The 2009

OFC Futsal Championship The OFC Futsal Championship is the main national futsal competition of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) nations. It was first held in 1992. The competition was initially held every four years. From 2008 onwards, however, it became an ann ...

was the sixth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place from 7 July to 11 July 2009, and was hosted by Fiji, which had also hosted the previous edition. The number of participating teams dropped from seven to just four, as French Polynesia, New Zealand and Tuvalu failed to return from the previous year's competition. Previously, the Championship had been held every four years; the 2009 edition marked the beginning of an annual tournament. The defending champions, the

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, retained their title, defeating the hosts by eight goals to one in the final."OFC FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIP 2009 - SOLOMONS WIN FINAL 8-1 OVER FIJI"
, Oceania Football Confederation, July 10, 2009 The tournament's Golden Ball (Player of the tournament) award went to Jack Wetney of the Solomon Islands. The championship was also notable as it witnessed a new world record for the fastest ever goal scored in an official futsal match. The scorer was Solomon Islands team captain Elliot Ragomo, who scored against New Caledonia three seconds into the game."RAGOMO BEATS WORLD RECORD….to score the fastest futsal goal"
''Solomon Star'', July 15, 2009

Championship

The four teams played one another over the first three days, with the top two advancing to the final, and the other two facing each other for third place.

Group stage

Third place match

Final

References

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