The 2021 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup was originally to be the seventh edition of the

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup The OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup is the main championship for beach soccer in Oceania, contested between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). It is the sport's version of the better known OFC ...

(previously called the ''OFC Beach Soccer Championship'' prior to 2019), the premier

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tournament contested by Oceanian men's national teams, organised by the

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(OFC). The tournament would originally take place in Aorai Tini Hau,

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, Tahiti. It was originally scheduled to be played between 11–16 January 2021, and it was expected that at least eight teams would participate. However, the OFC announced on 5 November 2020 that the tournament had been rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and would take place no later than 6 June 2021, and was provisionally scheduled between 10–15 May 2021. On 4 March 2021, the OFC announced that a new date would be confirmed following consultation with FIFA. The tournament was eventually cancelled, with the official announcement made by the OFC on 6 May 2021. Tahiti were the defending champions.

Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The championship would also have acted as the qualification tournament for Oceanaian teams to the

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in Russia; the winners would have qualified. The OFC announced that Tahiti, as the highest-ranked OFC team in the

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and also as the winner of the most recent edition in

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, were nominated as the OFC representatives at the

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

References

External links

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2021
at Oceania Football Confederation {{DEFAULTSORT:Ofc Beach Soccer Nations Cup 2021

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