Organising body | OFC |
---|---|
Founded | 1992 |
Region | Oceania |
Number of teams | 8 |
Current champions | New Zealand (2nd title) |
Most successful team(s) | Solomon Islands (6 titles) |
2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup |
The OFC Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations. It was first held in 1992.
The competition was initially held every four years. From 2008 onwards, however, it became an annual tournament. [1]
Australia won every edition of the competition until it left the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006. Solomon Islands have won the three editions of the tournament which have taken place since then [2] - including a decisive 8-1 victory over Fiji in the final of the 2009 edition. [3] It is a qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.
The original name was the OFC Futsal Championship, from 2019, the tournament will be known as the OFC Futsal Nations Cup. [4]
Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Solomon Islands | 6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019) | 1 (2022) | 1 (2023) | |
Australia | 5 (1992*, 1996, 1999, 2004*, 2013) | |||
New Zealand | 2 (2022, 2023*) | 3 (2004, 2016, 2019) | 5 (1992, 2010, 2011, 2013*, 2014) | 1 (2008) |
Malaysia | 1 (2014) | 1 (2013) | ||
Tahiti | 3 (2008, 2011, 2023) | 2 (2016, 2019) | 2 (2013, 2014) | |
Fiji | 3 (1999, 2009*, 2010*) | 1 (1996) | 2 (2004, 2023) | |
Vanuatu | 2 (1992, 1996*) | 4 (1999*, 2004, 2008, 2009) | 3 (2010, 2011, 2016) | |
New Caledonia | 1 (2014*) | 1 (2022) | 2 (2009, 2019*) | |
FFA President's Five | 1 (2022) | |||
Papua New Guinea | 1 (1999) | |||
Samoa | 1 (1996) |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Solomon Islands | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
2 | Australia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
3 | New Zealand | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
4 | Malaysia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
5 | Tahiti | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
6 | Fiji | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
8 | New Caledonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals (8 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
As of 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup. Source: [6]
Rank | Team | Part | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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1 | New Zealand | 12 | 61 | 37 | 5 | 19 | 266 | 178 | +88 | 116 |
2 | Solomon Islands | 10 | 49 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 321 | 148 | +173 | 114 |
3 | Vanuatu | 14 | 69 | 31 | 5 | 33 | 272 | 265 | +7 | 98 |
4 | Fiji | 11 | 57 | 26 | 4 | 27 | 237 | 222 | +15 | 82 |
5 | Australia | 5 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 182 | 20 | +162 | 78 |
6 | Tahiti | 8 | 41 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 151 | 106 | +45 | 61 |
7 | New Caledonia | 10 | 48 | 16 | 5 | 27 | 195 | 210 | –15 | 53 |
8 | Malaysia | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 19 |
9 | Papua New Guinea | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 10 |
10 | Samoa | 5 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 48 | 166 | –118 | 9 |
11 | American Samoa | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 34 | –26 | 3 |
12 | Kiribati | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 54 | –45 | 3 |
13 | Cook Islands | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 27 | –21 | 0 |
14 | Tonga | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 52 | –46 | 0 |
15 | Tuvalu | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 146 | –129 | 0 |
Team | 1992 | 1996 | 1999 | 2004 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2013 | 2014 | 2016 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | Years |
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American Samoa | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 7th | × | × | 1 |
Australia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5 | |||||||||
Cook Islands | × | × | 7th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Fiji | × | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | × | × | 6th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 11 |
FFA President's Five | 4th | 1 | |||||||||||||
Kiribati | × | × | × | 7th | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 | ||||
Malaysia | 2nd | 1st | 2 | ||||||||||||
New Caledonia | × | × | × | × | 6th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 10 |
New Zealand | 3rd | × | 5th | 2nd | 4th | × | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 12 |
Papua New Guinea | × | × | 4th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 1 |
Samoa | × | 4th | 6th | 6th | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 7th | 7th | 5 |
Solomon Islands | × | × | × | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | × | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 10 |
Tahiti | × | × | × | × | 2nd | × | 6th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | × | 2nd | 8 |
Tonga | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | × | 8th | 8th | 8th | 3 |
Tuvalu | 7th | × | 7th | 8th | × | × | × | × | × | × | 3 | ||||
Vanuatu | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 14 |
Total | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Team | 1989 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2021 | 2024 | Total |
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Australia | GS | GS | GS | GS | GS | 5 | |||||
New Zealand | GS | 1 | |||||||||
Solomon Islands | GS | GS | GS | GS | 4 |
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