2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

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

Team	Appearance	Previous best performance
American Samoa	1st	Debut
Fiji	9th	Runners-up (2000, 2009, 2010)
New Caledonia (hosts)	8th	Runners-up (2014)
New Zealand	10th	Runners-up (2004, 2016)
Solomon Islands	8th	Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016)
Tahiti	7th	Runners-up (2008, 2011)
Tonga	1st	Debut
Vanuatu	12th	Runners-up (1992, 1996)

Did not enter

•  Cook Islands
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Samoa

The matches were played at the L'Arène du Sud in Païta.

The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand.^[5] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, Solomon Islands and New Zealand, were drawn into position 1 of Group A or B, and the bottom two ranked teams, American Samoa and Tonga, were drawn into position 4 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 2 or 3 of Group A or B.^[6]

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

All times are local, NCT (UTC+11).^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	0	21	3	+18	9	Knockout stage
2	New Caledonia (H)	3	2	0	1	22	5	+17	6
3	Vanuatu	3	1	0	2	12	22	−10	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	American Samoa	3	0	0	3	3	28	−25	0

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)

15:00

American Samoa	0–9	New Zealand
	Report	Manickum  1', 12', 36' Malivuk  0', 15' Ashby-Peckham  35', 36' Margetts  19' Eakins  20'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 150

Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)

19:00

Vanuatu	1–11	New Caledonia
Mesau  15'	Report	Pei  14', 18', 32' Namuli  14', 27' Xuma  15', 16' Sahuliwa  23', 32' Delaunay  11' Sele  35'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 300

Referee: Teraimaeva Make (Tahiti)

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)

17:00

New Zealand	8–1	Vanuatu
Malivuk  1', 10' Ditfort  2', 30' Hawkins  11' Lissington  29' Wisniewski  31' Manickum  32'	Report	Hungai  29'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 130

Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)

19:00

American Samoa	0–9	New Caledonia
	Report	Humuni  5', 25' Sele  7', 37' Delaunay  22', 29' Qenegete  33' Xuma  37' Guitton  39'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 250

Referee: Francis RONI (SOL)

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)

15:00

Vanuatu	10–3	American Samoa
Mesau  9', 30', 38' P. Alick  6', 30' Wilkins  4', 5' Vano  18' Napau  18' Soromon  18'	Report	Taumua 22' Pouli 25' Kaleopa 32'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 250

Referee: Teraimaeva MAKE (TAH)

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)

19:00

New Zealand	4–2	New Caledonia
Manickum  17', 18' Malivuk  13' Margetts  39'	Report	Humuni  5', 25' Sele  11' Xuma  39'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 600

Referee: Rex KAMUSU (SOL)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Solomon Islands	3	3	0	0	24	5	+19	9	Knockout stage
2	Tahiti	3	2	0	1	37	10	+27	6
3	Fiji	3	1	0	2	11	17	−6	3	5th–8th place play-offs
4	Tonga	3	0	0	3	6	46	−40	0

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)

13:00

Tonga	2–13	Solomon Islands
Feao 29' Vea 29'	Report	Ragomo  1', 15', 17', 27' Bule  19', 21', 31', 32' Stevenson  16' Makau  17' Maeluma  19' Ray  23' Sia  29'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 150

Referee: Malkom MAYOHO (VAN)

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28)

17:00

Fiji	1–11	Tahiti
S. Hughes  28'	Report	Tehau  13', 17', 33', 38' Barsinas  17', 26' Tave  29', 37' (2pen.) Riaria  6' Hirihiri  15' Wong  28' Soromon

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 160

Referee: Chris SINCLAIR (NZL)

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)

13:00

Solomon Islands	7–2	Tahiti
Stevenson  15', 21', 22' Hou  10', 34' Otainao  36' Kaiha  19' (o.g.)	Report	Wong  18' Riaria  34'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 175

Referee: Chris SINCLAIR (NZL)

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29)

15:00

Tonga	2–9	Fiji
Taufa 32', 39'	Report	Levaci  13', 36' Baravilala  37', 38' Khem  6' Verevou  12' S. Hughes  32' B. Hughes  38' Wawanaivalu  39'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 100

