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2022 OFC Futsal Cup

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The 2022 OFC Futsal Cup was the 13th 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.

Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates13 – 18 September 2022
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
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2022 OFC Futsal Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates13 – 18 September 2022
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place FFA President's Five
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored181 (9.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Rahan Ali
VanuatuRhydley Napau
(8 goals)
Best playerNew Zealand Rahan Ali
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Mike Antamanov
Fair play award Samoa
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Solomon Islands were the defending champions, after defeating New Zealand in the 2019 final.

New Zealand took revenge on Solomon Islands by defeating them 6–2 in the final and winning the 2022 edition.

Teams

Seven of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament. Fiji Football Association were invited to enter a second team to ensure an even number of teams were participating.

More information Team, Appearance ...
Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Fiji (hosts)10thRunners-up (2000, 2009, 2010)
 FFA President's Five1stDebut
 New Caledonia9thRunners-up (2014)
 New Zealand11thRunners-up (2004, 2016, 2019)
 Samoa4th4th (1996)
 Solomon Islands9thChampions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
 Tonga2nd8th (2019)
 Vanuatu13thRunners-up (1992, 1996)
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Venue

The matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

Squads

Main article: 2022 OFC Futsal Cup squads

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 5 September 2022 at the OFC Home of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams (based on the 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup standings, Solomon Islands and New Zealand, were drawn into position 1 of Group A or B, and the bottom two ranked teams, FFA Presidents Five and Samoa, 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. Fiji and FFA Presidents Five were ineligible to be drawn into the same group.[1]

More information Pot 1, Pot 2 ...
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Solomon Islands (1)
 New Zealand (2)		  New Caledonia (3)
 Fiji (4)
 Vanuatu (5)
 Tonga (8)		  Samoa (UR)
 FFA President's Five (UR)
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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.[2][3]

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).[4]

Group A

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 21 3 +18 7 Knockout stage
2  FFA President's Five 3 2 0 1 13 7 +6 6
3  Vanuatu 3 1 1 1 12 4 +8 4 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 1 33 −32 0
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Source: OFC
More information FFA President's Five, 1–5 ...
FFA President's Five Fiji1–5 New Zealand
  • Pal 8'
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  • McIntee 2'
  • Ali 18', 33'
  • Grey 32'
  • Ditfort 35'
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Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)
More information Tonga, 0–9 ...
Tonga 0–9 Vanuatu
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  • Sopuso 3'
  • Napau 6', 19'
  • Donald 10', 30'
  • Lehi 11'
  • Tamuri 23'
  • Mesau 25', 26'
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Referee: Dharmend Chand (Fiji)
More information FFA President's Five, 9–0 ...
FFA President's Five Fiji9–0 Tonga
  • P.Chand 2'
  • Prasad 3'
  • Lal 5', 24'
  • Ni.Chand 16'
  • Pal 16', 21'
  • Naidu 18'
  • Ayman 34'
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Referee: Francis Roni (Solomon Islands)
More information New Zealand, 1–1 ...
New Zealand 1–1 Vanuatu
  • Ali 18'
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  • Napau 30'
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Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)
More information Vanuatu, 2–3 ...
Vanuatu 2–3 FFA President's Five
  • Donald 9'
  • Napau 29'
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  • Naidu 1'
  • Pal 6'
  • Ram 20'
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Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)
More information New Zealand, 15–1 ...
New Zealand 15–1 Tonga
  • Hawkins 0', 20'
  • Grey 5'
  • Ali 12', 31'
  • Martin 19', 26', 35', 38'
  • Ashby-Peckham 20'
  • Paulsen 24', 33'
  • McIntee 27'
  • Wisnewski 31'
  • Sharplin 37'
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  • Muavesi 28'
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Referee: Jimmy Malap (Vanuatu)

Group B

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 26 13 +13 7 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 14 13 +1 6
3  Fiji (H) 3 1 1 1 15 10 +5 4 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 6 25 −19 0
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Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
More information New Caledonia, 4–2 ...
New Caledonia 4–2 Fiji
  • Qenegeie 27', 28', 31'
  • Hmaen 36'
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  • Khan 4'
  • Nand 28'
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Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)
More information Samoa, 4–11 ...
Samoa 4–11 Solomon Islands
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  • Misitana 8', 12', 29', 36'
  • E.Mana 12', 36'
  • Bule 21'
  • Rukumana 23'
  • Lalo 28'
  • Sia 33'
  • J.Mana 34'
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Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)
More information Solomon Islands, 9–3 ...
Solomon Islands 9–3 New Caledonia
  • J.Mana 2', 33'
  • B.Mana 9'
  • Longue red-colored football 12' (o.g.)
  • Rukumana 22'
  • Kasute'e 25', 34'
  • Sia 36'
  • E.Mana 37'
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  • Qenegeie 8', 22'
  • Hmaen 21'
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Referee: Jonathan Moore (Australia)
More information Fiji, 7–0 ...
Fiji 7–0 Samoa
  • Sami 1', 2', 36'
  • Dave 3', 5', 21'
  • R. Singh 6'
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Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)
More information Samoa, 2–7 ...
Samoa 2–7 New Caledonia
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  • Longue 4', 16'
  • Hmaen 8', 29'
  • Ue 14', 33'
  • Lalie 33'
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Referee: Dom Barry (New Zealand)
More information Solomon Islands, 6–6 ...
Solomon Islands 6–6 Fiji
  • Rukumana 4', 5'
  • Bule 7'
  • Kasute'e 7'
  • Sia 26'
  • Misitana 32'
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Referee: Ben Norman (New Zealand)

