The Tahiti national futsal team represents French Polynesia in international futsal under the auspices of the Tahitian Football Federation.
History
Futsal was introduced to Tahiti in 2005 and rapidly gained popularity. The football association organized its first futsal league in 2007. The territory participated in the OFC Futsal Nations Cup for the first time in the 2008 edition of the tournament.[4][5] That year, the team finished runners-up to the Solomon Islands. Tahiti repeated the performance in 2011, again finishing behind only the Solomons.[6] The nation played its first match at home on 29 March 2013, a 3–1 friendly victory over New Zealand at the Fautaua Sports Hall.[7]
Tahiti was invited to participate in the 2017 Asian Indoor and martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan. The team was drawn into a group with Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, and tournament favorites Iran.[8] The team suffered a 1–16 defeat in their opening match against the latter on 18 September 2017.[9] Tahiti was joined in the competition by fellow OFC member, Solomon Islands. The two nations became the first from Oceania to compete in the competition. The tournament also marked the first time Tahiti played outside of its own region.[10]
Fixtures and results
Tournament records
FIFA Futsal World Cup
OFC Futsal Nations Cup
OFC Futsal Nations Cup |
Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA |
1992 | Did not enter |
1996 |
1999 |
2004 |
2008 | Runners-up | 2nd | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 12 |
2009 | Did not enter |
2010 | Group Stage | 6th | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
2011 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 12 |
2013 | Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
2014 | Group Stage | 4th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 13 |
2016 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 |
2019 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 18 |
2022 | Did not enter |
2023 | Runners-up | 2nd | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 16 |
Total | 0 titles | 8/14 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 13 | 128 | 106 |
References
- ^ Huc, Olivier. "Futsal : Rapa en force dans la sélection tahitienne" (in French). TNTV. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Tahiti 5 Samoa 0". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "Tahiti Embrace Futsal for the First Time". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Futsal I les AITO ARII à la conquête de l'Océanie" (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Tahiti's Desire to Reign in Oceania". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Les Aito Arii gagnent 3 – 1 contre les Whites FUTSAL de Nouvelle – Zeélande" (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Futsal- Jeux d'Asie 2017: Les Aito Arii face au favori Iranien" (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Futsal – Jeux d'Asie 2017: Dur apprentissage pour les Aito Arii". apprentissage (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
- ^ "Solomon Islands and Tahiti Make Asia Debut". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
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1 Associate member of OFC - Not a member of FIFA 2 Not a member of OFC and consequently not a member of FIFA 3 Northern Mariana Islands was only an associate member of OFC between 1998 and 2009 - Not a member of FIFA 4 Although not geographically in Oceania, Chinese Taipei was a member of the OFC between 1976–1978 and 1982–1989 Although not geographically in Oceania Israel entered OFC World Cup qualification in 1986 and 1990 due to political reasons, though it never became a formal OFC member. |