2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup

The 2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup, commonly referred to as Micro Cup 2023, was the inaugural edition of the Micronesian Futsal Cup, the international futsal championship organised by Federated States of Micronesia Football Association for the men's national teams of Micronesia. It was the first competition of any kind for the FSM islands for five years (since the three islands participated in the 2018 Micronesian Games) and its first futsal event.^[1][2]

2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup

FSM Futsal Cup 2023
Tournament details
Host country	Pohnpei
City	Kolonia
Dates	8–15 July
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Yap (1st title)
Runners-up	Kosrae
Third place	Pohnpei
Fourth place	Chuuk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	133 (13.3 per match)
Best player(s)	Maphrick Ruweday
Best young player	Yobi Laurdine
Best goalkeeper	Nick Santiago

Yap emerged as the champions of the tournament by defeating Kosrae in the final with a score of 9 to 7. Kosrae, making their debut in a futsal or football competition, secured the second position.^[3]

Format

The tournament follows a two-stage structure consisting of a group and a knockout stage.

• Group stage: all participating teams compete against each other once, determining their rankings and seedings for the subsequent knockout stage.
• knockout stage: the winners from the group stage are paired against the fourth-ranked team, while the second-ranked team faces off against the third-ranked team. The Winners of each semi-final match will then proceed to the final.

Participating nations

On 14 February 2023, the Four states of Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap) were confirmed as participants with invitations being sent to other nations in the region. However, they did not appear on the final list of participants.

Team	App	Last	Best placement in the tournament
Chuuk	1st	—	debut
Kosrae	1st	—	debut
Pohnpei	1st	—	debut
Yap	1st	—	debut

Squads

Pohnpei[4] No Player 6 Lester James 7 Steven Laurdine 8 Zack Henly 10 Shawn Silbenuz 11 Phillip Camriche 14 Galiart James 22 Paul Ryan 33 MacArthur James

Yap[5] No Player 1 Dylan Tangrus 3 Robert Guswel 4 Jarret Tailig 7 Maphrick Ruweday 10 Sean Southwick 13 Myles Mailing

Chuuk[6] No Player 1 Micah Nittu 5 Season Elimo 7 Robert Vonvon 8 K-Kin Kin 10 Daichy Rudolph 11 Luke Kayden Mersai 12 Mark Nittu 13 Texter Rain

Kosrae[7] No Player 3 Kenny Aldana 7 Khriis Diau 8 Yobi Laurdine 9 Nick Santiago 10 Travis Henly 11 Frankie Donre

Group Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosrae	3	2	0	1	21	14	+7	6	Semi-final 1
2	Yap	3	2	0	1	19	16	+3	6	Semi-final 2
3	Pohnpei (H)	3	1	0	2	18	19	−1	3
4	Chuuk	3	1	0	2	16	25	−9	3	Semi-final 1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Pohnpei	10–3	Chuuk
	Report

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)

16:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Kosrae	7–2	Yap
	Report	Mailing Southwick

8 July 2023 (2023-07-08)

18:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

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Pohnpei	1–6	Yap
	Report	Ruweday Mailing Guswel

9 July 2023 (2023-07-09)

16:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Kosrae	4–5	Chuuk
	Report

9 July 2023 (2023-07-09)

18:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

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Pohnpei	7–10	Kosrae
	Report

10 July 2023 (2023-07-10)

16:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Yap	11–8	Chuuk
Ruweday Mailing Guswel	Report

10 July 2023 (2023-07-10)

18:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
	Kosrae	9
					14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
	Chuuk	2
					Kosrae	7
	12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
					Yap	9
	Yap	10
	Pohnpei	5
					Third place
					14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
					Chuuk	5
					Pohnpei	12

Semi-finals

Kosrae	9–2	Chuuk
	Report

12 July 2023 (2023-07-12)

16:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Yap	10–5	Pohnpei
Ruweday Guswel Mailing Southwick	Report

12 July 2023 (2023-07-12)

18:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Third place Match

Chuuk	5–12	Pohnpei
	Report

14 July 2023 (2023-07-14)

16:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Final

Kosrae	7–9	Yap
	Report	Ruweday Southwick

14 July 2023 (2023-07-14)

18:00 UTC+11

Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Goalscorers

• this only include  Yap's Goalscorers published by the Yap Football Association.

There were 38 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 7.6 goals per match.

22 goals

• Maphrick Ruweday

8 goals

• Myles Mailing

5 goals

• Robert Guswel

3 goals

• Sean Southwick

Marketing

Branding

The official emblem was designed by Canadian Noah Wheelock and unveiled in April 2023. it features the lorikeet to represent the host Pohnpei. the bird was surrounded by a blue circle and several blue stars to show the unity of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Sponsorship

• HA7 Classical Shirts