Oceania Football Confederation

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Oceania Football Confederation
Oceania Football Confederation logo.svg
OFC.svg
AbbreviationOFC
Formation1966; 56 years ago (1966)
TypeSports organisation
HeadquartersAuckland, New Zealand
Region served
Oceania
(Australian continent)
Membership
13 member associations (11 full)
Official language
English
Lambert Maltock
Vice Presidents

General Secretary
Parent organization
FIFA
Websitewww.oceaniafootball.com
FIFA confederations
World Map FIFA2.svg
AFC, CAF, CONCACAF
CONMEBOL, OFC, UEFA
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The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC's members are New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and 11 Pacific Island countries; it promotes the game in Oceania and allows the member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup.

OFC is predominantly made up of island nations where association football is not the most popular sport, with low GDP and low population meaning very little money is generated by the OFC nations. The OFC has little influence in the wider football world, either in terms of international competition or as a source of players for high-profile club competitions. OFC is the only confederation to have not had at least one international title, the best result being Australia making the final of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

In 2006, the OFC's largest and most successful nation, Australia, left to join the Asian Football Confederation, leaving New Zealand as the largest federation within the OFC and the new dominant force on the field.

The President of OFC until April 2018 is Lambert Maltock. The Vice Presidents are , and while is the General Secretary.[1]

History[]

The confederation formed in 1966, as a result of Australia and New Zealand's failed attempts to join the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).[2] The founding OFC members were the following:[3]

  • the Australian Soccer Federation (from 2005: Football Australia)
  • New Zealand Soccer (subsequently New Zealand Football)
  • the Fiji Football Association
  • the Papua New Guinea Football Association

Australia resigned as an OFC member in 1972 to again pursue membership with the AFC, but rejoined the OFC in 1978.[4][5] Their men's national team (nicknamed the Socceroos) became the first Oceanians to play at a FIFA World Cup in 1974, being drawn in the same group as Chile, East Germany and West Germany. They failed to score a goal, but were still competitive in all three of their matches.[6] New Zealand's national team the All Whites played in their first World Cup eight years later. At the 1982 tournament they suffered heavier defeats than Australia previously had.[7]

Chinese Taipei was an OFC member from 1975 to 1989. In 1996, FIFA confirmed OFC as a full confederation and granted it a seat on the FIFA executive.[8] In 1998 the OFC unveiled a new logo and an official magazine, entitled The Wave. Australia meanwhile lost several inter-confederation World Cup playoffs; first to Scotland in 1985, then Argentina in 1993 and then Iran in 1997.[9]

Australia's national team were long considered the biggest challenge in Oceania.[10] There were many highly uncompetitive matches involving them, particularly in the 1990s and 2000s. Their June 1997 second round qualification games for the 1998 FIFA World Cup included a 13–0 defeat of the Solomon Islands.[11] The following year they defeated the Cook Islands 16–0 at the 1998 OFC Nations Cup, while at the 2000 OFC Nations Cup they defeated them 17–0.[12][13] The uncompetitive results escalated in April 2001, during the first round of OFC qualifiers for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Australia beat Tonga 22–0, following this result up with a 31–0 defeat of American Samoa and an 11–0 defeat of Samoa.[14][15] The American Samoa game became the largest international victory in the history of the sport (breaking the previous record set in the Tonga game),[16] while Archie Thompson also broke the record for most goals in an international match, scoring 13.

Australia's record-breaking form in the early stages of qualifying ultimately couldn't be replicated in their inter-confederation playoff against Uruguay later that year. For the first leg, the Socceroos managed to defeat the South Americans 1–0 in front of a Melbourne crowd of 84,656, but they were overwhelmed 3–0 in the away leg. The away leg was marred by an incident at Montevideo's airport prior to the game itself, where the Australian players were spat on, punched and abused by a mob of Uruguayan fans.[17] On 24 May 2004, New Caledonia became the 12th member of the OFC.

Australia reached another inter-confederation playoff against Uruguay in 2005. Both sides won a game each over the two legs, which led to Australia finally ending their World Cup drought through a dramatic penalty shootout in Sydney. The Socceroos were granted increased security for the first away leg, as a response to the 2001 airport incident, and in the second leg the Uruguayan team were heavily booed while their national anthem played.[18] In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Australia were eliminated by Italy during the Round of 16.[19] Their 3–1 group stage victory against Japan remains the only time a team representing OFC has won at the tournament. Australia left the OFC again that same year and joined the Asian Football Confederation.

