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Tahiti national beach soccer team

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}

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{{ National football team

| Name = Tahiti

| Badge =

| Badge_size =

| FIFA Trigramme = TAH

| Nickname = Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)[https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/442047/tahiti-beach-soccer-team-light-on-preparation Tahiti beach soccer team light on preparation]

| Type = beach

| BSWW Rank = {{BSWW World Ranking|TAH}}

| Association = Tahitian Football Federation

| Confederation = OFC (Oceania)

| Coach = Teva Zaveroni

| Asst Manager =

| Captain = Raimana Li Fung Kuee

| Vice Captain =

| Most caps =

| Top scorer =

| Home Stadium =

| First game = {{beachsoccer|TAH}} 8–1 {{beachsoccer-rt|COK}}
(Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006)

| Largest win = {{beachsoccer|TAH}} 26–3 {{beachsoccer-rt|TON}}
(Papeete, Tahiti; 22 August 2023)

| Largest loss = {{beachsoccer|ESP}} 9–1 {{beachsoccer-rt|TAH}}
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 9 November 2018)
{{beachsoccer-rt|ITA}} 12–4 {{beachsoccer-rt|TAH}}
(Luque, Paraguay; 21 November 2019)

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| World cup apps = 8

| World cup first = 2011

| World cup best = {{silver2}}Runners-up (2015, 2017)

| Regional name = OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

| Regional cup apps = 7

| Regional cup first = 2006

| Regional cup best = {{Gold1}}Champions (2011, 2019, 2023, 2024)

}}

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

{{legend2|#CCFFCC|Win|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFFFCC|Draw|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#FFCCCC|Lose|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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=2024=

{{Football box collapsible

| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2024|2|15|df=y}}

| time = 17:00

| round = FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B

| score = 4–3

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/500/287535/287541/400017540?date=2024-02-15 Report (FIFA)]

| team1 = {{beachsoccer-rt|TAH}}

| goals1 = *Salem {{goal|13||31}}

| team2 = {{beachsoccer|ARG}}

| goals2 = *Ponzetti {{goal|2||32}}

  • Pomar {{goal|34}}

| stadium = Dubai Design District Stadium

| location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| attendance = 813

| referee = Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

| result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2024|2|17|df=y}}

| time = 17:00

| round = FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B

| score = 3–5

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/500/287535/287541/400017536?date=2024-02-17 Report (FIFA)]

| team1 = {{beachsoccer-rt|ESP}}

| goals1 = *J. Arias {{goal|3}}

  • Batis {{goal|10}}
  • Dona {{goal|15}}

| team2 = {{beachsoccer|TAH}}

| goals2 = *Taiarui {{goal|17}}

  • Tepa {{goal|23}}
  • Labaste {{goal|23}}
  • Tinirauarii {{goal|24||36}}

| stadium = Dubai Design District Stadium

| location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| attendance = 2,622

| referee = Mickie Palomino (Peru)

| result = W

}}

{{Football box collapsible

| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2024|2|19|df=y}}

| time = 21:00

| round = FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B

| score = 5–3

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/500/287535/287541/400017539?date=2024-02-19 Report (FIFA)]

| team1 = {{beachsoccer-rt|IRN}}

| goals1 = *Behzadpour {{goal|24||31}}

  • Mirjalili {{goal|28}}
  • Tehau {{goal|32|o.g.}}
  • Mokhtari {{goal|35}}

| team2 = {{beachsoccer|TAH}}

| goals2 = *Labaste {{goal|14}}

  • Tinirauarii {{goal|22}}
  • Tepa {{goal|32}}

| stadium = Dubai Design District Stadium

| location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| attendance = 3,458

| referee = Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

| result = L

}}

{{Football box collapsible

| format = 1

| date = {{Start date|2024|2|22|df=y}}

| time = 21:00

| round = FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals

| score = 5–2

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/500/287535/287541/400017539?date=2024-02-19 Report (FIFA)]

| team1 = {{beachsoccer-rt|ITA}}

| goals1 = *Giordani {{goal|12||17}}

  • Bertacca {{goal|30}}
  • Josep Jr. {{goal|34}}
  • Remedi {{goal|35}}

| team2 = {{beachsoccer|TAH}}

| goals2 = *Taiarui {{goal|3}}

| stadium = Dubai Design District Stadium

| location = Dubai, United Arab Emirates

| attendance = 1,901

| referee = Mariano Romo (Argentina)

| result = L

}}

Players

=Current squad=

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.[https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce6/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Russia 2021™ – Squad List]

