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OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
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Founded	2006
Region	Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams	3 (2013)
Current champions	Solomon Islands (4th title)
Most successful team(s)	Solomon Islands; (4 titles)
	2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

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The OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup is the main international championship for beach soccer in Oceania, mirroring that of the OFC Nations Cup organised by the OFC in association football. The tournament was called the OFC Beach Soccer Championship before the name was changed in 2019, and was also known as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for OFC. The championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made requirements for all confederations to begin holding a qualification tournament to determine the best national team(s) in the region and hence those who would go on to represent their continent in the World Cup.

Oceania was awarded just one spot at the finals under FIFA's new changes to the organisation of the World Cup and hence only the winners of the championship proceed to the succeeding World Cup finals. Before 2006, there was no consistent method of qualification or number of spots at the World Cup for Oceanian nations, with countries often simply being invited to play in the finals, without competing for a regional crown beforehand.

The Solomon Islands are the most successful nation having dominated the championships, winning four of the five that have taken place. However, Tahiti have emerged as a global force in more recent years.

Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so does the championship which started with the qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup.

Tournaments

For all tournaments, the top team qualified for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
Year	Location	Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006 details	Moorea, Tahiti	Solomon Islands	6 – 2	Vanuatu	Tahiti	12 – 4	Cook Islands
2007 details	Auckland, New Zealand	Solomon Islands	5 – 3	Vanuatu	New Zealand	5 – 3	Tahiti
2008	Not held^[A]
2009 details	Moorea, Tahiti	Solomon Islands	1 – 0	Vanuatu	Tahiti	6 – 3	Fiji
2011 details	Papeete, Tahiti	Tahiti	4 – 3	Solomon Islands	Fiji	-
2013 details	Nouméa, New Caledonia^[B]	Solomon Islands	6 – 0	New Caledonia	Vanuatu	-
2015	Not held^[C]
2017	Not held^[D]
2019 details	Papeete, Tahiti^[1]	Tahiti	4 – 3	Solomon Islands	New Caledonia	8 – 7	Vanuatu

Notes:

A ^ Due to a late calendar change bringing the World Cup forward from November to July, the OFC judged that it would be too difficult to reorganise the Championship in time, and hence on the back of their two previous titles, the Solomon Islands where hand-picked by the OFC as the continent's representative at the World Cup.

B ^ Tahiti, despite being defending champions, were unable to compete due to a pre-arranged tour of Europe to play against higher level opposition in preparation as host nation of the World Cup. Hence the competition was moved from Tahiti to New Caledonia.

C ^ Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament scheduled to take place in Papeete, Tahiti in February was cancelled with the Tahitian national team picked by the OFC to go to represent Oceania at the World Cup.

D ^ The 2017 edition was set to take place in February of 2017^[2] but for the second-scheduled edition running, the championship was cancelled for undisclosed reasons, with OFC in favour of nominating Tahiti as representatives having demonstrated being the best nation in the region through their performance at the preceding World Cup.^[3]

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Solomon Islands	4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)	2 (2011, 2019)	-	-
Tahiti	2 (2011, 2019)	-	2 (2006, 2009)	1 (2007)
Vanuatu	-	3 (2006, 2007, 2009)	1 (2013)	1 (2019)
New Caledonia	-	1 (2013*)	1 (2019)	-
Fiji	-	-	1 (2011)	1 (2009)
New Zealand	-	-	1 (2007*)	-
Cook Islands	-	-	-	1 (2006)

* = Hosts

Overall standings

As 2017

Pos	Team	Part	Pld	W	WE	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Solomon Islands	5	17	14	0	3	90	45	+45	42
2	Vanuatu	4	14	7	2	5	77	60	+17	25
3	Tahiti	4	15	7	0	8	75	67	+8	21
4	New Zealand	1	4	1	0	3	21	26	-5	3
5	New Caledonia	1	2	1	0	1	7	12	-5	3
6	Fiji	2	6	0	0	4	23	47	-24	0
7	Cook Islands	1	4	0	0	4	6	49	-43	0

Note: Win in Common Time W = 3 Points / Win in Extra Time WE = 2 Points / Win in Penalty shoot-out WP = 1 Point / Lose L = 0 Points

Appearances

These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the OFC Beach Soccer Championship since 2006.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
• – Did not quality
•• – Qualified but withdrew
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
– Hosts

	2006 (4)	2007 (4)	2009 (4)	2011 (3)	2013 (3)	Total Appearances
Cook Islands	4th	•	•	•	•	1
Fiji	•	•	4th	3rd	•	2
New Caledonia	•	•	•	•	2nd	1
New Zealand	•	3rd	•	•	•	1
Solomon Islands	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	5
Tahiti	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	••	4
Vanuatu	2nd	2nd	2nd	••	3rd	4

Performance of qualifiers at the World Cup

The following is a performance timeline of the OFC teams who have appeared in the Beach Soccer World Cup since being sanctioned by FIFA in 2005.

Legend

1st – Champions
2nd – Runners-up
3rd – Third place
4th – Fourth place
– Hosts

QF – Quarterfinals
R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
Total – Total times qualified for World Cup

Team \ Years	2005^[†]	2006	2007	2008^[†]	2009	2011	2013	2015^[†]	2017^[†]	2019	Total
Australia	R1	Member of AFC									1
Solomon Islands		R1	R1	R1	R1		R1				5
Tahiti						R1	4th	2nd	2nd	q	5
Total no. of unique qualifiers											3

Notes

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In 2005, 2008, 2015 and 2017, no OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and teams were selected to represent OFC (2005: Australia; 2008: Solomon Islands; 2015 and 2017: Tahiti).

References

^ "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.
^ "OFC Executive Committee decisions". oceaniafootball.com. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
^ "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

OFC Official Website

[cnote_†] 
In 2005, 2008, 2015 and 2017, no OFC qualifiers for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup were held and teams were selected to represent OFC (2005: Australia; 2008: Solomon Islands; 2015 and 2017: Tahiti).

[1] "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". Oceania Football Confederation. 31 October 2017.

[2] "OFC Executive Committee decisions". oceaniafootball.com. 2014-04-23. Retrieved 2016-04-17.

[3] "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. December 10, 2015. Archived from the original on September 24, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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v t e International beach soccer
FIFA Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW) World cups (FIFA World Cup [current] World Championships [former]) World Beach Games Intercontinental Cup (Men's • Women's) Mundialito (de Clubes) BSWW Tour World Rankings Stars Awards
Asia	AFC – Asian Cup– WAFF
Africa	CAF – Cup of Nations
North America Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF – Championship
South America	CONMEBOL – World Cup qualifiers Copa América U-20 League Club Copa Libertadores
Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup
Europe	UEFA – League World Cup qualifiers Cup Club Winners Cup Men's Women's Baltic Sea & Scandinavian Beach Soccer League
Games	Asian Beach Games Bolivarian Beach Games European Games Mediterranean Beach Games South American Beach Games

v t e FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification
AFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021¹ 2023 2025
CAF	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CONCACAF	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
CONMEBOL	2005² 2006 2007² 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
OFC	2005¹ 2006 2007 2008¹ 2009 2011 2013 2015¹ 2017¹ 2019 2021¹ 2023 2025
UEFA	2005³(p) 2006³(p) 2007³(p) 2008 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
¹ No qualifiers took place; 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.