2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
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The 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup was the seventh edition of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup, the top
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competition contested by Oceanian men's national beach soccer teams. The tournament was organized by the
Oceania Football Confederation The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It ...
(OFC). The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in June, but was subsequently pushed back to take place from 22 to 26 August 2023 in
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. The tournament doubled as qualifiers for the
2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the 12th edition of the 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 will be the 22 ...
in the
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; the champions qualified.


Teams

Four of the eleven OFC-affiliated members entered the tournament.


Venue

The tournament was held in
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at Aorai Tini Hau stadium, with an approximate capacity of 1,080.


Group stage

All times are local, TAHT ( GMT−10). ---- ----


Play-offs


Third place match


Final


Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The champion of the 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup qualified for the
2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be the 12th edition of the 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 will be the 22 ...
. :
1 Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.


Goalscorers


Broadcasting

All matches were broadcast live on the OFC and TNTV official Facebook channels.


References

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