5th–8th place play-offs

Bracket (5th–8th place)

 
Play-off semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
17 September – Suva
 
 
 Vanuatu11
 
18 September – Suva
 
 Samoa6
 
 Vanuatu4
 
17 September – Suva
 
 Fiji3
 
 Fiji8
 
 
 Tonga1
 
Seventh place match
 
 
18 September – Suva
 
 
 Samoa6
 
 
 Tonga5

Play-off semi-finals

More information Vanuatu, 11–6 ...
Vanuatu 11–6 Samoa
  • Donald 4', 36'
  • Tabeva 6', 8'
  • Coulon 7'
  • Alick 7'
  • Napau 24', 25'
  • Mesau 27', 32'
  • Sopuso 29'
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  • Saofaiga 8'
  • Nanumea 12', 13'
  • Alatina Talilai 16'
  • Malo 20'
  • Taualai 21'
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Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)
More information Fiji, 8–1 ...
Fiji 8–1 Tonga
  • Tuifangaloka red-colored football 2' (o.g.)
  • R. Singh 14', 28'
  • Sami 27', 29'
  • Nadan 33'
  • Na.Chand 35', 36'
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  • Atoa 15'
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Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)

Seventh place match

More information Samoa, 6–5 ...
Samoa 6–5 Tonga
  • Nanumea 7', 20'
  • Maiava 24'
  • Tumua 27', 29'
  • Alatina Talilai 33'
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  • Tokotaha 8'
  • Tuifangaloka 11', 31'
  • Falepapalangi 16', 18'
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Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

Fifth place match

More information Vanuatu, 4–3 ...
Vanuatu 4–3 Fiji
  • Alick 17'
  • Tamuri 29'
  • Napau 32', 35'
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Referee: Antony Riley (New Zealand)

Knockout stage

Bracket (1st–4th place)

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September - Suva
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
18 September - Suva
 
 New Caledonia1
 
 New Zealand6
 
17 September - Suva
 
 Solomon Islands2
 
 Solomon Islands5
 
 
 FFA President's Five1
 
Third place match
 
 
18 September - Suva
 
 
 New Caledonia5
 
 
 FFA President's Five3

Semi-finals

More information New Zealand, 6–1 ...
New Zealand 6–1 New Caledonia
  • Lalie red-colored football 15' (o.g.)
  • Wisnewski 21'
  • Ditfort 23'
  • Martin 32'
  • Grey 38'
  • Qenegeie red-colored football 38' (o.g.)
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  • Hmaen 28'
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Referee: Jonathan Moore (Australia)
More information Solomon Islands, 5–1 ...
Solomon Islands 5–1 FFA President's Five
  • Kasute'e 5'
  • Maeluma 14'
  • Misitana 28'
  • B. Mana 32'
  • Lalo 32'
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  • Lal 19'
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Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

Third place match

More information New Caledonia, 5–3 ...
New Caledonia 5–3 FFA President's Five
  • Halune 0'
  • Wright 8', 30'
  • Qenegeie 27'
  • Hmaen 38'
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  • Pal 2', 12'
  • Naidu 26'
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Referee: Chris Sinclair (New Zealand)

Final

More information New Zealand, 6–2 ...
New Zealand 6–2 Solomon Islands
  • Ditfort 2'
  • Ali 7', 30', 31'
  • Martin 12'
  • Ashby-Peckham 39'
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  • Sia 6'
  • B. Mana 31'
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Referee: Jonathan Moore (Australia)

Awards

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

More information Award, Player ...
Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Rahan Ali
Golden Boot New Zealand Rahan Ali
Golden Gloves New Zealand Mike Antamanov
Fair Play Award  Samoa
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Goalscorers


Match officials

Referees

  • Australia Nicholas Backo
  • Australia Jonathan Moore
  • Fiji Dharmend Chand
  • New Caledonia Arnaud Llambrich
  • New Zealand Dom Barry
  • New Zealand Ben Norman
  • New Zealand Antony Riley
  • New Zealand Chris Sinclair
  • Solomon Islands Rex Kamusu
  • Solomon Islands Philip Mana
  • Solomon Islands Francis Roni
  • Vanuatu Jimmy Malap

Goalscorers

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

8 goals

  • New Zealand Rahan Ali
  • Vanuatu Rhydley Napau

7 goals

  • Fiji Surjason Sami

6 goals

  • Fiji Rayneel Pal
  • New Caledonia Emmanuel Hmaen
  • New Caledonia Uge Ferdinand Qenegeie
  • New Zealand Ethan Martin
  • Solomon Islands Clifford Misitana

5 goals

  • Fiji Shahil Dave
  • Samoa Falaniko Nanumea
  • Vanuatu Kevin Donald

4 goals

  • Samoa Dilo Tumua
  • Solomon Islands Franster Rukumana
  • Vanuatu Sandy Mesau

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