2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Dates1–7 October 2023
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place Solomon Islands
Fourth place Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored181 (9.05 per match)
Attendance3,207 (160 per match)
Top scorer(s)Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa
(7 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Dylan Manickum
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Mike Antamanov
Fair play award Vanuatu
2022
2025

The 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 14th edition of the OFC Futsal Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Futsal Championship), the international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. It was held in New Zealand from 1 to 7 October 2023.[1]

New Zealand were the defending champions, after defeating Solomon Islands in the 2022 final.

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Teams

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Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC will enter the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 New Zealand (hosts) 12th Champions (2022)
 Fiji 11th Runners-up (1999, 2009, 2010)
 New Caledonia 10th Runners-up (2014)
 Samoa 5th Fourth place (1996)
 Solomon Islands 10th Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
 Tahiti 8th Runners-up (2008, 2011)
 Tonga 3rd Eighth place (2019, 2022)
 Vanuatu 14th Runners-up (1992, 1996)
Did not enter

Squads

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Venue

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The matches will be played at the Pulman Arena in Auckland.

Draw

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The draw took place on 27 July 2023 at the OFC Home Of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.[2]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams (based on the 2022 OFC Futsal Cup standings.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 New Zealand (1)
 Solomon Islands (2)
 New Caledonia (3)
 Vanuatu (5)
 Fiji (6)
 Samoa (7)
 Tonga (8)
 Tahiti (UR)

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams enter the 5th–8th place play-offs.[3][4]

All times are local, NZDT (UTC+13).[5]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand (H) 3 3 0 0 27 5 +22 9 Knockout stage
2  Fiji 3 2 0 1 13 8 +5 6
3  Vanuatu 3 1 0 2 24 10 +14 3 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 2 43 −41 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
Fiji 9–0 Tonga
Report
New Zealand 6–3 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

Tonga 2–20 Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Yahya Alathwani (Saudi Arabia)
New Zealand 7–2 Fiji
Report
Attendance: 432
Referee: Jonathon Moore (Australia)

Tonga 0–14 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 180
Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia)
Vanuatu 1–2 Fiji
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti 3 2 1 0 15 8 +7 7 Knockout stage
2  Solomon Islands 3 1 2 0 20 9 +11 5
3  New Caledonia 3 1 1 1 12 9 +3 4 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 4 25 −21 0
Source: OFC
Tahiti 5–0 Samoa
Report
Attendance: 123
Referee: Huynh Thanh (Vietnam)
Solomon Islands 2–2 New Caledonia
Report
Attendance: 135

Samoa 2–7 New Caledonia
Report
Solomon Islands 5–5 Tahiti
Report

Samoa 2–13 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 100
Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)
New Caledonia 3–5 Tahiti
Report
Attendance: 145

5th–8th place play-offs

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Bracket (5th–8th place)

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Play-off semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
5 October - Auckland
 
 
 Vanuatu6
 
7 October - Auckland
 
 Samoa3
 
 Vanuatu3
 
5 October - Auckland
 
 New Caledonia5
 
 New Caledonia11
 
 
 Tonga0
 
Seventh place match
 
 
7 October - Auckland
 
 
 Samoa4
 
 
 Tonga3

Play-off semi-finals

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New Caledonia 11–0 Tonga
Report

Vanuatu 6–3 Samoa
Report
Attendance: 120

Seventh place match

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Tonga 3–4 Samoa
Report

Fifth place match

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New Caledonia 5–3 Vanuatu
Report

Knockout stage

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Bracket (1st–4th place)

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 October - Auckland
 
 
 New Zealand4
 
7 October - Auckland
 
 Solomon Islands2
 
 New Zealand5
 
5 October - Auckland
 
 Tahiti0
 
 Tahiti7
 
 
 Fiji3
 
Third place match
 
 
7 October - Auckland
 
 
 Solomon Islands5
 
 
 Fiji3

Semi-finals

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Tahiti 7–3 Fiji
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

New Zealand 4–2 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

Third place match

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Fiji 3–5 Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 382

Final

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Winner will qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Tahiti 0–5 New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 1,300
Tahiti
New Zealand
GK 14 Puarea Roe
DF 2 Matana Bea
FW 5 Michel Maihuri
FW 7 Akareva Riaria (c)
FW 10 Tetuanui Tinomoe
Substitutes:
GK 1 Maungaroa Angia
3 Kai'anu Flores
4 Vincent Tinomoe
5 Keanu Maihuri
FW 8 Olivier Hirihiri Yellow card 27'
9 Roberto Patira
11 Scotty Opeta
FW 12 Teivarii Kaiha Yellow card 8'
MF 13 Tamati Iotua
Head coach:
Temuri Ariitai
GK 1 Mike Antamanov
DF 8 Logan Wisnewski
FW 6 Rahan Ali
FW 10 Dylan Manickum (c)
FW 11 Jordan Ditfort
Substitutes:
GK 12 Patrick Steele
DF 5 Thomas Picken
DF 7 Ethan Martin
DF 13 Oban Hawkins Yellow card 8'
DF 14 Casey Sharplin
FW 2 Adam Paulsen
FW 3 Hamish Grey
FW 4 Art Twigg
FW 9 Stephen Ashby-Peckham Yellow card 31'
Head coach:
Marvin Eakins

Man of the Match:
Dylan Manickum (New Zealand)

Second referee:
Jonathon Moore (Australia)
Third referee:
Nicholas Backo (Australia)
Timekeeper:
Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)
Reserve referee:
Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

Match rules

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

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The following team, from OFC, qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
 New Zealand 7 October 2023 0 (debut)

Ranking

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Rank Team M W D L GF GA GD Points
1  New Zealand 5 5 0 0 36 7 +29 15
2  Tahiti 5 3 1 1 22 16 +6 10
3  Solomon Islands 5 2 2 1 27 16 +11 8
4  Fiji 5 2 0 3 19 20 -1 6
5  New Caledonia 5 3 1 1 28 12 +16 10
6  Vanuatu 5 2 0 3 33 18 +15 6
7  Samoa 5 1 0 4 11 34 −23 3
8  Tonga 5 0 0 5 5 58 −53 0

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Dylan Manickum
Golden Boot Solomon Islands Micah Lea'alafa
Golden Gloves New Zealand Mike Antamanov
Fair Play Award  Vanuatu

Goalscorers

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There were 181 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.05 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

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  1. ^ "OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023". OFC.
  2. ^ "Draw for OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023 to be held this week". 26 July 2023.
  3. ^ "OFC Futsal Cup 2022: How to Watch". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "OSchedule changes to the OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Draw set for OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 September 2022.
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