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Tahiti national beach soccer team

The Tahiti national beach soccer team represents Tahiti or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in Tahiti. In contrast to the fortunes of the association football team, Tahiti's beach soccer has, since 2011, been one of the strongest teams in world beach soccer. The team made history at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament. At the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti beat Italy in a penalty shootout to become the first Pacific nation to ever make it to a final in a FIFA tournament. They followed this up with another appearance in the 2017 final.

Tahiti
Nickname(s)Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)[1]
AssociationTahitian Football Federation
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachTeva Zaveroni
CaptainRaimana Li Fung Kuee
FIFA codeTAH
BSWW ranking 15 Steady (8 April 2024)[2]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Tahiti 8–1 Cook Islands 
(Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006)
Biggest win
 Tahiti 26–3 Tonga 
(Papeete, Tahiti; 22 August 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 9–1 Tahiti 
(Dubai, UAE; 9 November 2018)
Italy  12–4 Tahiti 
(Luque, PAR; 21 November 2019)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 2011)
Best resultRunners-up (2015, 2017)
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2011, 2019, 2023, 2024)

Results and fixtures

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The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2024

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15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B Tahiti   4–3   Argentina Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00
  • Salem   13', 31'
  • Li Fung Kuee   21'
  • Tiniraurii   30'
 Report (FIFA)
  • Ponzetti   2', 32'
  • Pomar   34'
 Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium
Attendance: 813
Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)
17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B Spain   3–5   Tahiti Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00
  • J. Arias   3'
  • Batis   10'
  • Dona   15'
 Report (FIFA)
  • Taiarui   17'
  • Tepa   23'
  • Labaste   23'
  • Tinirauarii   24', 36'
 Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium
Attendance: 2,622
Referee: Mickie Palomino (Peru)
19 February 2024 (2024-02-19) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B Iran   5–3   Tahiti Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00
  • Behzadpour   24', 31'
  • Mirjalili   28'
  • Tehau   32' (o.g.)
  • Mokhtari   35'
 Report (FIFA)
  • Labaste   14'
  • Tinirauarii   22'
  • Tepa   32'
 Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium
Attendance: 3,458
Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)
22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals Italy   5–2   Tahiti Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00
  • Giordani   12', 17'
  • Bertacca   30'
  • Josep Jr.   34'
  • Remedi   35'
 Report (FIFA)
Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium
Attendance: 1,901
Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

Players

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Current squad

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The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   TAH Jonathan Torohia
2 MF   TAH Dylan Paama
3 FW   TAH Tamatoa Tetauira
4 DF   TAH Heimanu Taiarui
5 FW   TAH Gervais Chan-Kat
6 MF   TAH Patrick Tepa
7 FW   TAH Raimana Li Fung Kuee
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF   TAH Heiarii Tavanae
9 MF   TAH Heirauarii Salem
10 FW   TAH Tearii Labaste
11 MF   TAH Teva Zaveroni
12 GK   TAH Beo Revel
13 MF   TAH Teaonui Tehau
14 GK   TAH Gabriel Amau
Head coach: Teva Zaveroni

Competitive record

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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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FIFA World Cup record Qualification (OFC) record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2005 did not enter No qualification matches
  2006 did not qualify Third place 3rd 4 3 0 1 26 13 +13
  2007 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 22 23 –1
  2008 did not enter No qualification matches
  2009 did not qualify Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 21 17 +4
  2011 Group stage 12th 3 1 0 2 6 11 –5 Champions 1st 3 2 0 1 11 12 –1
  2013 Fourth place 4th 6 2 1 3 26 22 +4 Automatically qualified as hosts
  2015 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 32 29 +3 No qualification matches[a]
  2017 Runners-up 2nd 6 3 1 2 20 22 –2 No qualification matches[b]
  2019 Group stage 10th 3 2 0 1 16 17 –1 Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 56 12 +44
  2021 Quarter-finals 6th 4 2 0 2 27 24 +3 No qualification matches[c]
  2023 Quarter-finals 4 2 0 2 19 17 +2 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 48 9 +39
  2025 to be determined to be determined
Total 0 titles 7/12 32 16 3 13 146 142 +4 3 titles 6/7 21 17 0 8 184 86 +98
  1. ^ The 2015 edition was originally set to take place in Papeete, Tahiti.[4] Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.[5]
  2. ^ The 2017 edition was originally set to take place in February.[4] Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.[6]
  3. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania qualification tournament was eventually cancelled, with the official announcement made by the OFC on 6 May 2021. The OFC announced that Tahiti, as the highest-ranked OFC team in the BSWW World Rankings and also as the winner of the most recent edition in 2019, were nominated as the OFC representatives at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[7]