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=TAH|pos=GK|name=Jonathan Torohia}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=TAH|pos=MF|name=Dylan Paama}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=TAH|pos=FW|name=Tamatoa Tetauira}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=TAH|pos=DF|name=Heimanu Taiarui}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=TAH|pos=FW|name=Gervais Chan-Kat}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=TAH|pos=MF|name=Patrick Tepa}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=TAH|pos=FW|name=Raimana Li Fung Kuee}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=TAH|pos=MF|name=Heiarii Tavanae}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=TAH|pos=MF|name=Heirauarii Salem}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=TAH|pos=FW|name=Tearii Labaste}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=TAH|pos=MF|name=Teva Zaveroni}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=TAH|pos=GK|name=Beo Revel}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=TAH|pos=MF|name=Teaonui Tehau}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=TAH|pos=GK|name=Gabriel Amau}}

{{fs end}}

:Head coach: Teva Zaveroni

Competitive record

=FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10|FIFA World Cup record

!width=1% rowspan="16"|

!colspan=10|Qualification (OFC) record

Year

!Round

!Pos

!Pld

!W

!W+

!L

!GF

!GA

!GD

!Round

!Pos

!Pld

!W

!W+

!L

!GF

!GA

!GD

{{flagicon|BRA}} 2005

|colspan=9|did not enter

|colspan=9|No qualification matches

{{flagicon|BRA}} 2006rowspan=2 colspan=9|did not qualify

|style="background:#c96;"|Third place

style="background:#c96;"|3rdstyle="background:#c96;"|4style="background:#c96;"|3style="background:#c96;"|0style="background:#c96;"|1style="background:#c96;"|26style="background:#c96;"|13style="background:#c96;"|+13
{{flagicon|BRA}} 2007

|style="background:#9acdff;"|Fourth place

style="background:#9acdff;"|4thstyle="background:#9acdff;"|4style="background:#9acdff;"|1style="background:#9acdff;"|0style="background:#9acdff;"|3style="background:#9acdff;"|22style="background:#9acdff;"|23style="background:#9acdff;"|–1
{{flagicon|FRA}} 2008colspan=9|did not enter

|colspan=9|No qualification matches

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2009colspan=9|did not qualify

|style="background:#c96;"|Third place

style="background:#c96;"|3rdstyle="background:#c96;"|4style="background:#c96;"|2style="background:#c96;"|0style="background:#c96;"|2style="background:#c96;"|21style="background:#c96;"|17style="background:#c96;"|+4
{{flagicon|ITA}} 2011Group stage12th3102611–5

|style="background:gold;"|Champions

style="background:gold;"|1ststyle="background:gold;"|3style="background:gold;"|2style="background:gold;"|0style="background:gold;"|1style="background:gold;"|11style="background:gold;"|12style="background:gold;"|–1
style="background:#9acdff;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|TAH}} 2013

