The OFC Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations. It was first held in 1992.

OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Organising bodyOFC
Founded1992
RegionOceania
Number of teams8
Current champions New Zealand
(2nd title)
Most successful team(s) Solomon Islands (6 titles)
2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

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]

Summaries

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Year Host Final Third Place
Winner Score Runner-up Third Place Score Fourth Place
1992
Details
 
Brisbane, Australia
 
Australia
No playoffs  
Vanuatu
 
New Zealand
1996
Details
 
Port Vila, Vanuatu
 
Australia
No playoffs  
Vanuatu
 
Fiji
No playoffs  
Western Samoa
1999
Details
 
Port Vila, Vanuatu
 
Australia
No playoffs  
Fiji
 
Vanuatu
No playoffs  
Papua New Guinea
2004
Details
 
Canberra, Australia
 
Australia
No playoffs  
New Zealand
 
Vanuatu
No playoffs  
Fiji
2008
Details
 
Suva, Fiji
 
Solomon Islands
No playoffs  
Tahiti
 
Vanuatu
No playoffs  
New Zealand
2009
Details
 
Suva, Fiji
 
Solomon Islands
8–1  
Fiji
 
Vanuatu
6–2  
New Caledonia
2010
Details
 
Suva, Fiji
 
Solomon Islands
No playoffs  
Fiji
 
New Zealand
No playoffs  
Vanuatu
2011
Details
 
Suva, Fiji
 
Solomon Islands
6–4  
Tahiti
 
New Zealand
1–1 aet
(5–4) pen
 
Vanuatu
2013
Details
 
Auckland, New Zealand
 
Australia
5–1  
Malaysia
 
New Zealand
1–0  
Tahiti
2014
Details
 
Païta, New Caledonia
 
Malaysia
No playoffs  
New Caledonia
 
New Zealand
No playoffs  
Tahiti
2016
Details
 
Suva, Fiji
 
Solomon Islands
No playoffs  
New Zealand
 
Tahiti
No playoffs  
Vanuatu
2019
Details
 
Païta, New Caledonia
 
Solomon Islands
5–5 aet
(2–1) pen
 
New Zealand
 
Tahiti
5–5 aet
(3–1) pen
 
New Caledonia
2022[5]
Details
 
Suva, Fiji
 
New Zealand
6–2  
Solomon Islands
 
New Caledonia
5–3   FFA President's Five
2023
Details
 
Auckland, New Zealand
 
New Zealand
5–0  
Tahiti
 
Solomon Islands
5–3  
Fiji

Performance by nations

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Team Titles Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  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)
* = hosts

Medal summary

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Solomon Islands6118
2  Australia5005
3  New Zealand23510
4  Malaysia1102
5  Tahiti0325
6  Fiji0314
7  Vanuatu0246
8  New Caledonia0112
Totals (8 entries)14141442

All-time table

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As of 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup. Source:[6]

Rank Team Part P W D L GF GA GD Points
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

Participating nations

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Legend
  • 1st — Champions
  • 2nd — Runners-up
  • 3rd — Third place
  • 4th — Fourth place
  • SF — Semifinals
  • 5th-8th — Fifth to Eighth place
  • QF — Quarterfinals
  • GS — Group stage
  • R2 — Round 2
  • R1 — Round 1
  • q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •   ×   – Did not enter
  •   ×   – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
  •      – To be determined
  •    — Hosts
  •    – Not an OFC member
Team  
1992
 
1996
 
1999
 
2004
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2013
 
2014
 
2016
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
Years
  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

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers

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Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • 4th – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
  • R1 – Round 1
  •      – Hosts
  •    – Not an OFC member
  • Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Team  
1989
 
1992
 
1996
 
2000
 
2004
 
2008
 
2012
 
2016
 
2021
 
2024
Total
  Australia GS GS GS GS GS 5
  New Zealand GS 1
  Solomon Islands GS GS GS GS 4

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "OFC FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 - TV SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT" Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Oceania Football Confederation, July 6, 2009
  2. ^ "OFC FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 - TV SCHEDULE ANNOUNCEMENT" Archived 2009-07-15 at the Wayback Machine, Oceania Football Confederation, July 6, 2009
  3. ^ "Solomons retains Futsal title", FijiVillage News, July 11, 2009
  4. ^ "Hosts appointed for 2019 competitions". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 November 2018.
  5. ^ OFC Futsal Invitational 2021, at Oceania Football Confederation
  6. ^ "FutsalPlanet". Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. Retrieved 2017-03-15.
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