# Tahiti national beach soccer team

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.

## 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
## Players
### Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | TAH | Jonathan Torohia |
| 2 | MF | TAH | Dylan Paama |
| 3 | FW | TAH | Tamatoa Tetauira |
| 4 | DF | TAH | Heimanu Taiarui |
| 5 | FW | TAH | Gervais Chan-Kat |
| 6 | MF | TAH | Patrick Tepa |
| 7 | FW | TAH | Raimana Li Fung Kuee |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 8 | MF | TAH | Heiarii Tavanae |
| 9 | MF | TAH | Heirauarii Salem |
| 10 | FW | TAH | Tearii Labaste |
| 11 | MF | TAH | Teva Zaveroni |
| 12 | GK | TAH | Beo Revel |
| 13 | MF | TAH | Teaonui Tehau |
| 14 | GK | TAH | Gabriel Amau |
    Head coach: Teva Zaveroni

## Competitive record
### FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

| FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) record | Qualification (OFC) 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 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches |
| 2006 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | Third place | 3rd | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 13 | +13 |
| 2007 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | Fourth place | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 23 | –1 |
| 2008 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches |
| 2009 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | 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 | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts | Automatically qualified as hosts |
| 2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 29 | +3 | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches |
| 2017 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 22 | –2 | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches |
| 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 | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches | No qualification matches |
| 2023 | Quarter-finals | | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 17 | +2 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | +39 |
| 2025 | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined | to be determined |
| Total | 0 titles | 7/12 | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 146 | 142 | +4 | 3 titles | 6/7 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 184 | 86 | +98 |
* ↑ The 2015 edition was originally set to take place in Papeete, Tahiti. Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.
* ↑ The 2017 edition was originally set to take place in February. Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.
* ↑ 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.

### Intercontinental Cup

BSIC record :
| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 2011 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 19 | –12 |
| 2012 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 10 | –2 |
| 2013 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2014 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2015 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 17 | +6 |
| 2016 | Fourth place | 4th | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 29 | –4 |
| 2017 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2018 | Group stage | 8th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 33 | –11 |
| Total | 0 titles | 5/8 | 21 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 85 | 108 | –23 |

### 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 | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 2015 and 2017 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2019 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 12 | +44 |
| 2023 | Champions | 1st | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 9 | +39 |
| Total | 3 titles | 7/8 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 8 | 179 | 88 | +91 |
* ↑ see above
* ↑ see above

## 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% |

## Honours

* OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
    Winners: 2011, 2019, 2023
* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
    Runners-up: 2015, 2017
    Fourth place: 2013