plans to promote the New Zealand Football to high-level competitions for now, meaning that New Zealand should remain in the weak Oceania Football Confederation. International stage In recent time, New Zealand Football has enjoyed good success on the international stage. The All Whites overcame Papua New Guinea in the OFC Nations Cup Final by winning 4–2 on penalties in the final. It was their fifth title in the OFC Nations Cup and it secured their place in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia. In 2015, the Football Ferns reached their highest ever ranking (16), beating Brazil for the second time and qualifying for the Rio Olympics. The Men's U-20 and U-17 sides qualified out of their groups at their respective FIFA World Cup tournaments in 2015. New Zealand were one of only five countries in the same cycle to achieve this. The remaining four were Germany, Brazil, Mali and Nigeria New Zealand will co-host the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup alongside Australia, becoming the first ever senior FIFA event in New Zealand, the first Women's World Cup to be hosted in multiple countries, and only the second World Cup tournament to do so, following the 2002 Men's FIFA World Cup. It will also be the first FIFA Women's World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere, the first senior FIFA tournament to be held in the Oceania Confederation, and the first FIFA tournament to be hosted across multiple confederations (with Australia in the AFC and New Zealand in the OFC). Member federations Northern Region Football - following the merger of Auckland Football Federation and Northern Football Federation in 2020. Waikato/Bay of Plenty Football Central Football Capital Football Mainland Football Southern Football Competitions New Zealand National League (national men's league) National Women's League (national women's league) New Zealand Football Chatham Cup (national men's winter league's knockout competition) Kate Sheppard Cup (national women's winter league's knockout competition) Northern League (regional winter league) Central League (regional winter league) Southern League (regional winter league) Defunct competitions ISPS Handa Premiership (national men's league) (2004–2021) National Soccer League (national club competition) (1970–1992 and 2000–2003) Air NZ Pre-Season Cup (pre-season competition) (1974–1985) NZFA Challenge Trophy (NSL vs Chatham Cup play-off) (1978–1987) Superclub League (regional/national superclub competition) (1993–1995) National Summer League (first national summer competition) (1996–1998) New Zealand Island League (north and south island competition with a play-off) (1999) National Youth League (youth league) (2003–2019) White