# Tahiti at the OFC Nations Cup

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 | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | 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 | Advance to final |
| 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 | Advance to third place play-off |
| 5 | Fiji | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

#### Final
### 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 | |

#### Final
### 1996 OFC Nations Cup
#### Semifinals

Tahiti won 3–1 on aggregate.

#### Final

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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tahiti (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |

### 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 | |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 1 | |

#### Third place match
### 2004 OFC Nations Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to final |
| 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 | |

### 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 | Semifinals and World Cup qualifying third round |
| Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
| Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | −23 | 0 | |

#### Final
### 2016 OFC Nations Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Nations Cup knockout stage and World Cup qualifying third round |
| 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 | |

### 2024 OFC Men's Nations Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 0 | |