2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup explained

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]

Teams

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

Team	data-sort-type="number"	Appearance	Previous best performance
[5]	3rd	(2011)
[6]	7th	(2006, 2007, 2009, 2013)
(hosts; title-holders)	6th	(2011, 2019)
	2nd	(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).

Fiji vs Solomon Islands

width=25 ! width=25 4 Gabiriele Matanisiga 7 Rusiate Matarerega 10 Tevita Waranaivalu 11 Madhwan Gounder GK 15 Simione Tamanisau (c) Substitutions: 2 Rajneel Singh 3 Meli Cordo 5 Ronish Singh 6 Ravneel Pal 8 Bruce Hughes 9 Merrill Nand GK 12 Jovilisi Borisi [7]

Tahiti vs Tonga

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Tonga vs Fiji

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Solomon Islands vs Tahiti

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Solomon Islands vs Tonga

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Tahiti vs Fiji

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Play-offs

Third place match

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Final

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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	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1 only FIFA era (since 2005)
		6 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021)

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

Broadcasting

All matches were broadcast live on the OFC and TNTV official Facebook channels.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Web site: NEW DATES CONFIRMED FOR OFC BEACH SOCCER NATIONS CUP IN TAHITI . 17 April 2023.
2. Web site: Beach Soccer expert’s visit a boost for Tautahi as they prepare for OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2023 . Tonga Football . 31 March 2023.
3. Web site: OFC Competitions 2023 Calendar confirmed 1/01/2023 . Oceania Football Confederation . 25 February 2023.
4. Web site: Tahiti crowned the kings of Oceania Beach Soccer once again . Oceania Football Confederation . 27 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 . In front of a capacity crowd .
5. Web site: Fiji to participate in OFC beach comp . Romena, Romenka . FijiLive . 11 February 2023 . 5 July 2023 .
6. Web site: Honiara Titans claim SIFF Invitational Beach Soccer Championship title . Abana, Simon . . 4 July 2023 . 5 July 2023 . The Championship also served to select a national beach soccer team known commonly as the Biliki ahead of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup .
7. Web site: Congratulations to Solomon Islands' Thomas Amasia and Tahiti's Heirauarii Salem... . . 23 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 .
8. Web site: Congratulations to our players of the match on day two of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup in Tahiti. . . 24 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 .
9. Web site: Congratulations to Thompson Peter of the Solomon Islands and Tahiti's Heimanu Taiarui... . . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 .
10. Web site: Well done to Fiji's Gabiriele Matanisiga and Tahiti's Jonathan Torohia . Oceania Football Confederation via Twitter . 27 August 2023 . 27 August 2023 .
11. Web site: HOW TO WATCH | OFC BEACH SOCCER NATIONS CUP 2023 |url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/how-to-watch-ofc-beach-soccer-nations-cup-2023/ |website=Oceania Football |access-date=17 August 2023}}

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