2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

The 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 14th edition of the OFC Futsal Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Futsal Championship), the international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. It was held in New Zealand from 1 to 7 October 2023.^[1]

2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Auckland
Dates	1–7 October 2023
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand (2nd title)
Runners-up	Tahiti
Third place	Solomon Islands
Fourth place	Fiji
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	181 (9.05 per match)
Attendance	3,207 (160 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Micah Lea'alafa (7 goals)
Best player(s)	Dylan Manickum
Best goalkeeper	Mike Antamanov
Fair play award	Vanuatu
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New Zealand were the defending champions, after defeating Solomon Islands in the 2022 final.

The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC will enter the tournament.

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
New Zealand (hosts)	12th	Champions (2022)
Fiji	11th	Runners-up (1999, 2009, 2010)
New Caledonia	10th	Runners-up (2014)
Samoa	5th	Fourth place (1996)
Solomon Islands	10th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
Tahiti	8th	Runners-up (2008, 2011)
Tonga	3rd	Eighth place (2019, 2022)
Vanuatu	14th	Runners-up (1992, 1996)

Did not enter

•  American Samoa
•  Cook Islands
•  Papua New Guinea

Squads

Main article: 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup squads

Venue

The matches will be played at the Pulman Arena in Auckland.

Draw

The draw took place on 27 July 2023 at the OFC Home Of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.^[2]

The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams (based on the 2022 OFC Futsal Cup standings.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3
New Zealand (1)  Solomon Islands (2)	New Caledonia (3)  Vanuatu (5)  Fiji (6)  Samoa (7)	Tonga (8)  Tahiti (UR)

Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams enter the 5th–8th place play-offs.^[3][4]

All times are local, NZDT (UTC+13).^[5]

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand (H)	3	3	0	0	27	5	+22	9	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Fiji	3	2	0	1	13	8	+5	6
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	24	10	+14	3	Advance to Placememt play-offs
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	2	43	−41	0

Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

1 October 2023 (2023-10-01)

10:00

Fiji	9–0	Tonga
Khan  7' Nand  12', 39' Hughes  17', 25' Baravilala  20', 22', 37' Singh  25'	Report

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 100

Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

1 October 2023 (2023-10-01)

16:00

New Zealand	6–3	Vanuatu
Manickum  1' Ali  8' Wisnewski  11' Sharplin  18', 24' Hawkins  19'	Report	Coulon  27' Lehi  29' Donald  36'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 350

Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

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2 October 2023 (2023-10-02)

10:00

Tonga	2–20	Vanuatu
Kefu  28', 33'	Report	Donald  1', 15' Timatua  10', 34', 37', 39' Mesau  17', 34' Nona  17' (pen.) Coulon  22', 33', 40' Uhatahi  24' (o.g.) Gete  28', 30' Mahit  31', 32', 36' Lehi  35'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 100

Referee: Yahya Alathwani (Saudi Arabia)

2 October 2023 (2023-10-02)

19:00

New Zealand	7–2	Fiji
Martin  5' Radrigai  6' (o.g.) Ditfort  11', 27' Ali 21' Wisnewski  22' Sharplin  23'	Report	Khan  12' Waranaivalu  38'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 432

Referee: Jonathon Moore (Australia)

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4 October 2023 (2023-10-04)

16:00

Tonga	0–14	New Zealand
	Report	Manickum  2' Ashby-Peckham  9', 10', 31' Dittfort  11' Martin  15', 37' Twigg  16' Hawkins  16' Ali  20', 31' Paulsen  28', 29' Otukolo  33' (o.g.)

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 180

Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia)

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04)

19:00

Vanuatu	1–2	Fiji
Timatua  31'	Report	Waranaivalu  7' Hughes  9'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 102

Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tahiti	3	2	1	0	15	8	+7	7	Advance to Knockout stage
2	Solomon Islands	3	1	2	0	20	9	+11	5
3	New Caledonia	3	1	1	1	12	9	+3	4	Advance to Placememt play-offs
4	Samoa	3	0	0	3	4	25	−21	0

Source: OFC

1 October 2023 (2023-10-01)

13:00

Tahiti	5–0	Samoa
M. Maihuri 16', 35' Tinomoe 28' K. Maihuri 29', 33'	Report

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 123

Referee: Huynh Thanh (Vietnam)

