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Tahiti national beach soccer team

Tahiti national beach soccer team

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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.

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Results and fixtures

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

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

Current squad

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.

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Head coach: Teva Zaveroni

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

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  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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OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

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  1. see above
  2. see above

Head-to-head record

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.

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Honours

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

References

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