In 2008, an associate member, the Northern Mariana Islands Football Association, also left the OFC and in 2009 joined the AFC as an associate member. In late 2009, the Palau Football Association, geographically a part of Oceania but with no official ties to the OFC, also applied for the same status with the AFC as the Northern Mariana Islands association but was not successful.[20] New Zealand ended their own World Cup drought in 2009 when they defeated Bahrain to qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The tournament coincidentally also featured Australia, who were now representing the AFC. New Zealand were the only unbeaten team at the tournament, despite failing to advance past the group stage.[21] With Australia's absence, New Zealand now have a regular presence in World Cup inter-confederation playoffs. They were thrashed by Mexico over two legs in 2013, and narrowly missed out to Peru in 2017.[22]

Criticism[]

Throughout its history, there have been calls to disband the OFC, or to merge it with the AFC. The calls grew louder in 2003 when FIFA reversed a decision to grant Oceania an automatic spot at the World Cup.[23] Australia's lack of World Cup participation prior to 2006 has been blamed by many on the OFC qualification process, with football writer Matthew Hall stating in 2003, "For World Cup qualification, the Socceroos will win games by cricket scores and then face a sudden-death play-off against a desperate, battle-hardened opponent given a second, or even third, life."[23]

Presidents[]

Main article: List of Presidents of OFC

Current leaders[]

Name Position
Vanuatu Lambert Maltock President
French Polynesia Vice President
Papua New Guinea Vice President
Tonga Vice President
France General Secretary

Source:[24][25]

Member nations[]

Current members[]

OFC is made up of 11 full member associations and 2 associate members. Those two are associate members of the OFC, but are not FIFA members.[26]

Code Association National teams Founded Membership FIFA
affiliation 		OFC
affiliation 		IOC
member
ASA  American Samoa (M, W) 1984 Full 1998 1998 Yes [Note 1]
COK  Cook Islands (M, W) 1971 Full 1994 1994 Yes [Note 2]
FIJ  Fiji (M, W) 1938 Full 1964 1966 Yes
KIR  Kiribati (M, W) 1980 Associate N/A 2007 Yes
NCL  New Caledonia (M, W) 1928 Full 2004 1999 No [Note 3]
NZL  New Zealand (M, W) 1891 Full 1948 1966 Yes
PNG  Papua New Guinea (M, W) 1962 Full 1966 1966 Yes
SAM  Samoa (M, W) 1968 Full 1986 1986 Yes
SOL  Solomon Islands (M, W) 1979 Full 1988 1988 Yes
TAH  Tahiti (M, W) 1989 Full 1990 1990 No [Note 3]
TGA  Tonga (M, W) 1965 Full 1994 1994 Yes
TUV  Tuvalu (M, ) 1979 Associate N/A 2006 Yes
VAN  Vanuatu (M, W) 1934 Full 1988 1988 Yes

Notes[]

  1. ^ Unincorporated territory of the United States
  2. ^ Free associated state with New Zealand
  3. ^ a b Collectivity of France

Former members[]

  •  Australia (1966–1972, 1978–2006)[27]
  •  Chinese Taipei (1976–1978, 1982–1989)
  •  Northern Mariana Islands (as associate member 1998–2009)
  •  Niue (as associate member 2006–2021)[28]
  •  Israel (1986, 1990) Israel entered OFC World Cup qualification in 1986 and 1990 for political reasons, though it never became a formal OFC member.

Non-members[]

Several sovereign states and dependencies in Oceania have national teams with no affiliation. All play infrequently and may have been inactive for several years. There are also some which do not have a national team.

Besides that, there are sovereign states, dependencies or territories in Oceania which are not affiliated with OFC but are members of other confederations.

