Oceania
Currently Vanuatu is the only country in Oceania to call football its national sport. In Australia it is the fourth most popular sport.[22]
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of six football (soccer) confederations under the auspices of FIFA, the international governing body of the sport. The OFC is the only confederation without an automatic qualification to the World Cup Finals. Currently the winner of the OFC qualification tournament must play-off against an Asian confederation side to qualify for the World Cup.
Oceania has only been represented at three World Cup Finals — Australia in 1974 plus 2006 and New Zealand in 1982. However, Australia is now no longer a member of the Oceania Football Confederation, having joined the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.
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See also
- Portal:Oceania
- Art of Oceania
- Economy of Oceania
- Europeans in Oceania
- Flags of Oceania
- Geography of Oceania
- History of Oceania
- Military history of Oceania
- United Nations geoscheme for Oceania
- Australia (continent)
- Australasia
- New Zealand
- Pacific Islands
- Pacific Islands Forum
- Pacific Games
- Oceania (journal)
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Notes
- ^ "Oceanica" in WordWeb Online dictionary and thesaurus. http://www.wordwebonline.com/en/OCEANICA
- ^ The Atlas of Canada - The World - Continents
- ^ List of IOC members (122) by continent. International Olympic Committee: 112th session, Moscow 2001
- ^ Encarta Mexico "Oceanía"
- ^ "Oceania". 2005. The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Columbia University Press.
- ^ Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary (based on Collegiate vol., 11th ed.) 2006. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc.
- ^ See, e.g., The Atlas of Canada - The World - Continents
- ^ United Nations Statistics Division - Countries of Oceania
- ^ Ben Finney, The Other One-Third of the Globe, Journal of World History, Vol. 5, No. 2, Fall, 1994
- ^ United Nations Statistics Division - Countries of Oceania
- ^ Regions and constituents as per UN categorisations/map except notes 2-3, 6. Depending on definitions, various territories cited below (notes 3, 5-7, 9) may be in one or both of Oceania and Asia or North America.
- ^ The use and scope of this term varies. The UN designation for this subregion is "Australia and New Zealand."
- ^ a b Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands are Australian external territories in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia.
- ^ New Zealand is often considered part of Polynesia rather than Australasia.
- ^ Excludes parts of Indonesia, island territories in Southeastern Asia (UN region) frequently reckoned in this region.
- ^ Indonesia is generally considered a territory of Southeastern Asia (UN region); wholly or partially, it is also frequently included in Australasia or Melanesia. Figures include Indonesian portion of New Guinea (Irian Jaya) and Maluku Islands.
- ^ Papua New Guinea is often considered part of Australasia as well as Melanesia.
- ^ On 7 October 2006, government officials moved their offices in the former capital of Koror to Melekeok, located 20 km northeast of Koror on Babelthuap Island.
- ^ Excludes the US state of Hawaii, which is distant from the North American landmass in the Pacific Ocean, and Easter Island, a territory of Chile in South America.
- ^ Fagatogo is the seat of government of American Samoa.
- ^ Tokelau, a domain of New Zealand, has no capital: each atoll has its own administrative centre.
- ^ a b c d e http://www.sweeneyresearch.com.au/newsPDF/news_pdf_16.pdf[dead link]
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