2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Dates	1–7 October 2023
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	181 (9.05 per match)
Attendance	3,207 (160 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Micah Lea'alafa (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Dylan Manickum
Best goalkeeper	Mike Antamanov
Fair play award	Vanuatu
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The 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 14th edition of the OFC Futsal Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Futsal Championship), the international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. It was held in New Zealand from 1 to 7 October 2023.^[1]

New Zealand were the defending champions, after defeating Solomon Islands in the 2022 final.

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC will enter the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
New Zealand (hosts)	12th	Champions (2022)
Fiji	11th	Runners-up (1999, 2009, 2010)
New Caledonia	10th	Runners-up (2014)
Samoa	5th	Fourth place (1996)
Solomon Islands	10th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
Tahiti	8th	Runners-up (2008, 2011)
Tonga	3rd	Eighth place (2019, 2022)
Vanuatu	14th	Runners-up (1992, 1996)

Did not enter

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Papua New Guinea

The matches will be played at the Pulman Arena in Auckland.

The draw took place on 27 July 2023 at the OFC Home Of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.^[2]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams (based on the 2022 OFC Futsal Cup standings.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
New Zealand (1)  Solomon Islands (2)	New Caledonia (3)  Vanuatu (5)  Fiji (6)  Samoa (7)	Tonga (8)  Tahiti (UR)

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams enter the 5th–8th place play-offs.^[3][4]

All times are local, NZDT (UTC+13).^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	3	3	0	0	27	5	+22	9	Knockout stage
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	13	8	+5	6
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	24	10	+14	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	2	43	−41	0

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	7	Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	3	1	2	0	20	9	+11	5
3	New Caledonia	3	1	1	1	12	9	+3	4	5th–8th place play-offs
4	Samoa	3	0	0	3	4	25	−21	0

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	Play-off semi-finals				Fifth place match
	5 October - Auckland
	Vanuatu	6
					7 October - Auckland
	Samoa	3
					Vanuatu	3
	5 October - Auckland
					New Caledonia	5
	New Caledonia	11
	Tonga	0
					Seventh place match
					7 October - Auckland
					Samoa	4
					Tonga	3

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	Semi-finals				Final
	5 October - Auckland
	New Zealand	4
					7 October - Auckland
	Solomon Islands	2
					New Zealand	5
	5 October - Auckland
					Tahiti	0
	Tahiti	7
	Fiji	3
					Third place match
					7 October - Auckland
					Solomon Islands	5
					Fiji	3

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Winner will qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

Tahiti

New Zealand

GK 14 Puarea Roe DF 2 Matana Bea FW 5 Michel Maihuri FW 7 Akareva Riaria (c) FW 10 Tetuanui Tinomoe Substitutes: GK 1 Maungaroa Angia 3 Kai'anu Flores 4 Vincent Tinomoe 5 Keanu Maihuri FW 8 Olivier Hirihiri  27' 9 Roberto Patira 11 Scotty Opeta FW 12 Teivarii Kaiha  8' MF 13 Tamati Iotua Head coach: Temuri Ariitai

GK 1 Mike Antamanov DF 8 Logan Wisnewski FW 6 Rahan Ali FW 10 Dylan Manickum (c) FW 11 Jordan Ditfort Substitutes: GK 12 Patrick Steele DF 5 Thomas Picken DF 7 Ethan Martin DF 13 Oban Hawkins  8' DF 14 Casey Sharplin FW 2 Adam Paulsen FW 3 Hamish Grey FW 4 Art Twigg FW 9 Stephen Ashby-Peckham  31' Head coach: Marvin Eakins

Man of the Match: Dylan Manickum (New Zealand) Second referee: Jonathon Moore (Australia) Third referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia) Timekeeper: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman) Reserve referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

Match rules 40 minutes. 10 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes.

The following team, from OFC, qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
New Zealand	7 October 2023	0 (debut)

Rank	Team	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	36	7	+29	15
2	Tahiti	5	3	1	1	22	16	+6	10
3	Solomon Islands	5	2	2	1	27	16	+11	8
4	Fiji	5	2	0	3	19	20	-1	6
5	New Caledonia	5	3	1	1	28	12	+16	10
6	Vanuatu	5	2	0	3	33	18	+15	6
7	Samoa	5	1	0	4	11	34	−23	3
8	Tonga	5	0	0	5	5	58	−53	0

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Dylan Manickum
Golden Boot	Micah Lea'alafa
Golden Gloves	Mike Antamanov
Fair Play Award	Vanuatu

There were 181 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.05 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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