Competitions[]

See also: List of association football competitions and FIFA International Match Calendar

OFC competitions[]

Current title holders[]

See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar
Competition Year Host Champions Title Runners-up Next edition Host
National teams (Men's)
Nations Cup 2016 Papua New Guinea New Zealand New Zealand 5th Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games 2019 Samoa New Zealand New Zealand 1st  New Caledonia
U-23 Championship 2019 Fiji  New Zealand 1st  Solomon Islands
U-19 Championship 2018  New Zealand 7th  Tahiti 2022 Samoa
U-16 Championship 2018  New Zealand 7th  Solomon Islands 2022 Fiji
Futsal Nations Cup 2019 New Caledonia  Solomon Islands 5th  New Zealand
Youth Futsal Tournament 2017 New Zealand   1st   TBD
Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019 Tahiti  Tahiti 2nd  Solomon Islands
National teams (Women's)
Women's Nations Cup 2018 New Caledonia  New Zealand 6th  Fiji 2022 TBD
Pacific Games 2019 Samoa  Papua New Guinea 5th  Samoa
U-19 Women's Championship 2019 Cook Islands  New Zealand 6th  Fiji 2022 TBC
U-16 Women's Championship 2017 Samoa  New Zealand 4th  New Caledonia 2022 Tahiti
Youth Futsal Women's Tournament 2017 New Zealand   1st   TBD
Club teams (Men's)
Champions League 2019 New Caledonia Hienghène Sport 1st New Caledonia Magenta 2022
Futsal Champions League 2019 New Zealand Solomon Islands 1st New Caledonia
Club teams (Women's)
TBD – – – – – –

FIFA World Rankings[]

See also: FIFA World Rankings and FIFA Women's World Rankings

Overview[]

Historical leaders[]

Men's
New Zealand national football teamNew Caledonia national football teamFiji national football teamNew Zealand national football team

Major tournament records[]

Legend
  •  1st  – Champion
  •  2nd  – Runner-up
  •  3rd  – Third place
  •  4th  – Fourth place
  • QF – Quarterfinals
  • R16 – Round of 16 (since 1986: knockout round of 16)
  • GS – Group stage (in the 1950, 1974, 1978, and 1982 tournaments, which had two group stages, this refers to the first group stage)
  • 1S – First knockout stage (1934–1938 Single-elimination tournament)
  •  •  — Did not qualify
  •  ×  — Did not enter / withdrawn / banned / disqualified
  •     — Hosts

For each tournament, the flag of the host country and the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

FIFA World Cup[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup

Oceania has sent representatives to the FIFA World Cup four times: Australia in 1974 and 2006, and New Zealand in 1982 and 2010. (Australia has additionally qualified three times since leaving the OFC for the AFC following the 2006 FIFA World Cup: 2010, 2014 and 2018.) Neither Australia in 1974 nor New Zealand in 1982 and 2010 progressed beyond the first round. Of the four teams, only Australia in 2006 advanced to the second round.

The OFC is the only FIFA confederation that does not have a guaranteed spot in the World Cup finals (a major reason for the Australians leaving the confederation in 2006 to join Asia). Between 1966 and 1982, OFC teams joined the Asian zone qualification tournament, while from 1986 onwards, the winners of the Oceanian zone qualification tournament have to enter the intercontinental play-offs against teams from other confederations in order to gain a spot in the FIFA World Cup.

Beginning in 2026, the OFC will have a guaranteed spot in the FIFA World Cup for the first time in history, result of the competition's expansion from 32 to 48 teams.

FIFA World Cup record
Year Qualifier Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Format
1930 Uruguay (13) No teams from Oceania entered
1934 Kingdom of Italy (16)
1938 French Fourth Republic (15)
1950 Fourth Brazilian Republic (13)
1954 Switzerland (16)
1958 Sweden (16)
1962 Chile (16)
1966 England (16) No OFC team qualified Entered in Africa and Asia
1970 Mexico (16) Entered in Asia
1974 West Germany (16)  Australia Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 0 5 Entered in Asia
1978 Argentina (16) No OFC team qualified Entered in Asia
1982 Spain (24)  New Zealand Group stage 23rd 3 0 0 3 2 12 Entered in Asia
1986 Mexico (24) No OFC team qualified Round-robin
Play-off
1990 Italy (24) First round
Second round
Play-off
1994 United States (24) First Round
Second Round
1st play-off
2nd play-off
1998 France (32) First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Play-off
2002 Japan South Korea (32) First Round
Second Round
Play-off
2006 Germany (32)  Australia Round of 16 16th 4 1 1 2 5 6 First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Play-off
2010 South Africa (32)  New Zealand Group stage 22nd 3 0 3 0 2 2 First Round
Second Round
Play-off
2014 Brazil (32) No OFC team qualified First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Play-off
2018 Russia (32) First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Play-off
2022 Qatar (32) To be determined 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)
2026 Canada Mexico United States (48)
Total (2 teams) 4/23 Round of 16 13 1 5 7 9 25