Fourth place4th62132622+4

|colspan=9 style="background:#F8F9FA;"|Automatically qualified as hosts

style="background:silver;"

|{{flagicon|POR}} 2015

Runners-up2nd64113229+3

|colspan=9 style="background:#F8F9FA;"|No qualification matches{{efn|The 2015 edition was originally set to take place in Papeete, Tahiti.{{cite web |url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx |title=OFC Executive Committee decisions |publisher=oceaniafootball.com |date=2014-04-23 |access-date=2016-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913211633/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/701d2613-f23f-4125-ae92-0700e8ec8787/language/en-US/Default.aspx |archive-date=2016-09-13 |url-status=dead }} Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/index.html |title=Teams |publisher=FIFA.com |date=2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008065351/https://www.fifa.com/beachsoccerworldcup/teams/index.html |archive-date=2015-10-08 }}}}

style="background:silver;"

|{{flagicon|BAH}} 2017

Runners-up2nd63122022–2

|colspan=9 style="background:#F8F9FA;"|No qualification matches{{efn|The 2017 edition was originally set to take place in February. Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament was cancelled. Tahiti were hand-picked by the OFC to be the confederation's representative at the World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/12dbf167-bea8-4962-9867-3b68ccd3ba6a/language/en-US/Default.aspx|title=Competition calendar outlined|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=December 10, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924143808/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/12dbf167-bea8-4962-9867-3b68ccd3ba6a/language/en-US/Default.aspx|archive-date=September 24, 2016}}}}

{{flagicon|PAR}} 2019Group stage10th32011617–1

|style="background:gold;"|Champions

style="background:gold;"|1ststyle="background:gold;"|6style="background:gold;"|5style="background:gold;"|0style="background:gold;"|1style="background:gold;"|56style="background:gold;"|12style="background:gold;"|+44
{{flagicon|RUS}} 2021Quarter-finals6th42022724+3

|colspan=9|No qualification matches{{efn|Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oceania qualification tournament was eventually cancelled, with the official announcement made by the OFC on 6 May 2021. The OFC announced that Tahiti, as the highest-ranked OFC team in the BSWW World Rankings and also as the winner of the most recent edition in 2019, were nominated as the OFC representatives at the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.{{cite web|url=https://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc-cancels-upcoming-beach-soccer-nations-cup/|title=OFC cancels upcoming Beach Soccer Nations Cup|publisher=Oceania Football Confederation|date=6 May 2021}}}}

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2023Quarter-finals42021917+2

|style="background:gold;"|Champions

style="background:gold;"|1ststyle="background:gold;"|4style="background:gold;"|4style="background:gold;"|0style="background:gold;"|0style="background:gold;"|48style="background:gold;"|9style="background:gold;"|+39
{{flagicon|SEY}} 2025Group stage30031221−9

|style="background:gold;"|Champions

style="background:gold;"|1ststyle="background:gold;"|4style="background:gold;"|4style="background:gold;"|0style="background:gold;"|0style="background:gold;"|39style="background:gold;"|17style="background:gold;"|+22
Total

!0 titles

!8/13

!35

!16

!3

!16

!158

!163

!–5

!4 titles

!7/8

!25

!21

!0

!8

!223

!103

!+120

{{notelist}}

=Intercontinental Cup=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10|BSIC record
width=125|Year

!Round

!width=20|Pos

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|W+

!width=20|L

!width=20|GF

!width=20|GA

!GD

{{flagicon|UAE}} 2011Group stage8th3003719–12
{{flagicon|UAE}} 2012Group stage6th3102810–2
{{flagicon|UAE}} 2013rowspan=2 colspan=9|did not enter
{{flagicon|UAE}} 2014
style="background:silver;"

|{{flagicon|UAE}} 2015

Runners-up2nd54012317+6
style="background:#9acdff;"

|{{flagicon|UAE}} 2016

Fourth place4th52032529–4
{{flagicon|UAE}} 2017colspan=9|did not enter
{{flagicon|UAE}} 2018Group stage8th50142233–11
Total

!0 titles

!5/8

!21

!7

!1

!13

!85

!108

!–23

=OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
colspan=10|OFC Nations Cup record
Year

!Round

!width=20|Pos

!width=20|Pld

!width=20|W

!width=20|W+

!width=20|L

!width=20|GF

!width=20|GA

!width=20|GD

style="background:#c96;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|TAH}} 2006

