2016 OFC Futsal Championship

The 2016 OFC Futsal Championship was the 11th edition of the OFC Futsal Championship, the annual international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. The tournament was held in Suva, Fiji between 8–13 February 2016.^[1]

2016 OFC Futsal Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Fiji
City	Suva
Dates	8–13 February 2016
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Solomon Islands (5th title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	Tahiti
Fourth place	Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	87 (5.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	George Stevenson (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Elliot Ragomo
Best goalkeeper	Anthony Talo
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The tournament was originally to be held in Papeete, Tahiti, but was moved to Fiji after Tahiti withdrew.^[2] The 2015 tournament, which was originally scheduled to be held in Tahiti between 1–8 August 2015, was not played.^[3]

Same as previous editions held on the same year as the FIFA Futsal World Cup, the tournament acted as the OFC qualifiers for the World Cup. The winner of the tournament qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as the OFC representative.^[4]

Solomon Islands were crowned as champions for the fifth time on 13 February 2016, sealing their qualification to the World Cup.^[5]

Teams

A total of six OFC member national teams entered the tournament.^[6]

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
Fiji (hosts)	8th	Runners-up (2000, 2009, 2010)
New Caledonia	7th	Runners-up (2014)
New Zealand	9th	Runners-up (1992, 2004)
Solomon Islands	7th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Tahiti	6th	Runners-up (2008, 2011)
Vanuatu	11th	Runners-up (1996)

Did not enter
American Samoa  Cook Islands  Papua New Guinea  Samoa  Tonga

Venues

The matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.^[6]

Matches

The tournament was played in round-robin format. There were three matches on each matchday. The draw for the fixtures was held on 16 December 2015 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand.^[6]

All times were local, FJT (UTC+12).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands	5	5	0	0	23	3	+20	15	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
2	New Zealand	5	4	0	1	16	8	+8	12
3	Tahiti	5	3	0	2	18	10	+8	9
4	Vanuatu	5	2	0	3	14	21	−7	6
5	New Caledonia	5	1	0	4	11	18	−7	3
6	Fiji (H)	5	0	0	5	5	27	−22	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

15:00

New Caledonia	5–1	Fiji
Ludovic Boit 2', 18' Ivann Pourouoro 35' Mainon Kaouwi 39' Jean Michel Poadae 40'	Report	Al-Taaf Sahib 6'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[7]

Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

17:30

Vanuatu	0–5	New Zealand
	Report	Daniel Burns 22' Mickey Malivuk 23', 32' Jakub Sinkora 31' Kareem Osman 35'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[8]

Referee: Amitesh Behari (Fiji)

8 February 2016 (2016-02-08)

20:00

Solomon Islands	3–0	Tahiti
Elliot Ragomo 3' Jack Wetney 8' George Stevenson 21'	Report

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 100^[9]

Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

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9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

15:00

Vanuatu	5–2	Fiji
Don Mansale 17' Pakoa Rakom 20', 23' ? 25' (o.g.) Ricky Tuigaloa 32'	Report	Maciu Tuilau 3', 38'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[10]

Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

17:30

New Caledonia	1–5	Solomon Islands
Christ Roland Pei 28'	Report	George Stevenson 3', 23' Micah Lea'alafa 7' Coleman Makau 19', 20'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[11]

Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)

20:00

New Zealand	3–2	Tahiti
Kareem Osman 5' Stephen Ashby-Peckham 6' Dylan Manickum 32'	Report	? 30' (o.g.) Heimana Faarahia 38'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[12]

Referee: Darius Turner (Australia)

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10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

15:00

New Caledonia	3–6	Vanuatu
Loic Caunes 1', 11' Maurice Hamu 40'	Report	Don Mansale 10' Ben Hungai 21', 26' Ricky Tuigaloa 24', 25' Morsen Luie 37'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[13]

Referee: Phillip Mana (Solomon Islands)

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

17:30

Solomon Islands	4–1	New Zealand
Elliot Ragomo 8', 31' Jack Wetney 30' Jeffrey Bule 40'	Report	Mickey Malivuk 32'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,200^[14]

Referee: Ryan Shepheard (Australia)

10 February 2016 (2016-02-10)

20:00

Fiji	1–9	Tahiti
Mira Sahib 37'	Report	Tamanui Turihono 3' Anderson Tino 16', 28' Tane Tave 20', 35' Teivarii Kaiha 25' Smith Tino 36' Heimana Faarahia 39' Steeve Wong 40'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,000^[15]

Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

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12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

15:00

Tahiti	2–1	New Caledonia
Teivarii Kaiha 1' Tane Tave 28'	Report	Jean Michel Poadae 27'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 200^[16]

Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

17:30

Solomon Islands	6–1	Vanuatu
Micah lea'alafa 6', 38' Jack Wetney 7' George Stevenson 18', 34' James Egeta 39'	Report	Ben Hungai 11'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,200^[17]

Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

12 February 2016 (2016-02-12)

20:00

Fiji	1–3	New Zealand
Mira Sahib 26'	Report	Tai Barham 17' Dylan Manickum 20' Lucas Da Silva 33'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,200^[18]

Referee: Lui Malenarave (Vanuatu)

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13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

15:00

Tahiti	5–2	Vanuatu
Manea Rateau 17', 32' Smith Tino 18' Anderson Tino 34', 38'	Report	Joseph Hanghangkon 3' Pakoa Rakom 38'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: ?^[19]

Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

17:30

Fiji	0–5	Solomon Islands
	Report	Elliot Ragomo 6' Jack Wetney 7' Coleman Makau 9' Robert Laua 17', 35'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: ?^[20]

Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

13 February 2016 (2016-02-13)

20:00

New Zealand	4–1	New Caledonia
Mickey Malivuk 13' Brayden Lissington 16' Daniel Burns 20' James Vaughan 36'	Report	Ludovic Boit 1'

Vodafone Arena, Suva

Attendance: 1,200^[21]

Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

Winners

2016 OFC Futsal Championship
Solomon Islands Fifth title

Solomon Islands qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup for the third consecutive time.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament1
Solomon Islands	13 February 2016	2 (2008, 2012)

¹ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[22]

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Elliot Ragomo
Golden Boot	George Stevenson
Golden Gloves	Anthony Talo