Intercontinental Cup

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BSIC record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2011 Group stage 8th 3 0 0 3 7 19 –12
  2012 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 8 10 –2
  2013 did not enter
  2014
  2015 Runners-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 23 17 +6
  2016 Fourth place 4th 5 2 0 3 25 29 –4
  2017 did not enter
  2018 Group stage 8th 5 0 1 4 22 33 –11
Total 0 titles 5/8 21 7 1 13 85 108 –23

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

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OFC Nations Cup record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
  2006 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 26 13 +13
  2007 Fourth place 4th 4 1 0 3 17 25 –8
  2009 Third place 3rd 4 2 0 2 21 17 +4
  2011 Champions 1st 3 2 0 1 11 12 –1
  2013 Withdrew[a]
2015 and 2017 Not held[b]
  2019 Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 56 12 +44
  2023 Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 48 9 +39
Total 3 titles 7/8 24 16 0 8 179 88 +91
  1. ^ see above
  2. ^ see above

Head-to-head record

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As of 27 August 2023

Note: The following includes all friendly matches and competitive games except for a small handful of friendlies not played by the official rules of FIFA.

Since making their international debut in August 2006, Tahiti have played a total of 118 matches against 41 different national teams, 68 of which were won. Their most played fixture is against the Solomon Islands whom they have played nine times.

Team First Last Record Win %
  Cook Islands 2006 2006 2–0 100%
  Solomon Islands 2006 2023 5–4 56%
  Vanuatu 2006 2019 1–3 25%
  New Zealand 2007 2007 1–1 50%
  Fiji 2009 2023 4–0 100%
  Mexico 2011 2019 3–1 75%
  Venezuela 2011 2011 1–0 100%
  Russia 2011 2018 1–7 13%
  Nigeria 2011 2019 0–3 0%
  United Arab Emirates 2011 2021 3–4 43%
   Switzerland 2012 2018 2–6 25%
  United States 2012 2019 5–0 100%
  France 2013 2013 3–0 100%
  Netherlands 2013 2013 3–0 100%
  Bulgaria 2013 2013 0–1 0%
  Hungary 2013 2013 1–0 100%
  Estonia 2013 2013 1–0 100%
  Austria 2013 2013 1–0 100%
  Argentina 2013 2013 2–0 100%
  Australia 2013 2013 1–0 100%
  Spain 2013 2021 1–3 25%
  Brazil 2013 2017 0–4 0%
  England 2014 2018 3–0 100%
  Madagascar 2015 2015 1–0 100%
  Paraguay 2015 2019 2–1 67%
  Iran 2015 2018 2–4 33%
  Italy 2015 2019 1–1 50%
  Portugal 2015 2015 1–1 50%
  Egypt 2015 2015 1–0 100%
  Bahamas 2016 2016 1–1 50%
  Japan 2016 2021 1–4 20%
  Poland 2016 2017 2–0 100%
  Ecuador 2017 2017 1–0 100%
  Panama 2017 2017 1–0 100%
  El Salvador 2017 2017 1–0 100%
  Oman 2018 2019 1–1 50%
  Tonga 2019 2023 2–0 100%
  New Caledonia 2019 2019 1–0 100%
  Uruguay 2019 2019 1–0 100%
  Mozambique 2021 2021 1–0 100%
  Lithuania 2023 2023 3–0 100%
Totals 2006 2023 68–50 58%

Honours

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Winners: 2011, 2019, 2023
Runners-up: 2015, 2017
Fourth place: 2013

References

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  1. ^ Tahiti beach soccer team light on preparation
  2. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
  4. ^ a b "OFC Executive Committee decisions". oceaniafootball.com. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Teams". FIFA.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.
  7. ^ "OFC cancels upcoming Beach Soccer Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 May 2021.
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