Referee: Charlemagne WAHEO (NCL)

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)

13:00

Tahiti	24–2	Tonga
Hirihiri  6', 11', 19', 33', 36' Tetaura  5', 14' Tehau  9' (pen.), 28' Auti  11', 12' Tanata  13', 34' Kaiha  19', 29' Tave  19', 37' Y. Wong  21' Barsinas  25' Riaria  32' Otukolo  7' (o.g.), 38' (o.g.) Taufa 3' (o.g.) Polovili 29' (o.g.)	Report	Taufa 20' Aho 24'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 80

Referee: Arnaud LLAMBRICH (NCL)

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30)

17:00

Solomon Islands	4–1	Fiji
Hou  16' Egeta  18' Otainao  36' Mateisuva  38' (o.g.)	Report	Dave  16'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 130

Referee: Antony RILEY (NZL)

Tonga was not allowed to play the 5th-8th place play-offs because many players were diagnosed with measles.^[8] It is important to remember that this tournament was held during a measles outbreak.

	Play-off semi-finals				Fifth place match
	1 November
	Vanuatu (w/o)	3
					2 November
	Tonga	0
					Vanuatu	4
	1 November
					Fiji	6
	Fiji	6
	American Samoa	2
					Seventh place match
					2 November
					Tonga	0
					American Samoa (w/o)	3

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)

11:30

Fiji	6–2	American Samoa
Verevou  14', 34' Dave  32' Baravilala  35' Kaleopa  14' (o.g.) Faamoana  22' (o.g.)	Report	Kaleopa  18' Tualaulelei  37'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 60

Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia)

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)

14:00

Vanuatu	3–0 (walkover)	Tonga
	Report

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)

11:30

Tonga	0–3 (walkover)	American Samoa
	Report

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)

14:00

Vanuatu	4–6	Fiji
Nalu Napau  3' Doland  6' Kalo  14' Hungai  35'	Report	Verevou  2', 8', 19' Khem  12', 39' Tivulu  21'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 150

Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia) ]

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 November
	Solomon Islands	5
					2 November
	New Caledonia	1
					Solomon Islands	5 (2)
	1 November
					New Zealand	5 (1)
	New Zealand	3
	Tahiti	2
					Third place match
					2 November
					New Caledonia	5 (1)
					Tahiti	5 (3)

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)

16:30

Solomon Islands	5–1	New Caledonia
Stevenson  2', 22' Sia  39', 39' Otainao  14'	Report	Sele  33'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 1200

Referee: Antony RILEY (NZL)

1 November 2019 (2019-11-01)

19:00

New Zealand	3–2	Tahiti
Hawkins  26', 27' Ashby-Peckham  26'	Report	Tetaura  1' Kaiha  4'

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 800

Referee: Rex KAMUSU (SOL)

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)

16:30

New Caledonia	5–5 (a.e.t.)	Tahiti
Humuni  17', 23' Sahuliwa  33', 40' Poadae  7'	Report	Tave  28', 41' Tetaura  5' Hirihiri  22' Auti  25'
Penalties
	1–3

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 1000

Referee: Chris SINCLAIR (NZL)

Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)

19:00

Solomon Islands	5–5 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand
Hou  32', 38' Egeta  18' Maeluma  39' Bule  40'	Report	Malivuk  0', 28' Ditfort  33' Margetts  37' Ashby-Peckham  40'
Penalties
	2–1

L'Arène du Sud, Païta

Attendance: 2000

Referee: Teraimaeva MAKE (TAH)

2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Solomon Islands Sixth title

Solomon Islands qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. They have qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup for the fourth consecutive time.

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1
Solomon Islands	2 November 2019[9]	3 (2008, 2012, 2016)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[10]

Award	Player
Golden Ball	Dylan Manickum
Golden Boot	Nicky Malivuk Olivier Hirihiri
Golden Gloves	Anthony Talo
Fair Play Award	American Samoa

There were 185 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 10.3 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals