No one is guaranteed a place in the National Women’s side for the 2010 OFC Women’s Nations tournament in New Zealand. # #This was the message by Fiji Football Association Technical Director Saiyad Ali who says each player needs to prove their worth.# #The 25 member National squad marched last Friday for a three months camp. The OFC Women’s Nations Cup will be held from September 29 to October 8 in Auckland. # #The event is the preliminary qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup. # #Host nation New Zealand will be joined by teams from fellow OFC member associations Cook Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga and Vanuatu.# #The sides will be divided into two groups and will play a round robin schedule before the highest-placed teams take part in the semi-finals and final.#There will also be a play-off for third and fourth place.# #The winner of the tournament will qualify for next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup, to be held in Germany from June 26 to July 17.# #“We have a 25 member squad in camp but nobody is guaranteed a place just yet. It is not up to the coaches to decide but a player to earn the right to don the national jumper,” Ali said.# #New Zealand’s Football Ferns were the OFC representatives at the last Women’s World Cup in China in 2007.# #Ali says over the next few weeks fitness would be a main key area.# #“The girls are not at a fitness level we want them to because they have not been playing. The next few weeks they will be working overtime on this area,” Ali added#
