The Tahiti national futsal team represents French Polynesia in international futsal under the auspices of the Tahitian Football Federation.
History Futsal was introduced to Tahiti in 2005 and rapidly gained popularity. The football association organized its first futsal league in 2007. The territory participated in the OFC Futsal Nations Cup for the first time in the 2008 edition of the tournament. That year, the team finished runners-up to the Solomon Islands. Tahiti repeated the performance in 2011, again finishing behind only the Solomons. The nation played its first match at home on 29 March 2013, a 3–1 friendly victory over New Zealand at the Fautaua Sports Hall.
Tahiti was invited to participate in the 2017 Asian Indoor and martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan. The team was drawn into a group with Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, and tournament favorites Iran. The team suffered a 1–16 defeat in their opening match against the latter on 18 September 2017. Tahiti was joined in the competition by fellow OFC member, Solomon Islands. The two nations became the first from Oceania to compete in the competition. The tournament also marked the first time Tahiti played outside of its own region.
Fixtures and results
Tournament records FIFA Futsal World Cup FIFA Futsal World CupYearRoundPositionPldWDLGSGA 1989Did not enter 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 Did not qualify 2012 2016 2021 2024Total–0/10000000
OFC Futsal Nations Cup OFC Futsal Nations CupYearRoundPosition* 1992Did not enter 1996 1999 2004 2008 Runners-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 21 12 2009 Did not enter 2010 Group Stage 6th 6 2 0 4 12 16 2011 Runners-up 2nd 5 2 2 1 15 12 2013 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 2 1 10 9 2014 Group Stage 4th 4 1 1 2 9 13 2016 Third place3rd 5 3 0 2 18 10 2019 Third place3rd 6 3 0 2 43 18 2022Did not enter 2023 Runners-up 2nd 5 3 1 1 22 16Total0 titles8/144220713128106
References
External links Official FTF website
See also Tahiti national football team