Tahiti national beach soccer team represents Tahiti or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in Tahiti. In contrast to the fortunes of the association football team, Tahiti's beach soccer has, since 2011, been one of the strongest teams in world beach soccer. The team made history at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament.
At the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti beat Italy in a penalty shootout to become the first Pacific nation to ever make it to a final in a FIFA tournament. They followed this up with another appearance in the 2017 final.
^The 2015 edition was originally set to take place in Papeete, Tahiti.[4] Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.[5]
^The 2017 edition was originally set to take place in February.[4] Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.[6]
^Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania qualification tournament was eventually cancelled, with the official announcement made by the OFC on 6 May 2021. The OFC announced that Tahiti, as the highest-ranked OFC team in the BSWW World Rankings and also as the winner of the most recent edition in 2019, were nominated as the OFC representatives at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[7]
Note: The following does not include a small handful of friendly matches Tahiti have played over four periods or ending in a draw. These have been discounted as they are not by the official rules of FIFA. Friendlies and competitive games are all included.
Since making their international debut in August 2006, Tahiti have played a total of 107 matches against 39 different national teams, 59 of which were won. Their most played fixture is against Switzerland and Russia whom they have played 8 times each.