OFC Futsal Championship

OFC Futsal Championship

Founded	1992
Region	Oceania (OFC)
Number of teams	8
Current champions	Solomon Islands (6th title)
Most successful team(s)	Solomon Islands (6 titles)
2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

The OFC Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations. It was first held in 1992.

The competition was initially held every four years. From 2008 onwards, however, it became an annual tournament.^[1]

Australia won every edition of the competition until it left the Oceania Football Confederation in 2006. Solomon Islands have won the three editions of the tournament which have taken place since then^[2] - including a decisive 8-1 victory over Fiji in the final of the 2009 edition.^[3] It is a qualification for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.

The original name was the OFC Futsal Championship, from 2019, the tournament will be known as the OFC Futsal Nations Cup.^[4]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1992 Details	Brisbane, Australia		Australia	No playoffs	Vanuatu		New Zealand
1996 Details	Port Vila, Vanuatu		Australia	No playoffs	Vanuatu		Fiji	No playoffs	Western Samoa
1999 Details	Port Vila, Vanuatu		Australia	No playoffs	Fiji		Vanuatu	No playoffs	Papua New Guinea
2004 Details	Canberra, Australia		Australia	No playoffs	New Zealand		Vanuatu	No playoffs	Fiji
2008 Details	Suva, Fiji		Solomon Islands	No playoffs			Vanuatu	No playoffs	New Zealand
2009 Details	Suva, Fiji		Solomon Islands	8–1	Fiji		Vanuatu	6–2	New Caledonia
2010 Details	Suva, Fiji		Solomon Islands	No playoffs	Fiji		New Zealand	No playoffs	Vanuatu
2011 Details	Suva, Fiji		Solomon Islands	6–4			New Zealand	1–1 aet (5–4) pen	Vanuatu
2013 Details	Auckland, New Zealand		Australia	5–1	Malaysia		New Zealand	1–0
2014 Details	Païta, New Caledonia		Malaysia	No playoffs	New Caledonia		New Zealand	No playoffs
2016 Details	Suva, Fiji		Solomon Islands	No playoffs	New Zealand			No playoffs	Vanuatu
2019 Details	Païta, New Caledonia		Solomon Islands	5–5 aet (2–1) pen	New Zealand			5–5 aet (3–1) pen	New Caledonia
2022[5]	TBC[6] (OFC Futsal Invitational)[7]		Originally scheduled for 5–14 April 2021,[8] first postponed to no later than August 2021,[9] later rescheduled to September 2022[10][11]

Performance by nations[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Solomon Islands	6 (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
Australia	5 (1992*, 1996, 1999, 2004*, 2013)
Malaysia	1 (2014)	1 (2013)
New Zealand		3 (2004, 2016, 2019)	5 (1992, 2010, 2011, 2013*, 2014)	1 (2008)
Fiji		3 (1999, 2009*, 2010*)	1 (1996)	1 (2004)
Vanuatu		2 (1992, 1996*)	4 (1999*, 2004, 2008, 2009)	2 (2010, 2011)
		2 (2008, 2011)	2 (2016, 2019)	2 (2013, 2014)
New Caledonia		1 (2014*)		2 (2009, 2019*)
Papua New Guinea				1 (1999)
Samoa				1 (1996)

* = hosts

Medal summary[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Solomon Islands	6	0	0	6
2	Australia	5	0	0	5
3	Malaysia	1	1	0	2
4	New Zealand	0	3	5	8
5	Fiji	0	3	1	4
6	Vanuatu	0	2	4	6
7		0	2	2	4
8	New Caledonia	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 nations)		12	12	12	36

All-time table[]

As of 2016 OFC Futsal Championship. Source:^[12]

Pos	Team	Part	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Dif	Pts
1	Solomon Islands	7	34	27	0	7	227	101	+126	81
2	New Zealand	9	46	26	3	17	174	151	+23	79
3	Australia	5	26	26	0	0	182	20	+162	78
4	Vanuatu	11	54	24	4	26	205	210	-5	76
5	Fiji	8	42	19	3	20	169	163	+6	60
6		6	31	13	5	13	85	72	+13	44
7	New Caledonia	7	33	8	3	22	119	161	–42	27
8	Malaysia	2	9	6	1	2	44	27	+17	19
9	Papua New Guinea	1	6	3	1	2	23	16	+7	10
10	Kiribati	1	4	1	0	3	9	54	-45	3
11	Samoa	3	17	1	0	16	45	146	–101	3
12	Cook Islands	1	6	0	0	6	6	27	–21	0
13	Tuvalu	3	16	0	0	16	17	146	–129	0

Participating nations[]

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• SF — Semifinals
• 5th-8th — Fifth to Eighth place
• QF — Quarterfinals
• GS — Group stage
• R2 — Round 2
• R1 — Round 1
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  •  — Did not qualify
•   ×   – Did not enter
•   ×   – Withdrew / Banned / Entry not accepted by FIFA
•      – To be determined
•    — Hosts
•    – Not an OFC member

Team	1992	1996	1999	2004	2008	2009	2010	2011	2013	2014	2016	2019	Years
Australia	1st	1st	1st	1st					1st				5
Cook Islands	×	×	7th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		1
Fiji	×	3rd	2nd	4th	5th	2nd	2nd	5th	×	×	6th		8
Kiribati					×	×	×	7th	×	×	×		1
Malaysia									2nd	1st			2
New Caledonia	×	×	×	×	6th	4th	5th	6th	8th	2nd	5th		7
New Zealand	3rd	×	5th	2nd	4th	×	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd		9
Papua New Guinea	×	×	4th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		1
Samoa	×	4th	6th	6th	×	×	×	×	×	×	×		3
Solomon Islands	×	×	×	5th	1st	1st	1st	1st	5th	×	1st		7
	×	×	×	×	2nd	×	6th	2nd	4th	4th	3rd		6
Tuvalu					7th	×	7th	8th	×	×	×		3
Vanuatu	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	6th	5th	4th		11
Total	3	4	7	6	7	4	7	8	8	5	6

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualifiers[]

Legend

• 1st – Champions
• 2nd – Runners-up
• 3rd – Third place
• 4th – Fourth place
• QF – Quarterfinals
• R2 – Round 2 (1989–2008, second group stage, top 8; 2012–present: knockout round of 16)
• R1 – Round 1
•      – Hosts
•    – Not an OFC member
• Q – Qualified for upcoming tournament

Team	1989	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020	Total
Australia	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1					5
Solomon Islands						R1	R1	R1	Q	3

See also[]

• OFC Futsal Champions League

References[]

External links[]

• OFC Official Website