Tahiti at the OFC Men's Nations Cup
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The Tahiti national football team has competed in ten editions of the OFC Men's Nations Cup, and won the title in 2012. The team is considered one of the best in Oceania. Tahiti also finished as runners-up three times, and is the only team other than Australia or New Zealand to win the continental trophy.
Summary
| Oceania Cup / OFC Nations Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
 1973 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
 1980 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 9 |
 1996 |
Runners-up | 2nd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
 1998 |
Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 10 |
 2000 |
Group stage | 5th | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 |
| 2004 |
Group stage | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 |
| 2008 |
Did not qualify | |||||||
 2012 |
Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5 |
 2016 |
Group stage | 5th | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
  2024 |
Third place | 3rd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Total | 1 Title | 10/11 | 42 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 85 | 89 |
Tournaments
1973 Oceania Cup
First round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 7 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Tahiti |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 | New Caledonia |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 4 |  New Hebrides |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 2 | |
| 5 | Fiji |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
| Tahiti | 2–1 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
Erroll Bennett  (?) Alexis Tumahai (?) |
Report | Roger Mandin (?) |
Referee: T. Delahunty (New Zealand)
| New Zealand | 1–1 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Vest (?) |
Report | Erroll Bennett (?) |
Referee: P. Raman (Fiji)
| Tahiti | 1–0 | New Hebrides |
|---|---|---|
| Erroll Bennett (?) |
Report |
Referee: A. Nakagawa (New Caledonia)
| Tahiti | 4–0 | Fiji |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Carrara (?) Harold Ng Fok (?) Gilles Malinowski (?) Roland de Marigny (?) |
Report |
Referee: A. Nakagawa (New Caledonia)
Final
| New Zealand | 2–0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| David Taylor (?) Alan Marley (?) |
Report |
Referee: B. Chaudet (New Hebrides)
1980 Oceania Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tahiti |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 5 | +16 | 6 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Fiji |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 3 | New Zealand |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Solomon Islands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | −18 | 0 |
| Tahiti | 3–1 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred Wabealo 61', 73' Erroll Bennett 85' |
Steve Sumner 47' (pen.) |
Final
| Australia | 4–2 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Kay 4', 29' Danny Moulis Vic Bozanic |
Andre Wabealo 11' Erroll Bennett |
1996 OFC Nations Cup
Semifinals
| Solomon Islands | 0–1 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Loup Rousseau 72' |
| Tahiti | 2–1 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Jean-Loup Rousseau 46' Macha Gatien 88' |
Robert Seni 81' |
Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate.
Final
| Tahiti | 0–6 | Australia |
|---|---|---|
| Ernie Tapai 5' Paul Trimboli 20' Kris Trajanovski 25', 28', 44', 89' |
| Australia | 5–0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Robbie Hooker 11' Kris Trajanovski 21', 36', 54' Rupena Raumati  31' (o.g.) |
Australia won 11–0 on aggregate.
1998 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 3 | |
| 3 | Vanuatu |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 1–0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Paama 13' (o.g.) |
Report |
Semifinals
Third place match
2000 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Vanuatu |
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Tahiti (H) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 2–0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Kris Bouckenooghe 27' Chris Jackson 78' |
Attendance: 1,000
Attendance: 300
2002 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Solomon Islands |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 |
| Tahiti | 3–2 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Booene 42' Tagawa 57' Fatupua-Lecaill 90+' |
Report | Daudau 8' Menapi 25' |
Semifinals
Third place match
2004 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | +18 | 13 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Solomon Islands |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 10 | |
| 3 | New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | |
| 4 | Fiji |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 4 | |
| 5 | Tahiti |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 4 | |
| 6 | Vanuatu |
5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 |
| Australia | 9–0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Cahill 14', 47' Skoko 43' Simon 44' (o.g.) Sterjovski 51', 61', 74' Zdrilic 85' Chipperfield 89' |
Report |
| Tahiti | 0–4 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Fa'arodo 9' Menapi 14', 80' Batram Suri 42' |
2012 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tahiti |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 9 | Semifinals and World Cup qualifying third round |
 New Caledonia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 6 | |
| Vanuatu |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
 Samoa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 |
Source: [2]
Semifinals
| Tahiti | 1–0 | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|---|
| J. Tehau 15' |
Report |
Final
| Tahiti | 1–0 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
| Chong Hue 10' |
Report |
2016 OFC Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Papua New Guinea (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 5 | Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage and World Cup qualifying third round |
| 2 | New Caledonia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | |
| 3 | Tahiti |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Qualification to World Cup qualifying third round |
| 4 | Samoa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | −19 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2–2 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
|
Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
| Tahiti | 1–1 | New Caledonia |
|---|---|---|
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Report (FIFA) Report (OFC) |
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2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup
Group stage
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Tahiti |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Samoa |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1–1 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
| Paul 25' |
Report | Degrumelle 15' |
Semi-finals
| New Zealand | 5–0 | Tahiti |
|---|---|---|
|
Report |
Third place match
Attendance: 3,000[10]
Referee: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)