Oceania, Asia football confederations sign partnership

Cooperation and dialogue to develop football in Oceania and Asia is the cornerstone of a historic memorandum of understanding signed last week between the Oceania Football Confederation and the Asian Football Confederation.
The two-year agreement between the two confederations was signed in Mexico City by AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa and OFC president David Chung in the presence of AFC general-secretary Dato’ Windsor John and his OFC counterpart Tai Nicholas.
Chung said the partnership, which pledges co-operation on football development, education and competitions, will allow the confederations to exchange information, experience, knowledge and best-practice across these matters. “This is an excellent opportunity to draw on the knowledge and experience across the 47 AFC member associations, while we can share the expertise we possess in Oceania,” Chung says.
“This is the start of a relationship which will benefit our member associations and I would like to thank my counterpart and the AFC executive committee for your commitment to the betterment of football. Salman said AFC had always held a strong belief that unity between confederations was important.
“At AFC, we have always believed that confederations must work together — both big and small — to reunite the game under the Fifa flag.
“Only then can we restore confidence and trust of the people in football,” Salman said.