2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

The 2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup was the sixth edition of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Beach Soccer Championship), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Oceanian men's national teams, organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The competition returns after a six-year absence.

2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup OFC qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Tahiti
City	Papeete
Dates	17–22 June
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Tahiti (2nd title)
Runners-up	Solomon Islands
Third place	New Caledonia
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	149 (12.42 per match)
Attendance	8,400 (700 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Patrick Tepa (12 goals)

The tournament took place in Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete, Tahiti from 17 to 22 June 2019.[1] It was originally scheduled to take place from 15 to 22 September 2018 in Pā'ōfa'i Gardens.[2][3] However, in August 2018, it was announced that the tournament had been postponed until June 2019 in order to allow more teams to participate.[4][5]

The tournament also acted as the qualification tournament for Oceanian teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Paraguay; the winners qualified.[6]

The Solomon Islands were the defending champions, but lost in the final and so did not qualify.

Teams

Thierry Ariiotima, president of the FTF, stated that the championship's new 2019 scheduling would allow at least six nations to enter the event.[4][7] Eventually five teams were confirmed.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
New Caledonia	2nd	Runners-up (2013)
Solomon Islands (title holders)	6th	Champions (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)
Tahiti (hosts)	5th	Champions (2011)
Tonga	1st	Debut
Vanuatu	5th	Runners-up (2006, 2007, 2009)

Venue

The matches will be played at the Aorai Tini Hau in Papeete.

Squads

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 9 April 2019 in Tahiti, at a beach soccer match between Tiki Tama and Green Warriors during the Festival des îles.[8][9]

Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams advance to the final, while the next two teams advance to the third place match.

All times are local, TAHT (UTC−10).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	W+	WP	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti (H)	4	4	0	0	0	52	9	+43	12	Final
2	Solomon Islands	4	3	0	0	1	19	14	+5	9	Final
3	Vanuatu	4	2	0	0	2	33	22	+11	6	Third place match
4	New Caledonia	4	1	0	0	3	17	27	−10	3	Third place match
5	Tonga	4	0	0	0	4	6	55	−49	0

Source: OFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

17 June 2019

14:00

New Caledonia	0–2	Solomon Islands
	Report	Mafane 21' Fa'ari 24'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 200

Referee: Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy (France)

17 June 2019

16:00

Tahiti	8–2	Vanuatu
Salem 4', 15' Tepa 13', 17' Labaste 13' Chan Kat 29' (p) Li Fung Kuee 31' Teriitau 31'	Report	Boulet 19' Meltecoin 31' (p)

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 900

Referee: Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands)

18 June 2019

14:00

Vanuatu	2–4	Solomon Islands
Mansale 31' Wilson 33'	Report	Mafane 14' Koipala 30' Fa'ari 32' Aisa 36'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 200

Referee: Pari Oito (Tahiti)

18 June 2019

16:00

Tahiti	23–1	Tonga
Tepa 1', 3', 12', 14', 17', 24' Li Fung Kuee 2', 35', 36' Tehau 5' Labaste 7', 14', 30', 31' Teriitau 10' Chan Kat 15', 17', 26' Tchen 28', 32', 36' Taiarui 30', 32'	Report	Kaufusi 5'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 1,000

Referee: Jimmy Malap (Vanuatu)

19 June 2019

14:00

Solomon Islands	7–1	Tonga
Naka 7' Peter 9' Fa'ari 10', 22' Kaufusi 16' (o.g.) Havili 17' (o.g.) Mafane 26'	Report	Ulavalu 18'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 100

Referee: Rudolphe Tau (Tahiti)

19 June 2019

16:00

Vanuatu	14–7	New Caledonia
Mansale 4', 32' Boulet 5', 16', 20', 35' Kapalu 6', 22' Malapa 9' Meltecoin 9', 33' Tasip 16' Massing 18' Thomas 30'	Report	Athale 3', 8', 33' Diaiké 23', 24' Roine 29' Wakanumune 34'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 300

Referee: Faraz Hussein (Fiji)

20 June 2019

14:00

Tonga	1–10	New Caledonia
Uhatahi 12'	Report	Katrawa 10' Weinane 12' Wakanumune 15' Takelo 20' (o.g.) Roine 21', 31', 36', 36' Athale 25' Diaiké 28'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 200

