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2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

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2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates13 – 18 September 2022
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions New Zealand (1st title)
Runners-up Solomon Islands
Third place New Caledonia
Fourth place FFA President's Five
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored181 (9.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand Rahan Ali
(9 goals)
Best player(s)New Zealand Rahan Ali
Best goalkeeperNew Zealand Mike Antamanov
Fair play award Samoa
2019
2023

The 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 13th 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.

Solomon Islands were the defending champions, after defeating New Zealand in the 2019 final.

New Zealand took revenge on Solomon Islands by defeating them 6–2 in the final and winning the 2022 edition.

Teams

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Seven of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament. Fiji Football Association were invited to enter a second team to ensure an even number of teams were participating.

Team Appearance Previous best performance
 Fiji (hosts) 10th Runners-up (2000, 2009, 2010)
 FFA President's Five 1st Debut
 New Caledonia 9th Runners-up (2014)
 New Zealand 11th Runners-up (2004, 2016, 2019)
 Samoa 4th 4th (1996)
 Solomon Islands 9th Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019)
 Tonga 2nd 8th (2019)
 Vanuatu 13th Runners-up (1992, 1996)
Did not enter

Venue

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The matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

Squads

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Draw

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The draw of the tournament was held on 5 September 2022 at the OFC Home of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.[1] The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams (based on the 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup standings, Solomon Islands and New Zealand, were drawn into position 1 of Group A or B, and the bottom two ranked teams, FFA Presidents Five and Samoa, were drawn into position 4 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 2 or 3 of Group A or B. Fiji and FFA Presidents Five were ineligible to be drawn into the same group.[1]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3
 Solomon Islands (1)
 New Zealand (2)
 New Caledonia (3)
 Fiji (4)
 Vanuatu (5)
 Tonga (8)
 Samoa (UR)
 FFA President's Five (UR)

Group stage

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The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams enter the 5th–8th place play-offs.[2][3]

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).[4]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 21 3 +18 7 Knockout stage
2  FFA President's Five 3 2 0 1 13 7 +6 6
3  Vanuatu 3 1 1 1 12 4 +8 4 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Tonga 3 0 0 3 1 33 −32 0
Source: OFC
FFA President's Five Fiji1–5 New Zealand
  • Pal 8'
Report
Tonga 0–9 Vanuatu
Report

FFA President's Five Fiji9–0 Tonga
Report
New Zealand 1–1 Vanuatu
Report

Vanuatu 2–3 FFA President's Five
Report
New Zealand 15–1 Tonga
Report

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Solomon Islands 3 2 1 0 26 13 +13 7 Knockout stage
2  New Caledonia 3 2 0 1 14 13 +1 6
3  Fiji (H) 3 1 1 1 15 10 +5 4 5th–8th place play-offs
4  Samoa 3 0 0 3 6 25 −19 0
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts
New Caledonia 4–2 Fiji
Report
Samoa 4–11 Solomon Islands
Report

Solomon Islands 9–3 New Caledonia
Report
Fiji 7–0 Samoa
Report

Samoa 2–7 New Caledonia
Report
Solomon Islands 6–6 Fiji
Report

5th–8th place play-offs

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Bracket (5th–8th place)

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Play-off semi-finalsFifth place match
 
      
 
17 September – Suva
 
 
 Vanuatu11
 
18 September – Suva
 
 Samoa6
 
 Vanuatu4
 
17 September – Suva
 
 Fiji3
 
 Fiji8
 
 
 Tonga1
 
Seventh place match
 
 
18 September – Suva
 
 
 Samoa6
 
 
 Tonga5

Play-off semi-finals

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Vanuatu 11–6 Samoa
Report

Fiji 8–1 Tonga
Report

Seventh place match

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Samoa 6–5 Tonga
Report

Fifth place match

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Vanuatu 4–3 Fiji
Report

Knockout stage

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Bracket (1st–4th place)

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
17 September - Suva
 
 
 New Zealand6
 
18 September - Suva
 
 New Caledonia1
 
 New Zealand6
 
17 September - Suva
 
 Solomon Islands2
 
 Solomon Islands5
 
 
 FFA President's Five1
 
Third place match
 
 
18 September - Suva
 
 
 New Caledonia5
 
 
 FFA President's Five3

Semi-finals

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New Zealand 6–1 New Caledonia
Report

Solomon Islands 5–1 FFA President's Five
Report

Third place match

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New Caledonia 5–3 FFA President's Five
Report

Final

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New Zealand 6–2 Solomon Islands
Report

Awards

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The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Golden Ball New Zealand Rahan Ali
Golden Boot New Zealand Rahan Ali
Golden Gloves New Zealand Mike Antamanov
Fair Play Award  Samoa

Goalscorers

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Draw date confirmed for OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "OFC Futsal Cup 2022: How to Watch". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 September 2022.
  3. ^ "OSchedule changes to the OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Draw set for OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 September 2022.
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