Association | Football Federation Samoa | ||
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Confederation | Oceania Football Confederation (Oceania) | ||
FIFA code | SAM | ||
FIFA ranking | Unranked [1] | ||
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First international | |||
Vanuatu 10–2 Western Samoa (Port Vila, Vanuatu, 3 August 1996) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Cook Islands 3–5 Samoa (Port Vila, Vanuatu, 26 August 1999) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Western Samoa 1–23 Australia (Port Vila, Vanuatu, 4 August 1996) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
Oceanian Futsal Championship | |||
Appearances | 3 (First in 1996 ) | ||
Best result | 4th, (1996) |
The Samoa national futsal team is controlled by Football Federation Samoa, the governing body for futsal in Samoa and represents the country in international futsal competitions, such as the World Cup and the Oceanian Futsal Championship.
FIFA World Cup Record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
Spain 1996 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Guatemala 2000 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Taiwan 2004 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Brazil 2008 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Thailand 2012 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Colombia 2016 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Lithuania 2020 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Uzbekistan 2024 | To be determined | ||||||
Total | 0/8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Oceanian Futsal Championship Record | |||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
Vanuatu 1996 | 4th place | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 78 |
Vanuatu 1999 | 6th place | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 40 |
Australia 2004 | 6th place | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
Fiji 2008 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fiji 2009 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fiji 2010 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fiji 2011 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Zealand 2013 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
New Caledonia 2014 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Fiji 2016 | Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total | 3/11 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 45 | 146 |
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