2025 OFC Futsal Cup

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2025 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates20–24 September 2025
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Runners-upFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Third placeFlag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Fourth placeFlag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored62 (6.2 per match)
Attendance6,130 (613 per match)
Top scorer(s) Flag of New Zealand.svg En Watanabe
(5 goals)
Best player Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Alvin Hou
Best goalkeeper Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Cliff Sasau
Fair play awardFlag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
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The 2025 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 15th 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 Fiji from 20 to 24 September 2025. [1]

Contents

New Zealand are the defending champions, after defeating Tahiti in the 2023 final.

Teams

Four of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC will enter the tournament. One of two associated OFC member team Tuvalu has entered the cup as well. Tuvalu returned to regional stage after 14 years. [2]


TeamAppearancePrevious best performance
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (Hosts)12thRunners-up (1999, 2009, 2010)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12thChampions (2022, 2023)
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 11thChampions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 14thRunners-up (1992, 1996)
Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 4thSeventh place (2008, 2010)
Teams which did not enter the competition
TeamOFCIOCUN
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa FullYesNo
Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands FullYesSpecial
Flag of Kiribati.svg  Kiribati AssociateYesYes
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands NoYesYes
Flag of the Northern Mariana Islands.svg  Northern Mariana Islands [3] FormerNoNo
Flag of Nauru.svg  Nauru NoYesYes
New Caledonia flags merged (2017).svg  New Caledonia FullNoNo
Flag of Palau.svg  Palau FormerYesYes
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea FullYesYes
Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa FullYesYes
Flag of French Polynesia.svg  Tahiti FullNoNo
Flag of Tonga.svg  Tonga FullYesYes
Flag of France.svg  Wallis and Futuna [4] NoNoNo

Squads

Venue

The matches will be played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

The original location for the event were Solomon Islands and Honiara. However Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) announced on 15 July 2025 that Fiji has been handed hosting rights for the OFC Futsal Men’s Cup 2025 after the tournament was relocated from the Solomon Islands due to logistical issues. [5]

Media coverage

All games were streamed via FIFA+ platform as Fifa+ holds rights for all OFC competitions in the period 2024-2025. [6] The commentary was provided from Satish Narain [7]

Oceania Football, website of governing body OFC and independent website Friends of Football NZ provided game reports and tournament news.[ citation needed ]

Format and draw

Unlike in previous versions of the tournament, the 2025 tournament features a purely round robin format, with the champion being decided directly from the round robin stage, without a later final playoff. [8] As five teams are playing, there will be five two-game rounds, with one team taking a by in each round. The rounds will take place on five consecutive days from Saturday 20 September to Wednesday 24 September.

The draw deciding the matches took place on 19 August 2025 at the OFC Home Of Football in Auckland, New Zealand. [9]

Group stage

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).

Main Group

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands 4310154+1110
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 4301207+139
3Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (H)42021420−66
4Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu 4112911−24
5Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu 4004420−160
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

First round

In the first round, the Solomon Islands beat the reigning 2022 champions, New Zealand by 2-1. This was their first win over New Zealand in six years. [10] The tournament hosts, Fiji, beat Vanuatu 5-4. [10]

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg1–2Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 700
Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg4–5Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Attendance: 700

Second round

After the second round, the Solomon Islands defeated hosts Fiji 5:2. [11]

New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg6–1Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Island)
Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg5–2Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
Report
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)

Third round

The Gideons recorded a first-ever stalemate against Solomon Islands at an OFC Futsal Men’s Cup. [12] Host Fiji earned a 4-1 victory over Tuvalu to progress to a match with New Zealand in the 4th round. [12]

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg1–1Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg4–1Flag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
Report
Attendance: 350
Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

Fourth round

Two so far winless teams met, with Vanuatu defeating Vanuatu. [13] The host Fiji fell in their final match 10-3 to New Zealand. [14]

Tuvalu  Flag of Tuvalu.svg2–3Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu
Report
Attendance: 280
Fiji  Flag of Fiji.svg3–10Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 700
Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Island)

Fifth round

Kicking off the last day of competition, Vanuatu took on New Zealand for second place. The scores were 3–1 at full time and New Zealand claimed second place overall. [15] Solomon Islands won overall with a 7-0 victory over Tuvalu. [16]

Vanuatu  Flag of Vanuatu.svg1–3Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)
Tuvalu  Flag of Tuvalu.svg0–7Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands
Report
Attendance: 1,000

Awards

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

AwardPlayer
Golden Ball Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Alvin Hou
Golden Boot Flag of New Zealand.svg En Watanabe
Golden Gloves Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Cliff Sasau
Fair Play AwardFlag of Tuvalu.svg  Tuvalu
Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg  Solomon Islands

Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 6.2 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal


Match officials

Main Referees

Organising Committee

Fiji FA CEO: Mohammed Yusuf and Vice-president Fiji FA: Mr Ritesh Vee Pratap

References

  1. ↑ "Five teams chase glory at OFC Futsal Men's Cup tournament in Fiji". Friends of Football. 19 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "From airfields training to the regional stage: Tuvalu ready for huge opportunity". OFC Media. 17 September 2025.
  3. ↑ Beaumont, Adam (3 February 2021). "The curious case of Northern Mariana Islands and what OFC can learn from it". Football in Oceania.
  4. ↑ Beaumont, Adam (30 May 2024). "Whatever happened to Wallis & Futuna?". Football in Oceania.
  5. ↑ "Suva to host futsal cup". The Fiji Times. 17 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "FIFA+ becomes the official global home of OFC competitions". 28 February 2024.
  7. ↑ Rasekoseka, Marika (18 January 2025). "Satish Narain creates history as first Fijian commentator at HSBC SVNS in Perth". fijivillage.
  8. ↑ "Kurukuru to face NZ in OFC Futsal men's cup opener". Solomon Star News. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  9. ↑ "OFC Futsal Men's Cup 2025 Draw". YouTube . 19 August 2025.
  10. 1 2 Tora, Iliesa (2025-09-21). "Solomon Islands score first win over NZ, hosts Fiji beat Vanuatu in Futsal Men's Cup". RNZ Pacific. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  11. ↑ Mamu, Moffat (2025-09-21). "Kurukuru unstoppable". Solomon Star.
  12. 1 2 "Vanuatu hold leaders Solomon Islands to draw at OFC Futsal Nations Cup". Friends of Football NZ. 2025-09-22. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  13. ↑ Pareti, Alipati (2025-09-23). "Vanuatu escape against strong Tuvalu side". Islands Business Fiji.
  14. ↑ Nand, Priya (2025-09-23). "Fiji suffers a 10-3 defeat to New Zealand in OFC Futsal Men's Cup clash". Fiji Village.
  15. ↑ Pareti, Alipati (2025-09-24). "New Zealand beats Vanuatu, takes second place". Islands Business Fiji.
  16. ↑ Mamu, Moffat (2025-09-24). "Kurukuru – Pacific's futsal king". Solomon Star.
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