OFC play-off record[]

1970 AFC–OFC Final Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Israel  2–1  Australia 1–0 1–1

1974 AFC–OFC Final Round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  (A) 2–2  South Korea 0–0 2–2

1986 UEFA–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland  2–0  Australia 2–0 0–0

1990 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Colombia  1–0  Israel 1–0 0–0

Israel played in the OFC zone for political reasons.

1994 CONCACAF–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Canada  3–3 (P)  Australia 2–1 1–2

1994 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  1–2  Argentina 1–1 0–1

1998 AFC–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Iran  (A) 3–3  Australia 1–1 2–2

2002 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Australia  1–3  Uruguay 1–0 0–3

2006 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Uruguay  1–1 (P)  Australia 1–0 0–1

2010 AFC–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bahrain  0–1  New Zealand 0–0 0–1

2014 CONCACAF–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mexico  9–3  New Zealand 5–1 4–2

2018 CONMEBOL–OFC play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
New Zealand  0–2  Peru 0–0 0–2

FIFA Women's World Cup[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Team 1991
China
(12)		 1995
Sweden
(12)		 1999
United States
(16)		 2003
United States
(16)		 2007
China
(16)		 2011
Germany
(16)		 2015
Canada
(24)		 2019
France
(24)		 2023
Australia
New Zealand
(32)		 Years
 Australia GS GS GS Part of AFC 3
 New Zealand GS GS GS GS GS Q 6
Total (2 teams) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0+1 9

Olympic Games For Men[]

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations
Olympic Games (Men's tournament) record
Team 1900
France
(3)		 1904
United States
(3)		 1908
United Kingdom
(6)		 1912
Sweden
(11)		 1920
Belgium
(14)		 1924
France
(22)		 1928
Netherlands
(17)		 1936
Germany
(16)		 1948
United Kingdom
(18)		 1952
Finland
(25)		 1956
Australia
(11)		 1960
Italy
(16)		 1964
Japan
(14)		 1968
Mexico
(16)		 1972
West Germany
(16)		 1976
Canada
(13)		 1980
Soviet Union
(16)		 1984
United States
(16)		 1988
South Korea
(16)		 1992
Spain
(16)		 1996
United States
(16)		 2000
Australia
(16)		 2004
Greece
(16)		 2008
China
(16)		 2012
United Kingdom
(16)		 2016
Brazil
(16)		 2020
Japan
(16)		 Years
 Australia – – – – – – – – – – =5 – – – – – – – 7 4 13 15 7 Part of AFC 6
 Fiji – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16 – 1
 New Zealand – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 14 16 – QF
6th 		3
Total (3 teams) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10

Olympic Games For Women[]

See also: Football at the Summer Olympics § Participating nations 2
Olympic Games (Women's tournament) record
Team 1996
United States
(8)		 2000
Australia
(8)		 2004
Greece
(10)		 2008
China
(12)		 2012
United Kingdom
(12)		 2016
Brazil
(12)		 2020
Japan
(12)		 Years
 Australia – 7 5 Part of AFC 2
 New Zealand – – – 10 8 9 GS
12th 		4
Total (2 teams) 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 6

OFC Nations Cup[]

