New Zealand the heavy favourites ahead of COVIDdisrupted campaign
The shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic hangs heavily over the Oceania region’s qualifiers for this year’s World Cup.
None of the Oceania Football Confederation’s members were able to secure government permission to host international football, so the entire qualifying process will take place in Qatar – without American Samoa, Tonga or Samoa.
Jess Ibrom, technical director at Football Federation Samoa, explains: “It’s impossible to participate. No one is flying into or out of Samoa. The OFC region is a big
