2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

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Host countryTahiti
CityPapeete
Dates22–26 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup OFC qualifier
Tournament details
Host countryTahiti
CityPapeete
Dates22–26 August
Teams4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (3rd title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Tonga
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored120 (15 per match)
Attendance4,500 (563 per match)
Top scorerFiji Gabiriele Matanisiga (12 goals)
Best goalkeeperFrench Polynesia Jonathan Torohia
Fair play award Fiji
 Tahiti
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The 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup was the seventh edition of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup, the top beach soccer competition contested by Oceanian men's national beach soccer teams. The tournament was organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in June, but was subsequently pushed back to take place from 22 to 26 August 2023[1] in Tahiti.[2][3]

The tournament doubled as qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates; the champions qualified.[4]

Four of the eleven OFC-affiliated members entered the tournament.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Fiji[5]3rdThird place (2011)
 Solomon Islands[6]7thChampions (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)
 Tahiti (hosts; title-holders)6thChampions (2011, 2019)
 Tonga[2]2nd5th place (2019)

Venue

The tournament was held in Papeete at Aorai Tini Hau stadium, with an approximate capacity of 1,080.[4]

Group stage

All times are local, TAHT (GMT−10).

Pos Team Pld W W+ WP L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Tahiti (H) 3 3 0 0 0 41 9 +32 9 Final
2  Solomon Islands 3 2 0 0 1 24 16 +8 6
3  Fiji 3 1 0 0 2 27 14 +13 3 Third Place Match
4  Tonga 3 0 0 0 3 9 62 −53 0
Source: OFC
(H) Host

Fiji vs Solomon Islands

Fiji 3–6 Solomon Islands
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 500
4Gabiriele Matanisiga
7Rusiate Matarerega
10Tevita Waranaivalu
11Madhwan Gounder
GK15Simione Tamanisau (c)
Substitutions:
2Rajneel Singh
3Meli Cordo
5Ronish Singh
6Ravneel Pal
8Bruce Hughes
9Merrill Nand
GK12Jovilisi Borisi

Man of the match: Thomas Amasia (Solomon Islands)[7]

Tahiti vs Tonga

Tahiti 26–3 Tonga
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 800

Man of the match: Heirauarii Salem (Tahiti)[7]

Tonga vs Fiji

Tonga 3–21 Fiji
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 400

Man of the match: Gabiriele Matanisiga (Fiji)[8]

Solomon Islands vs Tahiti

Solomon Islands 3–10 Tahiti
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Turki Al Sahli (Oman)

Man of the match: Jonathan Torohia (Tahiti)[8]

Solomon Islands vs Tonga

Solomon Islands 15–3 Tonga
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 100
Referee: Abdullah Abdulaziz (Kuwait)

Man of the match: Thompson Peter (Solomon Islands)[9]

Tahiti vs Fiji

Tahiti 5–3 Fiji
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 500
Referee: Turki Al Sahli (Oman)

Man of the match: Heimanu Taiarui (Tahiti)[9]

Play-offs

Third place match

Fiji 12–0 Tonga
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 120

Man of the match: Gabiriele Matanisiga (Fiji)[10]

Final

Tahiti 7–0 Solomon Islands
 Report
Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Turki Al Sahli (Oman)

Man of the match: Jonathan Torohia (Tahiti)[10]

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The champion of the 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup qualified for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1
only FIFA era (since 2005)
 Tahiti26 August 20236 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

Broadcasting

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