Main article: OFC Nations Cup records and statistics
OFC Nations Cup record
Team
(Total 15 teams) 		1973
New Zealand
(5) 		1980
New Caledonia
(8) 		1996
Pacific Community
(4) 		1998
Australia
(6) 		2000
French Polynesia
(6) 		2002
New Zealand
(8) 		2004
Australia
(6) 		2008
Pacific Community
(4) 		2012
Solomon Islands
(8) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(8)
TBD
TBD 		Years
 New Zealand 1st GS SF 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 10
 Tahiti 2nd 2nd 2nd 4th GS 3rd 5th • 1st GS 9
 Vanuatu[a] 4th GS • GS 4th 4th 6th 4th GS GS 9
 Fiji 5th 4th • 3rd •• GS 4th 3rd GS GS 8
 Solomon Islands × GS SF • 3rd GS 2nd • 4th SF 7
 Australia × 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st Member of AFC 6
 New Caledonia 3rd 3rd • • • GS • 2nd 2nd SF 6
 Papua New Guinea × GS • • • GS • × GS 2nd 4
 Cook Islands × × × GS GS × • • • • 2
 Samoa[b] × × • • • • • • GS GS 2
 American Samoa × × • • • • • • • • 0
 Tonga × × • • • • • • • • 0
 Tuvalu × × × × × × × • × × 0
 Kiribati × × × × × × × × × × 0
  1. ^ Includes results as New Hebrides.
  2. ^ Includes results as Western Samoa.

OFC Women's Nations Cup[]

See also: OFC Women's Nations Cup § Participating nations
OFC Women's Nations Cup record
Team
(Total 15 teams) 		1983
New Caledonia
(4) 		1986
New Zealand
(4) 		1989
Australia
(5) 		1991
Australia
(3) 		1994
Papua New Guinea
(3) 		1998
New Zealand
(6) 		2003
Australia
(5) 		2007
Papua New Guinea
(4) 		2010
New Zealand
(8) 		2014
Papua New Guinea
(4) 		2018
New Caledonia
(8) 		2022
TBD
TBD 		Years
 New Zealand 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 11
 Papua New Guinea — × 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 9
 Australia[a] 2nd 2nd 3rd[b] 2nd 1st 1st 1st Member of AFC 7
 Cook Islands — — — — — — 5th × 3rd 3rd GS 4
 Fiji 4th — — — — 4th × × GS — 2nd 4
 Tonga — — — — — — × 3rd GS 4th GS 4
 Samoa — — — — — GS 4th × — — GS 3
 Chinese Taipei[a] — 1st 1st Member of AFC 2
 New Caledonia 3rd[c] — — — — — — × — — 4th 2
 Solomon Islands — — — — — — — 4th 4th — • 2
 Tahiti — — — — — — × × GS — GS 2
 American Samoa — — — — — GS × — — — • 1
 Australia B[a][d] — — 4th[b] — — — — Member of AFC 1
 New Zealand B[d] — 4th — — — — — — — — — 1
 Vanuatu — — — — — — × × GS — • 1

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Former OFC member, but now a member of the Asian Football Confederation.
  2. ^ a b The third place play-off scheduled to take place between Australia and Australia B was cancelled due to waterlogged pitch, so their group standings are used.
  3. ^ New Caledonia participated and hosted the tournament in 1983, but were not a member of the OFC or FIFA until 2004.
  4. ^ a b Secondary national team.

FIFA U-20 World Cup[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA U-20 World Cup
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Team 1977
Tunisia
(16) 		1979
Japan
(16) 		1981
Australia
(16) 		1983
Mexico
(16) 		1985
Soviet Union
(16) 		1987
Chile
(16) 		1989
Saudi Arabia
(16) 		1991
Portugal
(16) 		1993
Australia
(16) 		1995
Qatar
(16) 		1997
Malaysia
(24) 		1999
Nigeria
(24) 		2001
Argentina
(24) 		2003
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2005
Netherlands
(24) 		2007
Canada
(24) 		2009
Egypt
(24) 		2011
Colombia
(24) 		2013
Turkey
(24) 		2015
New Zealand
(24) 		2017
South Korea
(24) 		2019
Poland
(24) 		2023
Indonesia
(24) 		Years
 [31] • QF R1 R1 R1 • 4th 4th QF R2 R1 R2 R2 R1 Part of AFC 12
 Fiji • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • 1
 New Zealand • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • R1 R1 R2 R2 R2 6
 Tahiti • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • • • • R1 2
 Vanuatu • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • 1
Total (5 teams) 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 24

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[]

