Tahiti national beach soccer team represents

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 ...

or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in

. In contrast to the fortunes of the

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, 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 The 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the seventh edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. Overall, this was the 17th edition of a world cup in beach soccer since the establishment of the ''Beach Soccer World Championships'' which ran from ...

by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament. At the

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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

2021

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the

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.FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
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Teva Zaveroni Daniel Teva Zaveroni (born 10 October 1975) in Tahiti is a footballer who plays as a midfielder. He previously played for AS Taravao and AS Pirae. He currently plays for AS Pirae in the Tahiti Division Fédérale and the Tahiti national foot ...

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

Intercontinental Cup

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

Head-to-head record

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.

Honours

* OFC Beach Soccer Championship :Winners: 2011,

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* FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup :''Runners-up:'' 2015,

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References

External links

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