Referee: Felix Bea (Tahiti)

20 June 2019

16:00

Solomon Islands	6–11	Tahiti
Peter 7', 10' Naka 16' Mafane 16', 19' (p) Tchen 32' (o.g.)	Report	Labaste 3', 13' Taiarui 8', 24' Teriitau 10', 16', 25' Tavanae 26', 29' Tepa 27', 28'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Malkom Mayoho (Vanuatu)

21 June 2019

14:00

Tonga	3–15	Vanuatu
Uhatahi 15' Havili 35' Tutone 36'	Report	Mansale 6', 10', 29' Kapalu 6' (p), 15' Meltecoin 12', 30', 35' Wilson 19', 20' Boulet 21', 26', 30', 33' Iaruel 36'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 200

Referee: Aurélien Planchais-Godefroy (France)

21 June 2019

16:00

New Caledonia	0–10	Tahiti
	Report	Taiarui 1', 13', 25' Chan Kat 4' Tehau 7', 8' Tavanae 11' Labaste 27', 35' Tepa 31'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands)

Final stage

Bracket

	Final

	22 June

	Tahiti	4

	Solomon Islands	3

	Third place match

	22 June

	Vanuatu	7

	New Caledonia	8

Third place match

22 June 2019

14:00

Vanuatu	7–8 (a.e.t.)	New Caledonia
Mansale 11' Wilson 13', 26' Boulet 27', 28' Thomas 31' Tasip 34'	Report	Bamy 6' Roine 11' (p), 23', 26' Katrawa 12' Dokunengo 21', 37' Athale 27'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 1,100

Referee: Hugo Pado (Solomon Islands)

Final

22 June 2019

16:00

Tahiti	4–3	Solomon Islands
Tepa 22' (p) Tavanae 22', 27' Taiarui 30'	Report	Farobo 18' Aisa 28' Mafane 36'

Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Faraz Hussein (Fiji)

Tahiti qualifies for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following team from OFC qualify for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[10]

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup¹ only FIFA era (since 2005)
Tahiti	22 June 2019	4 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

References

"2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation.
"Les Tiki Toa en quête d'une 5ème Coupe du monde consécutive" (in French). Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
"OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". oceaniafootball.com.
"Vidéo - Beach soccer : les éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde reportés en 2019" (in French). tntv.pf. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
"OFC Beach Soccer Championship postponed". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 August 2018.
"The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup goes to Paraguay!". beachsoccer.com. 26 October 2018.
"Beach soccer boost for Vanuatu". oceaniafootball.com. 27 February 2019. Retrieved 27 February 2019.
"Beach Soccer – Festival des îles : Les Tiki Tama battent les Green Warriors 6-4". FTF. 10 April 2019.
"OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup Draw complete". Oceania Football Confederation. 16 April 2019.
"Tahiti qualify for fifth consecutive Beach Soccer World Cup". FIFA.com. 23 June 2019.

External links

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019,
- News > OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019, oceaniafootball.com
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup, at Beach Soccer Worldwide

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021
¹ No qualifiers took place as the representatives were selected by the confederation. ² CONCACAF and CONMEBOL held a joint championship for qualification. ³ Qualification was achieved through the Euro Beach Soccer League. (p) This indicates an additional play-off round, supplement to the main qualification event.

2019 in Oceanian football (OFC)
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Domestic leagues	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati New Caledonia New Zealand Men '18–'19 '19–'20 Women Niue Papua New Guinea '19 '19–'20 Samoa Solomon Islands '19–'20 Tahiti '18–'19 '19–'20 Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Super League Port Vila '18–'19 '19–'20 Luganville '19 '19–'20
Domestic cups	Fiji FACT Battle of the Giants Inter-District Championship New Caledonia New Zealand Men Women Tahiti '18–'19 '19–'20 Vanuatu Independence Cup PVFA Cup
OFC club competitions	OFC Champions League Qualifying stage Group stage Knockout stage Final
National team competitions	OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament OFC U-19 Women's Championship OFC U-16 Women's Championship OFC Futsal Nations Cup OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

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