See also: FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Team 2002
Canada
(12) 		2004
Thailand
(12) 		2006
Russia
(16) 		2008
Chile
(16) 		2010
Germany
(16) 		2012
Japan
(16) 		2014
Canada
(16) 		2016
Papua New Guinea
(16) 		2018
France
(16) 		2022
Costa Rica
(16) 		Years
 Australia QF QF GS Part of AFC 3
 New Zealand • • GS GS GS GS QF GS GS 7
 Papua New Guinea • • • • • • • GS • 1
Total (3 teams) 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 12

FIFA U-17 World Cup[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA U-17 World Cup
FIFA U-17 World Cup record
Team 1985
China
(16) 		1987
Canada
(16) 		1989
Scotland
(16) 		1991
Italy
(16) 		1993
Japan
(16) 		1995
Ecuador
(16) 		1997
Egypt
(16) 		1999
New Zealand
(16) 		2001
Trinidad and Tobago
(16) 		2003
Finland
(16) 		2005
Peru
(16) 		2007
South Korea
(24) 		2009
Nigeria
(24) 		2011
Mexico
(24) 		2013
United Arab Emirates
(24) 		2015
Chile
(24) 		2017
India
(24) 		2019
Brazil
(24) 		2023
Peru
(24) 		Years
  QF QF R1 QF QF QF • 2nd QF R1 R1 Part of AFC 10
 New Caledonia • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 • 1
 New Zealand • • • • • • R1 R1 • • • R1 R2 R2 R1 R2 R1 R1 9
 Solomon Islands • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • R1 1
Total (4 teams) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 23

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup[]

See also: FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup § Comprehensive team results in each World Cup
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup record
Team 2008
New Zealand
(16) 		2010
Trinidad and Tobago
(16) 		2012
Azerbaijan
(16) 		2014
Costa Rica
(16) 		2016
Jordan
(16) 		2018
Uruguay
(16) 		2022
India
(16) 		Years
 New Zealand R1 R1 R1 GS GS 3rd 6
Total (1 team) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7

FIFA Futsal World Cup[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record
Team 1989
Netherlands
(16)		 1992
Hong Kong
(16)		 1996
Spain
(16)		 2000
Guatemala
(16)		 2004
Taiwan
(16)		 2008
Brazil
(20)		 2012
Thailand
(24)		 2016
Colombia
(24)		 2021
Lithuania
(24)		 Years
 Australia R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 Part of AFC 5
 Solomon Islands R1 R1 R1 R1 4
Total (2 teams) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup[]

Main article: National team appearances in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup record
Team 2005[†]
Brazil
(12) 		2006
Brazil
(16) 		2007
Brazil
(16) 		2008[†]
France
(16) 		2009
United Arab Emirates
(16) 		2011
Italy
(16) 		2013
French Polynesia
(16) 		2015[†]
Portugal
(16) 		2017[†]
The Bahamas
(16) 		2019
Paraguay
(16) 		2021
Russia
(16) 		Years
 Australia R1 Part of AFC 1
 Solomon Islands R1 R1 R1 R1 R1 5
 Tahiti R1 4th 2nd 2nd R1 QF 5
Total (3 teams) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 11
Notes
  1. ^
    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).

Former tournaments[]

FIFA Confederations Cup[]

Main article: FIFA Confederations Cup records and statistics
See also: National team appearances in the FIFA Confederations Cup
FIFA Confederations Cup record
Team 1992
Saudi Arabia
(4) 		1995
Saudi Arabia
(6) 		1997
Saudi Arabia
(8) 		1999
Mexico
(8) 		2001
South Korea
Japan
(8) 		2003
France
(8) 		2005
Germany
(8) 		2009
South Africa
(8) 		2013
Brazil
(8) 		2017
Russia
(8) 		Years
 Australia[note 1] × × 2nd • 3rd • GS Part of AFC 3
 New Zealand × × • GS • GS • GS • GS 4
 Tahiti × × • • • • • • GS • 1
Total (3 teams) 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
Notes
  1. ^ Australia was an OFC member until 2005, and played three times in the FIFA Confederations Cup as an OFC member (1997, 2001, 2005). They became an AFC member in 2006, and qualified in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup as an AFC member.

See also[]

  • International Federation of Association Football (FIFA)
  • Asian Football Confederation (AFC)
  • Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF)
  • Confederation of African Football (CAF)
  • Confederation of South American Football (CONMEBOL)
  • Union of European Football Associations (UEFA)
  • List of association football competitions

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