tonga and the Cook Islands – the two lowest-ranked OFC teams in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, for the right to take part in the preliminary competition mini-tournament.

All matches will take place in Qatar from March 14-30^th 2022.