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2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

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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.

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 →

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 edit

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 edit

The matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

Squads edit

Main article: 2022 OFC Futsal Cup squads

Draw edit

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 of 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 edit

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 edit

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  1–5  New Zealand
  • Pal   8'
 Report
Tonga  0–9  Vanuatu
Report
Referee: Dharmend Chand (Fiji)
FFA President's Five  9–0  Tonga
 Report
New Zealand  1–1  Vanuatu
 Report
Vanuatu  2–3  FFA President's Five
 Report
New Zealand  15–1  Tonga
 Report
Referee: Jimmy Malap (Vanuatu)

Group B edit

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 edit

Bracket (5th–8th place) edit

 
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 edit

Vanuatu  11–6  Samoa
 Report
Fiji  8–1  Tonga
 Report

Seventh place match edit

Samoa  6–5  Tonga
 Report

Fifth place match edit

Vanuatu  4–3  Fiji
 Report

Knockout stage edit

Bracket (1st–4th place) edit

 
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 edit

New Zealand  6–1  New Caledonia
 Report
Solomon Islands  5–1  FFA President's Five
 Report

Third place match edit

New Caledonia  5–3  FFA President's Five
 Report

Final edit

New Zealand  6–2  Solomon Islands
 Report

Awards edit

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

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

Goalscorers edit

References edit

  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.

External links edit

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