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28 February 2024

Daily Newsletter

28 February 2024

OFC strikes exclusive partnership with FIFA+

The deal, which runs from 2024 to 2025, covers the OFC’s live streaming, data, and media rights.

Riccardo Bresaola February 28 2024

The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), the governing body for soccer in the region, has partnered with FIFA+, the global governing body’s free streaming service, to boost Oceania soccer exposure worldwide.

The deal, which runs from 2024 to 2025, covers the OFC’s live streaming, data, and media rights and makes FIFA+ the official exclusive global home for all OFC competitions for the next two years, with all of the matches being streamed globally.

FIFA+ will also highlight OFC tournaments, players, and stories as part of the deal.

OFC general secretary Franck Castillo said: “In the last five years, OFC has gone to great lengths to grow football coverage across the Pacific and provide quality broadcast production standards to all fans.

“As a testament to these efforts, our social media following has increased by 110% and live streaming views by 200% since 2019. We have rallied media rights in the broadcast space and expanded our distribution from four regional TV broadcasters to 26.

“Now OFC is taking its strategy to the next level by providing live, easily accessible football to the world, making Oceania football global with FIFA+.

“This partnership with FIFA+ marks a new era for Oceania football. It’s a monumental step towards realizing our dreams and showcasing the talents of our region to a global audience. We are excited about the opportunities this collaboration unlocks and the new horizons it opens for our players, teams, and fans.

“We have also expanded commercially through selling our live streaming, media, and data rights for the next two years – 2024 and 2025; this is a major step forward for us in the commercial space.”

The partnership debuted with the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament’s Oceania Qualifiers which took place from February 7 to 19 in Samoa.

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