Tahiti national beach soccer team

Tahiti
Nickname(s)Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)[1]
AssociationTahitian Football Federation
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachTeva Zaveroni
CaptainRaimana Li Fung Kuee
FIFA codeTAH
BSWW ranking 13 (31 December 2020)[2]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Tahiti 8–1 Cook Islands 
(Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006)
Biggest win
 Tahiti 23–1 Tonga 
(Pirae, Tahiti; 18 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 9–1 Tahiti 
(Dubai, UAE; 9 November 2018)
World Cup
Appearances6 (first in 2011)
Best resultRunners-up (2015, 2017)
OFC Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2011, 2019)

Tahiti national beach soccer team represents Tahiti or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in Tahiti. In contrast to the fortunes of the association football team, Tahiti's beach soccer has, since 2011, been one of the strongest teams in world beach soccer. The team made history at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament. At the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti beat Italy in a penalty shootout to become the first Pacific nation to ever make it to a final in a FIFA tournament. They followed this up with another appearance in the 2017 final.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021
19 August 2021 (2021-08-19) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B United Arab Emirates  v  Tahiti Moscow, Russia
15:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
21 August 2021 (2021-08-21) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B Tahiti  v  Spain Moscow, Russia
15:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium
23 August 2021 (2021-08-23) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B Tahiti  v  Mozambique Moscow, Russia
19:00 UTC+3 Report (FIFA) Stadium: Luzhniki Beach Soccer Stadium

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  TAH Jonathan Torohia
2 MF  TAH Dylan Paama
3 FW  TAH Tamatoa Tetauira
4 DF  TAH Heimanu Taiarui
5 FW  TAH Gervais Chan-Kat
6 MF  TAH Patrick Tepa
7 FW  TAH Raimana Li Fung Kuee
No. Pos. Nation Player
8 MF  TAH Heiarii Tavanae
9 MF  TAH Heirauarii Salem
10 FW  TAH Tearii Labaste
11 MF  TAH Teva Zaveroni
12 GK  TAH Beo Revel
13 MF  TAH Teaonui Tehau
14 GK  TAH Gabriel Amau
Head coach: Teva Zaveroni

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA World Cup record Qualification (OFC) record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
2005 Did not enter No qualification matches
2006Did not qualify Third place3rd43012613+13
2007 Fourth place4th41032223–1
2008Did not enter No qualification matches
2009Did not qualify Third place3rd42022117+4
2011Group stage12th3102611–5 Champions1st32011112–1
2013Fourth place4th62132622+4 Automatically qualified as hosts
2015Runners-up2nd64113229+3 No qualification matches[lower-alpha 1]
2017Runners-up2nd63122022–2 No qualification matches[lower-alpha 2]
2019Group stage10th32011617–1 Champions1st65015612+44
2021Qualified No qualification matches[lower-alpha 3]
Total 0 titles 5/20 21 10 3 8 84 84 0 2 titles 5/6 21 13 0 8 136 77 +59
  1. The 2015 edition was originally set to take place in Papeete, Tahiti.[4] Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.[5]
  2. The 2017 edition was originally set to take place in February.[4] Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.[6]
  3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania qualification tournament was eventually cancelled, with the official announcement made by the OFC on 6 May 2021. The OFC announced that Tahiti, as the highest-ranked OFC team in the BSWW World Rankings and also as the winner of the most recent edition in 2019, were nominated as the OFC representatives at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[7]

Intercontinental Cup
BSIC record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
UAE 2011Group stage8th3003719–12
UAE 2012Group stage6th3102810–2
UAE 2013Did not enter
UAE 2014
UAE 2015Runners-up2nd54012317+6
UAE 2016Fourth place4th52032529–4
UAE 2017Did not enter
UAE 2018Group stage8th50142233–11
Total 0 titles 5/8 21 7 1 13 85 108 –23

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
OFC Nations Cup record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
2006Third place3rd42022613+13
2007Fourth place4th41031725–8
2009Third place3rd42022117+4
2011Champions1st32011112–1
2013Withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
2015/17Not held[lower-alpha 2]
2019Champions1st50005612+44
Total 2 titles 5/6 20 12 0 8 131 79 +52
  1. see above
  2. see above

Head-to-head record
As of 5 May 2020

Note: The following does not include a small handful of friendly matches Tahiti have played over four periods or ending in a draw. These have been discounted as they are not by the official rules of FIFA. Friendlies and competitive games are all included.

Since making their international debut in August 2006, Tahiti have played a total of 107 matches against 39 different national teams, 59 of which were won. Their most played fixture is against Switzerland and Russia whom they have played 8 times each.

Team First Last Record Win %
 Cook Islands 2006 2006 2–0 100%
 Solomon Islands 2006 2019 3–4 43%
 Vanuatu 2006 2019 1–3 25%
 New Zealand 2007 2007 1–1 50%
 Fiji 2009 2011 3–0 100%
 Mexico 2011 2019 3–1 75%
 Venezuela 2011 2011 1–0 100%
 Russia 2011 2018 1–7 13%
 Nigeria 2011 2019 0–3 0%
 United Arab Emirates 2011 2018 3–3 50%
  Switzerland 2012 2018 2–6 25%
 United States 2012 2019 5–0 100%
 France 2013 2013 3–0 100%
 Netherlands 2013 2013 3–0 100%
 Bulgaria 2013 2013 0–1 0%
 Hungary 2013 2013 1–0 100%
 Estonia 2013 2013 1–0 100%
 Austria 2013 2013 1–0 100%
 Argentina 2013 2013 2–0 100%
 Australia 2013 2013 1–0 100%
 Spain 2013 2019 0–3 0%
 Brazil 2013 2017 0–4 0%
 England 2014 2018 3–0 100%
 Madagascar 2015 2015 1–0 100%
 Paraguay 2015 2019 2–1 67%
 Iran 2015 2018 2–4 33%
 Italy 2015 2019 1–1 50%
 Portugal 2015 2015 1–1 50%
 Egypt 2015 2015 1–0 100%
 Bahamas 2016 2016 1–1 50%
 Japan 2016 2019 1–3 25%
 Poland 2016 2017 2–0 100%
 Ecuador 2017 2017 1–0 100%
 Panama 2017 2017 1–0 100%
 El Salvador 2017 2017 1–0 100%
 Oman 2018 2019 1–1 50%
 Tonga 2019 2019 1–0 100%
 New Caledonia 2019 2019 1–0 100%
 Uruguay 2019 2019 1–0 100%
Totals 2006 2019 59–48 55%

Honours
Winners: 2011, 2019
Runners-up: 2015, 2017
Fourth place: 2013

References
  1. Tahiti beach soccer team light on preparation
  2. "World Ranking". BSWW. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  3. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
  4. "OFC Executive Committee decisions". oceaniafootball.com. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  5. "Teams". FIFA.com. 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015.
  6. "Competition calendar outlined". Oceania Football Confederation. 10 December 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016.
  7. "OFC cancels upcoming Beach Soccer Nations Cup". Oceania Football Confederation. 6 May 2021.
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