Third place3rd42022613+13
style="background:#9acdff;"

|{{flagicon|NZL}} 2007

Fourth place4th41031725–8
style="background:#c96;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|TAH}} 2009

Third place3rd42022117+4
style="background:gold;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|TAH}} 2011

Champions1st32011112–1
{{flagicon|New Caledonia|beach soccer}} 2013colspan=9|Withdrew{{efn|see above}}
2015 and 2017colspan=9|Not held{{efn|see above}}
style="background:gold;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|TAH}} 2019

Champions1st55005612+44
style="background:gold;"

|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|TAH}} 2023

Champions1st4400489+39
style="background:gold;"

|{{flagicon|SOL}} 2024

Champions1st44003917+22
Total

!4 titles

!8/9

!28

!20

!0

!8

!218

!105

!+113

{{notelist}}

Head-to-head record

{{Updated|27 August 2023}}

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.

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! First

! Last

! data-sort-type="number"| Record

! data-sort-type="number"| Win %

{{beachsoccer|Cook Islands}}

| 2006

| 2006

| 2–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|Solomon Islands}}

| 2006

| 2023

| 5–4

| 56%

{{beachsoccer|VAN}}

| 2006

| 2019

| 1–3

| 25%

{{beachsoccer|NZL}}

| 2007

| 2007

| 1–1

| 50%

{{beachsoccer|FIJ}}

| 2009

| 2023

| 4–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|MEX}}

| 2011

| 2019

| 3–1

| 75%

{{beachsoccer|VEN}}

| 2011

| 2011

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|RUS}}

| 2011

| 2018

| 1–7

| 13%

{{beachsoccer|NGA}}

| 2011

| 2019

| 0–3

| 0%

{{beachsoccer|UAE}}

| 2011

| 2021

| 3–4

| 43%

{{beachsoccer|SUI}}

| 2012

| 2018

| 2–6

| 25%

{{beachsoccer|USA}}

| 2012

| 2019

| 5–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|FRA}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 3–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|NED}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 3–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|BUL}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 0–1

| 0%

{{beachsoccer|HUN}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|EST}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|AUT}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|ARG}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 2–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|AUS}}

| 2013

| 2013

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|ESP}}

| 2013

| 2021

| 1–3

| 25%

{{beachsoccer|BRA}}

| 2013

| 2017

| 0–4

| 0%

{{beachsoccer|ENG}}

| 2014

| 2018

| 3–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|MAD}}

| 2015

| 2015

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|PAR}}

| 2015

| 2019

| 2–1

| 67%

{{beachsoccer|IRN}}

| 2015

| 2018

| 2–4

| 33%

{{beachsoccer|ITA}}

| 2015

| 2019

| 1–1

| 50%

{{beachsoccer|POR}}

| 2015

| 2015

| 1–1

| 50%

{{beachsoccer|EGY}}

| 2015

| 2015

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|BAH}}

| 2016

| 2016

| 1–1

| 50%

{{beachsoccer|JPN}}

| 2016

| 2021

| 1–4

| 20%

{{beachsoccer|POL}}

| 2016

| 2017

| 2–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|ECU}}

| 2017

| 2017

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|PAN}}

| 2017

| 2017

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|SLV}}

| 2017

| 2017

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|OMA}}

| 2018

| 2019

| 1–1

| 50%

{{beachsoccer|TON}}

| 2019

| 2023

| 2–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|NCL}}

| 2019

| 2019

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|URU}}

| 2019

| 2019

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|MOZ}}

| 2021

| 2021

| 1–0

| 100%

{{beachsoccer|LTU}}

| 2023

| 2023

| 3–0

| 100%

Totals

! 2006

! 2023

! 68–50

! 58%

Honours

:Winners: 2011, 2019, 2023

:Runners-up: 2015, 2017

:Fourth place: 2013

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • [https://beachsoccer.com/team/tahiti-3 Tahiti] at BSWW
  • {{In lang|ru}} [https://bsrussia.com/profiles/teams/21 Tahiti] at Beach Soccer Russia

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