1 October 2023 (2023-10-01)

19:00

Solomon Islands	2–2	New Caledonia
Lea'alafa 21', 29'	Report	Pei 5' Hmaen 15'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 135

Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

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2 October 2023 (2023-10-02)

13:00

Samoa	2–7	New Caledonia
Tumua Leo 14' To'o 38'	Report	Foubert 4', 33' Hmaen 10' Pei 16' Ponidja 26', 37' Boussemart 29'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 105

Referee: Norafendy Norhayalan (Malaysia)

2 October 2023 (2023-10-02)

16:00

Solomon Islands	5–5	Tahiti
Otainao 3' Lea'alafa 17' Do'oro 28', 31' Mana 38'	Report	M.Maihuri 23' V. Tinomoe 24', 32' T. Tinomoe 34', 36'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 120

Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

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4 October 2023 (2023-10-04)

10:00

Samoa	2–13	Solomon Islands
Tumua 30' Fa'amatau 31'	Report	Stevenson 2', 16' Mana 3', 34' Alatina Talilai 4', (o. g.)' Lea'alafa 9', 10', 20', 23' Do'oro 21', 37' Bunabo 25' Misitana 28'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 100

Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

4 October 2022 (2022-10-04)

13:00

New Caledonia	3–5	Tahiti
Foubert 2', 35' Jiako 5'	Report	V.Tinomoe 4', 21' T.Tinomoe 9' M.Maihuri 14' Riaria 35'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 145

Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

5th–8th place play-offs

Bracket (5th–8th place)

	Play-off semi-finals				Fifth place match
	5 October - Auckland
	Vanuatu	6
					7 October - Auckland
	Samoa	3
					Vanuatu	3
	5 October - Auckland
					New Caledonia	5
	New Caledonia	11
	Tonga	0
					Seventh place match
					7 October - Auckland
					Samoa	4
					Tonga	3

Play-off semi-finals

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05)

10:00

New Caledonia	11–0	Tonga
Hmaen 8' Upa 14', 32' Warekaicane 16' Ue 17' Jiako 23', 25', 26' Foubert 34' Cawa 38' Guillemain 39'	Report

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 102

Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

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5 October 2023 (2023-10-05)

13:00

Vanuatu	6–3	Samoa
Timatua 5', 28' Joseph 9', 32', 33' Berukilukilu 36'	Report	Taualai 13' Tumua Leo 13', 38'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 120

Referee: Jonathon Moore

Seventh place match

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)

10:00

Tonga	3–4	Samoa
Polovili 5' Falepapalangi 17' Manu'olevao 34'	Report	Taualai 6', 29', 39' Nanumea 31'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 178

Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)

Fifth place match

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)

13:00

New Caledonia	5–3	Vanuatu
Hmaen 16' Upa 23' Foubert 25' Pei 35', 37'	Report	Lehi 3' Joseph 6' Mesau 20'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 110

Referee: Norafendy Norhayalan (Malaysia)

Knockout stage

Bracket (1st–4th place)

	Semi-finals				Final
	5 October - Auckland
	New Zealand	4
					7 October - Auckland
	Solomon Islands	2
					New Zealand	5
	5 October - Auckland
					Tahiti	0
	Tahiti	7
	Fiji	3
					Third place match
					7 October - Auckland
					Solomon Islands	5
					Fiji	3

Semi-finals

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05)

16:00

Tahiti	7–3	Fiji
Riaria 6', 12', 17', 37' T.Tinomoe 31', 38' Hirihiri 39'	Report	Matanisiga 8' Radrigai 19' Baravilala 20'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 300

Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

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5 October 2023 (2023-10-05)

19:00

New Zealand	4–2	Solomon Islands
Wisnewski 3' Ashby-Beckham 17' Sharplin 27' Atamanov 39'	Report	Otainao 25' Mana 39'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 550

Referee: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman)

Third place match

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)

16:00

Fiji	3–5	Solomon Islands
Hughes 27', 35' Baravilala 39' (pen.)	Report	Otainao 10' Mana 15', 36', 37' Sia 38'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 382

Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

Final

Winner will qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07)

19:00 NZDT

Tahiti	0–5	New Zealand
	Report	Ashby-Peckham 5' Ditfort 27' Picken 28' Manickum 32' Grey 38'

