The 2019 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup was the sixth edition of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Beach Soccer Championship), the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Oceanian men's national teams, organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The competition returns after a six-year absence. The tournament took place in Aorai Tini Hau, Papeete,

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austra ...

from 17 to 22 June 2019. It was originally scheduled to take place from 15 to 22 September 2018 in Pā'ōfa'i Gardens. However, in August 2018, it was announced that the tournament had been postponed until June 2019 in order to allow more teams to participate. The tournament also acted as the qualification tournament for Oceanian teams to the

2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the 10th FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, the premier international beach soccer championship contested by men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. Overall, this was the 20th edition of a worl ...

in Paraguay; the winners qualified. The

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 900 smaller islands in Oceania, to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu. It has a land area of , and a population of approx. 700,000. Its capit ...

were the defending champions, but lost in the final and so did not qualify.

Teams

Thierry Ariiotima, president of the FTF, stated that the championship's new 2019 scheduling would allow at least six nations to enter the event. Eventually five teams were confirmed.

Venue

The matches will be played at the Aorai Tini Hau in Papeete.

Squads

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 9 April 2019 in Tahiti, at a beach soccer match between Tiki Tama and Green Warriors during the Festival des îles.

Group stage

Each team earns three points for a win in regulation time, two points for a win in extra time, one point for a win in a penalty shoot-out, and no points for a defeat. The top two teams advance to the final, while the next two teams advance to the third place match. All times are local, TAHT ( UTC−10). ---- ---- ---- ----

Final stage

Bracket

Third place match

Final

Tahiti qualifies for the

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The following team from OFC qualify for the

. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

References

External links

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019

News > OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019
oceaniafootball.com
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
at Beach Soccer Worldwide {{DEFAULTSORT:Ofc Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2019

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Ofc 2019 in beach soccer Beach Soccer Nations Cup International association football competitions hosted by French Polynesia Beach Soccer Nations Cup June 2019 sports events in Oceania