The Forgotten Champions League
The Champions League is the holy grail of club football. The best of the best compete at the top level to be crowned champions. Each continent has its own rendition. Europe has the UEFA Champions League. Africa has the CAF, and Asia has the AFC Champions League Elite. Concacaf has the Champions Cup, and South America has the CONMEBOL Libertadores.
The least-spoken-about Confederation, Oceania, has the OFC Champions League. Teams from the most remote places come together to compete for the title of the best club in Oceania.
Roy Krishna, The Golden Boy Of Oceania
Reading the title of this piece you may think that this is another story of a young talent ready to take the world by storm, but this is not the case with Roy Krishna. This is a story looking at the only ever Fijian native to become a professional footballer.
The Last Country on Earth Without a Football Team
Now, it is common knowledge that San Marino, despite their recent first competitive win, is found at the bottom of the FIFA world rankings. Usually sitting in 211th place, 210th currently, due to ongoing issues in Eritrea who have withdrawn from football for the time being, with the thought of players seeking political asylum on away trips being the key factor. Is 211th the lowest rank in football though? What if there is a nation that hasn’t played an official game of football yet? Where do they rank? This is the story of the Marshall Islands.
Oceania and the World Cup: Anyone but New Zealand?
The 2026 World Cup is now only two years away and already in some regions of the globe qualification for the tournament has begun, Africa, Asian and South America (Conmebol) have played numerous games with the usual suspects leading the way in most stages.
The likes of Argentina, Egypt and Japan currently sitting top of their respective groups. With this tournament to be like no other, the format expanding from 32 teams up to 48, but what does this mean?