4th & 5th October 2025. Alstonville is a beautiful town that is 20 mins drive from Ballina or Lismore on the Far North Coast of NSW.

• All games are played at Geoff Watt Oval, Alstonville.

• Back up plan if our main field is too wet. Open A games will be played at Gap Rd Fields, Alstonville (a 2 min drive from Geoff Watt Oval).

Please read the Tournament Rules before nominating your team. These have been updated from previous years, so please read again.

• Senior teams:

  • Open A pool $300 (full team 16-18 players)

  • Open B pool $180 (10 players maximum)

• Open As - players from Premier League and League 2.

• Open Bs - players from Leagues 3, 4 or 5.

• All players must be turning 15 in 2025 and older.

Open A: 18 players are allowed, however only 16 players are allowed in the technical area for any individual game (11 on the field, 5 on the bench), so it's your discretion how many players you allow on your team to ensure fair playing time.

Open B: 10 players maximum, 6 allowed on the field at any one time.

Registration opens on 29th August. The cut off date for registering your team is officially 19th September, however, we will close registrations once the maximum amount of teams has been submitted. So please, don't delay in registering to avoid disappointment.

• Please read / download our step by step guide here.

• Player registration to Play Football is mandatory as part of the competition Tournament Terms & Conditions. ALL PLAYERS MUST BE REGISTERED BEFORE THEY CAN PLAY.

• IMPORTANT: Players DO NOT need to de-register from their current Club to register for Alstonville FC Oceania Cup because it is considered a "Social Competition" and requires no change to your normal Club registration.

• When selecting registration type choose from:

  • Oceania Cup Registered Junior

  • Oceania Cup Unregistered Junior

  • Oceania Cup Registered Senior

  • Oceania Cup Unregistered Senior

• No registration fee for NNSWF zone clubs registered for the 2025.

• There is a fee for unregistered players to pay when they register:

  • $19.80 Unregistered Senior (age 19 and over)

  • $5.50 Unregistered Junior (age 18 and under)

• Registered player - is a player who has registered to play winter football with a NNSWF affiliated club in 2025. Players registered in 2025 to clubs outside of NNSWF must seek permission from their relevant Football Australia affiliated Governing Body to participate as a registered player.

• Unregistered player – is a player who has not registered to play winter football with any Football Australia affiliated club in 2025 or any player who has not provided the appropriate permission to participate as registered player.

• Alstonville Country Cottages

• Ballina Byron Islander Resort

• Ballina Homestead Motel

• Almare Tourist Motel

• River Street Motel

• Coast Inn Motel

• Riverside Holiday

• The Cubana Ballina

• Avalon Gardens Motel

• Lismore Wilson Motel

• Lismore Fair Dinkum Motel

Full canteen with pies, sandwiches, sushi, fruit, snacks and drinks + Benilato icecream cart + coffee van will be available for your convenience. Our local town main street, only a 5 min walk away, also has a Coles supermarket and various cafes and bakeries.

• Geoff Watt Oval - Public toilet block only available, no specific change rooms. There is a wheelchair accessible toilet.

We will have a range of merchandise available for sale - pink soccer balls, branded hoodies, socks, water bottles, phone holders, shirts and more. Please visit our merchandise stand to purchase.

Yes! We are pleased to have Osteopaths from Northern Rivers Health in Alstonville available on the day to assist with strapping and other injuries. They will charge a nominal fee for assistance. Please visit their stand for more details during the weekend.