Pulman Arena, Auckland

Attendance: 1,300

Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

Tahiti

New Zealand

GK 14 Puarea Roe DF 2 Matana Bea FW 5 Michel Maihuri FW 7 Akareva Riaria (c) FW 10 Tetuanui Tinomoe Substitutes: GK 1 Maungaroa Angia 3 Kai'anu Flores 4 Vincent Tinomoe 5 Keanu Maihuri FW 8 Olivier Hirihiri  27' 9 Roberto Patira 11 Scotty Opeta FW 12 Teivarii Kaiha  8' MF 13 Tamati Iotua Head coach: Temuri Ariitai

GK 1 Mike Antamanov DF 8 Logan Wisnewski FW 6 Rahan Ali FW 10 Dylan Manickum (c) FW 11 Jordan Ditfort Substitutes: GK 12 Patrick Steele DF 5 Thomas Picken DF 7 Ethan Martin DF 13 Oban Hawkins  8' DF 14 Casey Sharplin FW 2 Adam Paulsen FW 3 Hamish Grey FW 4 Art Twigg FW 9 Stephen Ashby-Peckham  31' Head coach: Marvin Eakins

Man of the Match: Dylan Manickum (New Zealand) Second referee: Jonathon Moore (Australia) Third referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia) Timekeeper: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman) Reserve referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

Match rules 40 minutes. 10 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes.

Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following team, from OFC, qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup
New Zealand	7 October 2023	0 (debut)

Ranking

Rank	Team	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	0	36	7	+29	15
2	Tahiti	5	3	1	1	22	16	+6	10
3	Solomon Islands	5	2	2	1	27	16	+11	8
4	Fiji	5	2	0	3	19	20	-1	6
5	New Caledonia	5	3	1	1	28	12	+16	10
6	Vanuatu	5	2	0	3	33	18	+15	6
7	Samoa	5	1	0	4	11	34	−23	3
8	Tonga	5	0	0	5	5	58	−53	0

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Dylan Manickum
Golden Boot	Micah Lea'alafa
Golden Gloves	Mike Antamanov
Fair Play Award	Vanuatu

Goalscorers

There were 181 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.05 goals per match.

7 goals

• Micah Lea'alafa

6 goals

• Nicolas Foubert
• Jayson Timatua

5 goals

• Filipe Baravilala
• Stephen Ashby-Beckham
• Elis Mana
• Akareva Riaria
• Tetuanui Tinomoe
• Vincent Tinomoe

4 goals

• Bruce Hughes
• Emmanuel Hmaen
• Anicet Jiako
• Christ Pei
• Rahan Ali
• Jordan Ditfort
• Casey Sharplin
• Vaa Taualai
• Calvin Do'oro
• Michel Maihuri
• Michel Coulon
• Keshly Joseph
• Kemly Lehi

3 goals

• Jymaël Upa
• Dylan Manickum
• Ethan Martin
• Logan Wisnewski
• Michael Tumua Leo
• Charlie Otainao
• Kevin Donald
• George Mahit
• Steve Nona

2 goals

• Ramzan Khan
• Merrill Nand
• Tevita Waranaivalu
• Andre Ponidja
• Oban Hawkins
• Adam Paulsen
• George Stevenson
• Junior Mana
• Keanu Maihuri
• Christopher Kefu
• Martin Gete
• Sandy Mesau

1 goal

• Setareki Hughes
• Gabiriele Matanisiga
• Dave Radrigai
• Rajneel Singh
• Rémi Boussemart
• Christopher Cawa
• Stevens Guillemain
• Ridge Ue
• Adolphe Warekaicane
• Mike Antamanov
• Hamish Grey
• Thomas Picken
• Art Twigg
• Jefferson Fa'amatau
• Falaniko Nanumea
• Tavita To'o
• Dilo Tumua
• Owen Bunabo
• Clifford Misitana
• Marlon Sia
• Olivier Hirihiri
• Tevita Falepapalangi
• Maloni Manu'olevao
• Hemaloto Polovili
• Yassin Berukilukilu

1 own goal

• Dave Radrigai (against New Zealand)
• Darren Alatina Talilai (against Solomon Islands)
• Semisi Otukolo (against New Zealand)
• Pita Uhatahi (against Vanuatu)