# 2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup

The 2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup, commonly referred to as Micro Cup 2023, was the inaugural edition of the Micronesian Futsal Cup, the international futsal championship organised by Federated States of Micronesia Football Association for the men's national teams of Micronesia. It was the first competition of any kind for the FSM islands for five years (since the three islands participated in the 2018 Micronesian Games) and its first futsal event.
Yap emerged as the champions of the tournament by defeating Kosrae in the final with a score of 9 to 7. Kosrae, making their debut in a futsal or football competition, secured the second position.

## Format

The tournament follows a two-stage structure consisting of a group and a knockout stage.
* Group stage: all participating teams compete against each other once, determining their rankings and seedings for the subsequent knockout stage.
* knockout stage: the winners from the group stage are paired against the fourth-ranked team, while the second-ranked team faces off against the third-ranked team. The Winners of each semi-final match will then proceed to the final.

## Participating nations

On 14 February 2023, the Four states of Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap) were confirmed as participants with invitations being sent to other nations in the region. However, they did not appear on the final list of participants.
| Team | App | Last | Best placement in the tournament |
| Chuuk | 1st | — | debut |
| Kosrae | 1st | — | debut |
| Pohnpei | 1st | — | debut |
| Yap | 1st | — | debut |

## Squads

Pohnpei :
| Pohnpei NoPlayer 6Lester James 7Steven Laurdine 8Zack Henly 10Shawn Silbenuz 11Phillip Camriche 14Galiart James 22Paul Ryan 33MacArthur James | Yap NoPlayer 1Dylan Tangrus 3Robert Guswel 4Jarret Tailig 7Maphrick Ruweday 10Sean Southwick 13Myles Mailing | Chuuk NoPlayer 1Micah Nittu 5Season Elimo 7Robert Vonvon 8K-Kin Kin 10Daichy Rudolph 11Luke Kayden Mersai 12Mark Nittu 13Texter Rain | Kosrae NoPlayer 3Kenny Aldana 7Khriis Diau 8Yobi Laurdine 9Nick Santiago 10Travis Henly 11Frankie Donre |

## Group Stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kosrae | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 6 | Semi-final 1 |
| 2 | Yap | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 6 | Semi-final 2 |
| 3 | Pohnpei (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 19 | −1 | 3 | Semi-final 2 |
| 4 | Chuuk | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 25 | −9 | 3 | Semi-final 1 |

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | 12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium |
| Kosrae | 9 |
| Kosrae | 9 | 14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | 14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium |
| Chuuk | 2 | 14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | 14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium |
| Chuuk | 2 | Kosrae | 7 |
| 12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | 12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | | Kosrae | 7 |
| 12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | 12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | Yap | 9 |
| Yap | 10 | Yap | 9 |
| Pohnpei | 5 | | |
| Pohnpei | 5 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium | 14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium |
| | | Chuuk | 5 |
| | | Pohnpei | 12 |

### Final
## Goalscorers

* this only include Yap's Goalscorers published by the Yap Football Association.
There were 38 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 7.6 goals per match.
22 goals
* Maphrick Ruweday
8 goals
* Myles Mailing
5 goals
* Robert Guswel
3 goals
* Sean Southwick

## Marketing
### Branding

The official emblem was designed by Canadian Noah Wheelock and unveiled in April 2023. it features the lorikeet to represent the host Pohnpei. the bird was surrounded by a blue circle and several blue stars to show the unity of the Federated States of Micronesia.

### Sponsorship

* HA7 Classical Shirts