# 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

The 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 14th edition of the OFC Futsal Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Futsal Championship), the international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. It was held in New Zealand from 1 to 7 October 2023.
New Zealand were the defending champions, after defeating Solomon Islands in the 2022 final.
The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.

## Teams

Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC will enter the tournament.
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
| New Zealand (hosts) | 12th | Champions (2022) |
| Fiji | 11th | Runners-up (1999, 2009, 2010) |
| New Caledonia | 10th | Runners-up (2014) |
| Samoa | 5th | Fourth place (1996) |
| Solomon Islands | 10th | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019) |
| Tahiti | 8th | Runners-up (2008, 2011) |
| Tonga | 3rd | Eighth place (2019, 2022) |
| Vanuatu | 14th | Runners-up (1992, 1996) |

### Did not enter

* American Samoa
* Cook Islands
* Papua New Guinea

## Venue

The matches will be played at the Pulman Arena in Auckland.

## Draw

The draw took place on 27 July 2023 at the OFC Home Of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams (based on the 2022 OFC Futsal Cup standings.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| New Zealand (1) Solomon Islands (2) | New Caledonia (3) Vanuatu (5) Fiji (6) Samoa (7) | Tonga (8) Tahiti (UR) |

## Group stage

The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams enter the 5th–8th place play-offs.
All times are local, NZDT (UTC+13).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | New Zealand (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 5 | +22 | 9 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Fiji | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 6 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | Vanuatu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 10 | +14 | 3 | Advance to Placememt play-offs |
| 4 | Tonga | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 43 | −41 | 0 | Advance to Placememt play-offs |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 7 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 2 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 5 | Advance to Knockout stage |
| 3 | New Caledonia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 4 | Advance to Placememt play-offs |
| 4 | Samoa | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 25 | −21 | 0 | Advance to Placememt play-offs |

## 5th–8th place play-offs
### Bracket (5th–8th place)

| Play-off semi-finals | Play-off semi-finals | Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| 5 October - Auckland | 5 October - Auckland |
| Vanuatu | 6 |
| Vanuatu | 6 | 7 October - Auckland | 7 October - Auckland |
| Samoa | 3 | 7 October - Auckland | 7 October - Auckland |
| Samoa | 3 | Vanuatu | 3 |
| 5 October - Auckland | 5 October - Auckland | | Vanuatu | 3 |
| 5 October - Auckland | 5 October - Auckland | New Caledonia | 5 |
| New Caledonia | 11 | New Caledonia | 5 |
| Tonga | 0 | | |
| Tonga | 0 | Seventh place match | Seventh place match |
| | | 7 October - Auckland | 7 October - Auckland |
| | | Samoa | 4 |
| | | Tonga | 3 |

### Fifth place match
## Knockout stage
### Bracket (1st–4th place)

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 October - Auckland | 5 October - Auckland |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 7 October - Auckland | 7 October - Auckland |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 7 October - Auckland | 7 October - Auckland |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | New Zealand | 5 |
| 5 October - Auckland | 5 October - Auckland | | New Zealand | 5 |
| 5 October - Auckland | 5 October - Auckland | Tahiti | 0 |
| Tahiti | 7 | Tahiti | 0 |
| Fiji | 3 | | |
| Fiji | 3 | Third place match | Third place match |
| | | 7 October - Auckland | 7 October - Auckland |
| | | Solomon Islands | 5 |
| | | Fiji | 3 |

