The 2011

Oceanian 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 annu ...

(OFC) was the eighth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place from May 16 to May 20, 2011, and was hosted by

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, which had also hosted three previous editions. The number of participating nations rose to eight, up from seven in 2010, as Kiribati made their first ever appearance at the OFC Futsal Championship. The defending champions, the

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, retained their title, defeating

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by six goals to four in the final. The tournament's Golden Ball (Player of the tournament) award went to Elliot Ragomo of the Solomon Islands, who also won Golden Boot award for the highest number of goals scored in the tournament. The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the

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in Thailand. The

won the tournament, and qualified for the World Cup."Kurukuru heading for World Cup"
'' Futsal Wire'', May 22, 2011

Championship

Group A

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Group B

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7th place match

5th place match

Semi-finals

Third place play-off

Final

References

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