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.
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Fiji |
City | Suva |
Dates | 13 – 18 September 2022 |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Fourth place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 20 |
Goals scored | 181 (9.05 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() (9 goals) |
Best player(s) | ![]() |
Best goalkeeper | ![]() |
Fair play award | ![]() |
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
editSeven 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 |
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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
editThe matches were played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.
Squads
editDraw
editThe 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 |
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Solomon Islands (1) New Zealand (2) | New Caledonia (3) Fiji (4) Vanuatu (5) Tonga (8) | Samoa (UR) FFA President's Five (UR) |
Group stage
editThe 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
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
FFA President's Five | 1–5 | New Zealand |
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Tonga | 0–9 | Vanuatu |
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FFA President's Five | 9–0 | Tonga |
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New Zealand | 1–1 | Vanuatu |
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Vanuatu | 2–3 | FFA President's Five |
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New Zealand | 15–1 | Tonga |
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Group B
editPos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
New Caledonia | 4–2 | Fiji |
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Samoa | 4–11 | Solomon Islands |
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Solomon Islands | 9–3 | New Caledonia |
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Fiji | 7–0 | Samoa |
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Samoa | 2–7 | New Caledonia |
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Solomon Islands | 6–6 | Fiji |
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5th–8th place play-offs
editBracket (5th–8th place)
editPlay-off semi-finals | Fifth place match | |||||
17 September – Suva | ||||||
Vanuatu | 11 | |||||
18 September – Suva | ||||||
Samoa | 6 | |||||
Vanuatu | 4 | |||||
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Fiji | 3 | |||||
Fiji | 8 | |||||
Tonga | 1 | |||||
Seventh place match | ||||||
18 September – Suva | ||||||
Samoa | 6 | |||||
Tonga | 5 |
Play-off semi-finals
editVanuatu | 11–6 | Samoa |
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Fiji | 8–1 | Tonga |
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Seventh place match
editSamoa | 6–5 | Tonga |
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Fifth place match
editVanuatu | 4–3 | Fiji |
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Knockout stage
editBracket (1st–4th place)
editSemi-finals | Final | |||||
17 September - Suva | ||||||
New Zealand | 6 | |||||
18 September - Suva | ||||||
New Caledonia | 1 | |||||
New Zealand | 6 | |||||
17 September - Suva | ||||||
Solomon Islands | 2 | |||||
Solomon Islands | 5 | |||||
FFA President's Five | 1 | |||||
Third place match | ||||||
18 September - Suva | ||||||
New Caledonia | 5 | |||||
FFA President's Five | 3 |
Semi-finals
editNew Zealand | 6–1 | New Caledonia |
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Solomon Islands | 5–1 | FFA President's Five |
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Third place match
editNew Caledonia | 5–3 | FFA President's Five |
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Final
editNew Zealand | 6–2 | Solomon Islands |
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Awards
editThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
Award | Player |
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Golden Ball | Rahan Ali |
Golden Boot | Rahan Ali |
Golden Gloves | Mike Antamanov |
Fair Play Award | Samoa |
Goalscorers
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Draw date confirmed for OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 2 September 2022.
- ^ "OFC Futsal Cup 2022: How to Watch". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 September 2022.
- ^ "OSchedule changes to the OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Draw set for OFC Futsal Cup 2022". Oceania Football Confederation. 5 September 2022.
External links
edit- OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2019
- News > OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2019 Archived 2019-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, oceaniafootball.com