Tahiti national beach soccer team
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The Tahiti national beach soccer team represents Tahiti or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in Tahiti. In contrast to the fortunes of the association football team, Tahiti's beach soccer has, since 2011, been one of the strongest teams in world beach soccer. The team made history at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament. At the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti beat Italy in a penalty shootout to become the first Pacific nation to ever make it to a final in a FIFA tournament. They followed this up with another appearance in the 2017 final.
| Nickname | Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)[1] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Tahitian Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | OFC (Oceania) | ||
| Head coach | Teva Zaveroni | ||
| Captain | Raimana Li Fung Kuee | ||
| FIFA code | TAH | ||
| BSWW ranking | 12  2 (2 September 2026)[2] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Tahiti 8–1 Cook Islands  (Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Tahiti 26–3 Tonga  (Papeete, Tahiti; 22 August 2023) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Spain 9–1 Tahiti (Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 9 November 2018) Italy  12–4 Tahiti (Luque, Paraguay; 21 November 2019) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 8 (first in 2011) | ||
| Best result |  Runners-up (2015, 2017) | ||
| OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 2006) | ||
| Best result |  Champions (2011, 2019, 2023, 2024) | ||
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
- Legend
Win Draw Lose Fixture
2024
| 15 February 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B | Tahiti | 4–3 |  Argentina | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 17:00 |
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Report (FIFA) |
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Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 813 Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania) |
| 17 February 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B | Spain | 3–5 | Tahiti | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 17:00 |
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Report (FIFA) |
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Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Mickie Palomino (Peru) |
| 19 February 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B | Iran  | 5–3 | Tahiti | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 21:00 | Report (FIFA) |
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Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal) |
| 22 February 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals | Italy | 5–2 | Tahiti | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| 21:00 |
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Report (FIFA) | Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 1,901 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina) |
Players
Current squad
The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- Head coach: Teva Zaveroni
Competitive record
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| FIFA World Cup record | Qualification (OFC) record | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
 2005 |
did not enter | No qualification matches | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | did not qualify | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 | ||||||||||
| 2007 |
Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 23 | –1 | |||||||||||
 2008 | did not enter | No qualification matches | ||||||||||||||||||
 2009 | did not qualify | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | +4 | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Group stage | 12th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | –5 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | –1 | ||
| 2013 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 22 | +4 | Automatically qualified as hosts | ||||||||||
 2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | +3 | No qualification matches[a] | ||||||||||
 2017 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 22 | –2 | No qualification matches[b] | ||||||||||
 2019 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 | –1 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 12 | +44 | ||
 2021 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 24 | +3 | No qualification matches[c] | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | +39 | |||
 2025 | Group stage | 14th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 21 | −9 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | +22 | ||
| Total | 0 titles | 8/13 | 35 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 158 | 163 | –5 | 4 titles | 7/8 | 25 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 223 | 103 | +120 | ||
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania qualification tournament was eventually cancelled, with the official announcement made by the OFC on 6 May 2021. The OFC announced that Tahiti, as the highest-ranked OFC team in the BSWW World Rankings and also as the winner of the most recent edition in 2019, were nominated as the OFC representatives at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[7]
Intercontinental Cup
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
| OFC Nations Cup record | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2006 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 |
 2007 | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 25 | –8 |
| 2009 | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 17 | +4 |
| 2011 | Champions | 1st | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 | –1 |
 2013 | Withdrew[a] | ||||||||
| 2015 and 2017 | Not held[b] | ||||||||
| 2019 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 |
| 2023 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | +39 |
 2024 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 17 | +22 |
| Total | 4 titles | 8/9 | 28 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 218 | 105 | +113 |
Head-to-head record
- As of 27 August 2023
Note: The following includes all friendly matches and competitive games except for a small handful of friendlies not played by the official rules of FIFA.
Since making their international debut in August 2006, Tahiti have played a total of 118 matches against 41 different national teams, 68 of which were won. Their most played fixture is against the Solomon Islands whom they have played nine times.
| Team | First | Last | Record | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Islands |
2006 | 2006 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Solomon Islands |
2006 | 2023 | 5–4 | 56% |
 Vanuatu |
2006 | 2019 | 1–3 | 25% |
| New Zealand |
2007 | 2007 | 1–1 | 50% |
 Fiji |
2009 | 2023 | 4–0 | 100% |
 Mexico |
2011 | 2019 | 3–1 | 75% |
 Venezuela |
2011 | 2011 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Russia |
2011 | 2018 | 1–7 | 13% |
 Nigeria |
2011 | 2019 | 0–3 | 0% |
| United Arab Emirates |
2011 | 2021 | 3–4 | 43% |
 Switzerland |
2012 | 2018 | 2–6 | 25% |
 United States |
2012 | 2019 | 5–0 | 100% |
| France |
2013 | 2013 | 3–0 | 100% |
 Netherlands |
2013 | 2013 | 3–0 | 100% |
 Bulgaria |
2013 | 2013 | 0–1 | 0% |
 Hungary |
2013 | 2013 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Estonia |
2013 | 2013 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Austria |
2013 | 2013 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Argentina |
2013 | 2013 | 2–0 | 100% |
 Australia |
2013 | 2013 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Spain |
2013 | 2021 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Brazil |
2013 | 2017 | 0–4 | 0% |
 England |
2014 | 2018 | 3–0 | 100% |
 Madagascar |
2015 | 2015 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Paraguay |
2015 | 2019 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Iran |
2015 | 2018 | 2–4 | 33% |
| Italy |
2015 | 2019 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Portugal |
2015 | 2015 | 1–1 | 50% |
 Egypt |
2015 | 2015 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Bahamas |
2016 | 2016 | 1–1 | 50% |
 Japan |
2016 | 2021 | 1–4 | 20% |
 Poland |
2016 | 2017 | 2–0 | 100% |
 Ecuador |
2017 | 2017 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Panama |
2017 | 2017 | 1–0 | 100% |
 El Salvador |
2017 | 2017 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Oman |
2018 | 2019 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Tonga |
2019 | 2023 | 2–0 | 100% |
| New Caledonia |
2019 | 2019 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Uruguay |
2019 | 2019 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Mozambique |
2021 | 2021 | 1–0 | 100% |
 Lithuania |
2023 | 2023 | 3–0 | 100% |
| Totals | 2006 | 2023 | 68–50 | 58% |