### Final

Winner will qualify for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
| Tahiti | New Zealand |
| GK | 14 | Puarea Roe |
| DF | 2 | Matana Bea |
| FW | 5 | Michel Maihuri |
| FW | 7 | Akareva Riaria (c) |
| FW | 10 | Tetuanui Tinomoe |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 1 | Maungaroa Angia |
| | 3 | Kai'anu Flores |
| | 4 | Vincent Tinomoe |
| | 5 | Keanu Maihuri |
| FW | 8 | Olivier Hirihiri | 27' |
| | 9 | Roberto Patira |
| | 11 | Scotty Opeta |
| FW | 12 | Teivarii Kaiha | 8' |
| MF | 13 | Tamati Iotua |
| Head coach: ||
| Temuri Ariitai ||
| GK | 1 | Mike Antamanov |
| DF | 8 | Logan Wisnewski |
| FW | 6 | Rahan Ali |
| FW | 10 | Dylan Manickum (c) |
| FW | 11 | Jordan Ditfort |
| Substitutes: ||
| GK | 12 | Patrick Steele |
| DF | 5 | Thomas Picken |
| DF | 7 | Ethan Martin |
| DF | 13 | Oban Hawkins | 8' |
| DF | 14 | Casey Sharplin |
| FW | 2 | Adam Paulsen |
| FW | 3 | Hamish Grey |
| FW | 4 | Art Twigg |
| FW | 9 | Stephen Ashby-Peckham | 31' |
| Head coach: ||
| Marvin Eakins ||
| Man of the Match: Dylan Manickum (New Zealand) Second referee: Jonathon Moore (Australia) Third referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia) Timekeeper: Majid Al Hatmi (Oman) Reserve referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands) | Match rules 40 minutes. 10 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Nine named substitutes. |

## Qualified teams for FIFA Futsal World Cup

The following team, from OFC, qualified for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.
| Team | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup |
| New Zealand | 7 October 2023 | 0 (debut) |

## Ranking

| Rank | Team | M | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
| 1 | New Zealand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 7 | +29 | 15 |
| 2 | Tahiti | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 10 |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 16 | +11 | 8 |
| 4 | Fiji | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 20 | -1 | 6 |
| 5 | New Caledonia | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 12 | +16 | 10 |
| 6 | Vanuatu | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 6 |
| 7 | Samoa | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 34 | −23 | 3 |
| 8 | Tonga | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 58 | −53 | 0 |

## Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player |
| Golden Ball | Dylan Manickum |
| Golden Boot | Micah Lea'alafa |
| Golden Gloves | Mike Antamanov |
| Fair Play Award | Vanuatu |

## Goalscorers

There were 181 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 9.05 goals per match.
7 goals
* Micah Lea'alafa
6 goals
* Nicolas Foubert
* Jayson Timatua
5 goals
* Filipe Baravilala
* Stephen Ashby-Beckham
* Elis Mana
* Akareva Riaria
* Tetuanui Tinomoe
* Vincent Tinomoe
4 goals
* Bruce Hughes
* Emmanuel Hmaen
* Anicet Jiako
* Christ Pei
* Rahan Ali
* Jordan Ditfort
* Casey Sharplin
* Vaa Taualai
* Calvin Do'oro
* Michel Maihuri
* Michel Coulon
* Keshly Joseph
* Kemly Lehi
3 goals
* Jymaël Upa
* Dylan Manickum
* Ethan Martin
* Logan Wisnewski
* Michael Tumua Leo
* Charlie Otainao
* Kevin Donald
* George Mahit
* Steve Nona
2 goals
* Ramzan Khan
* Merrill Nand
* Tevita Waranaivalu
* Andre Ponidja
* Oban Hawkins
* Adam Paulsen
* George Stevenson
* Junior Mana
* Keanu Maihuri
* Christopher Kefu
* Martin Gete
* Sandy Mesau
1 goal
* Setareki Hughes
* Gabiriele Matanisiga
* Dave Radrigai
* Rajneel Singh
* Rémi Boussemart
* Christopher Cawa
* Stevens Guillemain
* Ridge Ue
* Adolphe Warekaicane
* Mike Antamanov
* Hamish Grey
* Thomas Picken
* Art Twigg
* Jefferson Fa'amatau
* Falaniko Nanumea
* Tavita To'o
* Dilo Tumua
* Owen Bunabo
* Clifford Misitana
* Marlon Sia
* Olivier Hirihiri
* Tevita Falepapalangi
* Maloni Manu'olevao
* Hemaloto Polovili
* Yassin Berukilukilu
1 own goal
* Dave Radrigai (against New Zealand)
* Darren Alatina Talilai (against Solomon Islands)
* Semisi Otukolo (against New Zealand)
* Pita Uhatahi (against Vanuatu)