The Tahiti national beach soccer team represents Tahiti or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in Tahiti. In contrast to the fortunes of the association football team, 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 by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament. At the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 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
2024
Players Current squad The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List
Head coach: Teva Zaveroni
Competitive record FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup FIFA World Cup recordQualification (OFC) recordYearRoundPosPldWW+LGFGAGDRoundPosPldWW+LGFGAGD 2005did not enterNo qualification matches 2006did not qualifyThird place3rd43012613+13 2007Fourth place4th41032223–1 2008did not enterNo qualification matches 2009did not qualifyThird place3rd42022117+4 2011Group stage12th3102611–5 Champions1st32011112–1 2013Fourth place4th62132622+4Automatically qualified as hosts 2015Runners-up2nd64113229+3No qualification matches 2017Runners-up2nd63122022–2No qualification matches 2019Group stage10th32011617–1Champions1st65015612+44 2021Quarter-finals6th42022724+3No qualification matches 2023Quarter-finals 42021917+2Champions1st4400489+39 2025Group stage14th30031221−9Champions1st44003917+22Total0 titles8/133516316158163–54 titles7/8252108223103+120
Intercontinental Cup BSIC record YearRoundPosPldWW+LGFGAGD 2011Group stage8th3003719–12 2012Group stage6th3102810–2 2013did not enter 2014 2015Runners-up2nd54012317+6 2016Fourth place4th52032529–4 2017did not enter 2018Group stage8th50142233–11Total0 titles5/821711385108–23
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup OFC Nations Cup record YearRoundPosPldWW+LGFGAGD 2006Third place3rd42022613+13 2007Fourth place4th41031725–8 2009Third place3rd42022117+4 2011Champions1st32011112–1 2013Withdrew2015 and 2017Not held 2019Champions1st55005612+44 2023Champions1st4400489+39 2024Champions1st44003917+22Total4 titles8/9282008218105+113
Head-to-head record
Note: The following includes all friendly matches and competitive games except for a small handful of friendlies not played by the official rules of FIFA.
Since making their international debut in August 2006, Tahiti have played a total of 118 matches against 41 different national teams, 68 of which were won. Their most played fixture is against the Solomon Islands whom they have played nine times. Team First Last Record Win % 2006 2006 2–0 100% 2006 2023 5–4 56% 2006 2019 1–3 25% 2007 2007 1–1 50% 2009 2023 4–0 100% 2011 2019 3–1 75% 2011 2011 1–0 100% 2011 2018 1–7 13% 2011 2019 0–3 0% 2011 2021 3–4 43% 2012 2018 2–6 25% 2012 2019 5–0 100% 2013 2013 3–0 100% 2013 2013 3–0 100% 2013 2013 0–1 0% 2013 2013 1–0 100% 2013 2013 1–0 100% 2013 2013 1–0 100% 2013 2013 2–0 100% 2013 2013 1–0 100% 2013 2021 1–3 25% 2013 2017 0–4 0% 2014 2018 3–0 100% 2015 2015 1–0 100% 2015 2019 2–1 67% 2015 2018 2–4 33% 2015 2019 1–1 50% 2015 2015 1–1 50% 2015 2015 1–0 100% 2016 2016 1–1 50% 2016 2021 1–4 20% 2016 2017 2–0 100% 2017 2017 1–0 100% 2017 2017 1–0 100% 2017 2017 1–0 100% 2018 2019 1–1 50% 2019 2023 2–0 100% 2019 2019 1–0 100% 2019 2019 1–0 100% 2021 2021 1–0 100% 2023 2023 3–0 100% Totals 2006 2023 68–50 58%
Honours OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup Winners: 2011, 2019, 2023, 2024 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Runners-up: 2015, 2017 Fourth place: 2013
References
External links Tahiti at BSWW Tahiti at Beach Soccer Russia