It might be that very few of the OFC Pro League guys get to the Intercontinental Cup. Sounds like it will be their A League team playing Al Ahli in Saudi.
Do Auckland FC get all the FIFA Intercontinental Cup participation dosh?
Does some of it go to the OFC Confed, or the Pro League itself, ie split amongst all 8 clubs?
I remember NZF and Auckland City were in arbitration, re the FIFA participation slush fund available after last year's CWC in the States.
Blame Sth Melb in this league on the CCP. It's an open secret Australia is throwing cash into the Pacific via sports teams, as a push back on China's encroach. The new PNG NRL club being the masthead of that, with the Australian Government investing $600 million over 10 years in that new club! But football is also an important heads & minds vehicle to utilise.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360979768/auckland-fc-beat-south-melbourne-fc-inaugural-oceania-pro-league-final
By finishing as the highest-placed non-Australian team in the Pro League, Auckland qualified for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup later this year.
They are expected to face Asian champions Al Ahli – a Saudi Arabian club – in August or September, with a squad resembling their A-League Men one more so than their Pro League one.
Do Auckland FC get all the FIFA Intercontinental Cup participation dosh?
Does some of it go to the OFC Confed, or the Pro League itself, ie split amongst all 8 clubs?
I remember NZF and Auckland City were in arbitration, re the FIFA participation slush fund available after last year's CWC in the States.
Blame Sth Melb in this league on the CCP. It's an open secret Australia is throwing cash into the Pacific via sports teams, as a push back on China's encroach. The new PNG NRL club being the masthead of that, with the Australian Government investing $600 million over 10 years in that new club! But football is also an important heads & minds vehicle to utilise.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360979768/auckland-fc-beat-south-melbourne-fc-inaugural-oceania-pro-league-final
By finishing as the highest-placed non-Australian team in the Pro League, Auckland qualified for the FIFA Intercontinental Cup later this year.
They are expected to face Asian champions Al Ahli – a Saudi Arabian club – in August or September, with a squad resembling their A-League Men one more so than their Pro League one.