2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

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2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup - Wikipedia

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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.

Teams

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

Squads

Venue

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

Draw

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)

Group stage

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]

Group A

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

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

1 October 2023

10:00

Fiji	9–0	Tonga
Khan 7' Nand 12', 39' Hughes 17', 25' Baravilala 20', 22', 37' Singh 25'	Report

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

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

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

v t e OFC Futsal Championship/Nations Cup
Futsal Championship	1992 1996 1999 2004 2008 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2016
Futsal Nations Cup	2019 2022 2023

v t e 2023 in Oceanian football (OFC)
« 2022 2024 »
Domestic leagues	American Samoa Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati New Caledonia New Zealand Men's Women's Niue Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands 22–23 23–24 Tahiti 22–23 23–24 Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Champions League Port Vila 22–23 23–24 Luganville 22–23 23–24
Domestic cups	Fiji FACT Battle of the Giants Inter-District Championship New Caledonia New Zealand men women Solomon Islands Tahiti 22–23 23–24 Vanuatu Independence Cup PVFA Cup
Super cups	Fiji New Zealand
OFC club competitions	OFC Champions League Qualifying Stage Group Stage Knockout stage Final OFC Women's Champions League
National team competitions	Beach Soccer Nations Cup OFC Futsal Nations Cup OFC U-17 Championship OFC U-19 Women's Championship OFC U-16 Women's Championship OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament Pacific Games

Teams

Squads

Venue

Draw

Group stage

Group A

Group B

5th–8th place play-offs

Bracket (5th–8th place)

Play-off semi-finals

Seventh place match

Fifth place match

Knockout stage

Bracket (1st–4th place)

Semi-finals

Third place match

Final

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

Ranking

Awards

Goalscorers

References

External links