Nickname(s) | Aito Arii [1] |
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Association | Tahitian Football Federation |
Confederation | OFC |
Head coach | Temuri Ariitai [2] |
Home stadium | Fautaua Sports Hall |
FIFA code | TAH |
FIFA ranking | 45 (14 June 2024) [3] |
First international | |
Tuvalu 1–3 Tahiti (Suva, Fiji; 9 June 2008) | |
Biggest win | |
Tonga 2–24 Tahiti (Païta, New Caledonia; 30 October 2019) | |
Biggest defeat | |
Iran 16–1 Tahiti (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 18 September 2017) |
The Tahiti national futsal team represents French Polynesia in international futsal under the auspices of the Tahitian Football Federation.
Futsal was introduced to Tahiti in 2005 and rapidly gained popularity. The football association organized its first futsal league in 2007. The territory participated in the OFC Futsal Nations Cup for the first time in the 2008 edition of the tournament. [4] [5] That year, the team finished runners-up to the Solomon Islands. Tahiti repeated the performance in 2011, again finishing behind only the Solomons. [6] The nation played its first match at home on 29 March 2013, a 3–1 friendly victory over New Zealand at the Fautaua Sports Hall. [7]
Tahiti was invited to participate in the 2017 Asian Indoor and martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan. The team was drawn into a group with Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, and tournament favorites Iran. [8] The team suffered a 1–16 defeat in their opening match against the latter on 18 September 2017. [9] Tahiti was joined in the competition by fellow OFC member, Solomon Islands. The two nations became the first from Oceania to compete in the competition. The tournament also marked the first time Tahiti played outside of its own region. [10]
29 March 2013 Friendly | Tahiti | 3–1 | New Zealand | Papeete, French Polynesia |
| Report | Stadium: Fautaua Sports Hall |
31 March 2013 Friendly | Tahiti | 4–2 | New Zealand | Papeete, French Polynesia |
Report | Stadium: Fautaua Sports Hall |
2 April 2013 Friendly | Tahiti | 2–0 | New Zealand | Papeete, French Polynesia |
Report | Stadium: Fautaua Sports Hall |
7 February 2016 Friendly | Solomon Islands | 0–12 | Tahiti | Suva, Fiji |
Report | Stadium: Vodafone Arena |
18 September 2017 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Iran | 16–1 | Tahiti | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
Report |
| Stadium: Ice Arena |
19 September 2017 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Kyrgyzstan | 4–2 | Tahiti | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
Report |
| Stadium: Ice Arena |
21 September 2017 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | Jordan | 3–0 | Tahiti | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
Report | Stadium: Ice Arena |
2 April 2018 Friendly | Tahiti | 2–1 | New Caledonia | Pīraʻe, French Polynesia |
| Report | Stadium: Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz |
4 April 2018 Friendly | Tahiti | 2–3 | New Caledonia | Pīraʻe, French Polynesia |
| Report | Stadium: Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz |
6 April 2018 Friendly | Tahiti | 5–2 | New Caledonia | Pīraʻe, French Polynesia |
| Report | Stadium: Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz |
10 December 2018 Friendly | New Caledonia | 5–3 | Tahiti | Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Report |
| Stadium: Indoor Sports Hall |
12 December 2018 Friendly | New Caledonia | 1–3 | Tahiti | Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Report | Stadium: Indoor Sports Hall |
14 December 2018 Friendly | New Caledonia | 4–6 | Tahiti | Nouméa, New Caledonia |
Report | Stadium: Indoor Sports Hall |
FIFA Futsal World Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA |
1989 | Did not enter | |||||||
1992 | ||||||||
1996 | ||||||||
2000 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | Did not qualify | |||||||
2012 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2024 | ||||||||
Total | – | 0/10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OFC Futsal Nations Cup | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
1992 | Did not enter | |||||||
1996 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 |
2009 | Did not enter | |||||||
2010 | Group Stage | 6th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
2011 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 |
2013 | Semi-fianls | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
2014 | Group Stage | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
2016 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 |
2019 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 18 |
2022 | Did not enter | |||||||
2023 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 16 |
Total | 0 titles | 8/14 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 128 | 106 |
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