Tahiti national beach soccer team

Tahiti
Nickname(s)	Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)
Association	Tahitian Football Federation
Confederation	OFC (Oceania)
Head coach	Teva Zaveroni
Captain	Raimana Li Fung Kuee
FIFA code	TAH
BSWW ranking	15 (8 April 2024)
; First colours	; Second colours
First international
	Tahiti 8–1 Cook Islands ; (Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006)
Biggest win
	Tahiti 26–3 Tonga ; (Papeete, Tahiti; 22 August 2023)
Biggest defeat
	Spain 9–1 Tahiti ; (Dubai, UAE; 9 November 2018); Italy 12–4 Tahiti ; (Luque, PAR; 21 November 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (first in 2011)
Best result	Runners-up (2015, 2017)
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 2006)
Best result	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

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2024

15 February 2024 (2024-02-15) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B	Tahiti	4–3	Argentina	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00	Salem 13', 31' Li Fung Kuee 21' Tiniraurii 30'	Report (FIFA)	Ponzetti 2', 32' Pomar 34'	Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 813 Referee: Vitalij Gomolko (Lithuania)

17 February 2024 (2024-02-17) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B	Spain	3–5	Tahiti	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00	J. Arias 3' Batis 10' Dona 15'	Report (FIFA)	Taiarui 17' Tepa 23' Labaste 23' Tinirauarii 24', 36'	Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Mickie Palomino (Peru)

19 February 2024 (2024-02-19) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup GS Group B	Iran	5–3	Tahiti	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00	Behzadpour 24', 31' Mirjalili 28' Tehau 32' (o.g.) Mokhtari 35'	Report (FIFA)	Labaste 14' Tinirauarii 22' Tepa 32'	Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 3,458 Referee: Sérgio Soares (Portugal)

22 February 2024 (2024-02-22) FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Quarter-finals	Italy	5–2	Tahiti	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
21:00	Giordani 12', 17' Bertacca 30' Josep Jr. 34' Remedi 35'	Report (FIFA)	Taiarui 3' Tetauira 3'	Stadium: Dubai Design District Stadium Attendance: 1,901 Referee: Mariano Romo (Argentina)

Players

Current squad

The following players and staff members were called up for the 2021 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.^[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	TAH	Jonathan Torohia
2	MF	TAH	Dylan Paama
3	FW	TAH	Tamatoa Tetauira
4	DF	TAH	Heimanu Taiarui
5	FW	TAH	Gervais Chan-Kat
6	MF	TAH	Patrick Tepa
7	FW	TAH	Raimana Li Fung Kuee


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
8	MF	TAH	Heiarii Tavanae
9	MF	TAH	Heirauarii Salem
10	FW	TAH	Tearii Labaste
11	MF	TAH	Teva Zaveroni
12	GK	TAH	Beo Revel
13	MF	TAH	Teaonui Tehau
14	GK	TAH	Gabriel Amau

Head coach: Teva Zaveroni

Competitive record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification (OFC) record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2005	did not enter									No qualification matches
2006	did not qualify									Third place	3rd	4	3	0	1	26	13	+13
2007	did not qualify									Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	22	23	–1
2008	did not enter									No qualification matches
2009	did not qualify									Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	21	17	+4
2011	Group stage	12th	3	1	0	2	6	11	–5	Champions	1st	3	2	0	1	11	12	–1
2013	Fourth place	4th	6	2	1	3	26	22	+4	Automatically qualified as hosts
2015	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	32	29	+3	No qualification matches^[a]
2017	Runners-up	2nd	6	3	1	2	20	22	–2	No qualification matches^[b]
2019	Group stage	10th	3	2	0	1	16	17	–1	Champions	1st	6	5	0	1	56	12	+44
2021	Quarter-finals	6th	4	2	0	2	27	24	+3	No qualification matches^[c]
2023	Quarter-finals		4	2	0	2	19	17	+2	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	48	9	+39
2025	to be determined									to be determined
Total	0 titles	7/12	32	16	3	13	146	142	+4	3 titles	6/7	21	17	0	8	184	86	+98

^ The 2015 edition was originally set to take place in Papeete, Tahiti.^[4] 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.^[5]
^ The 2017 edition was originally set to take place in February.^[4] 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.^[6]
^ 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.^[7]

Intercontinental Cup

BSIC record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2011	Group stage	8th	3	0	0	3	7	19	–12
2012	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	8	10	–2
2013	did not enter
2014	did not enter
2015	Runners-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	23	17	+6
2016	Fourth place	4th	5	2	0	3	25	29	–4
2017	did not enter
2018	Group stage	8th	5	0	1	4	22	33	–11
Total	0 titles	5/8	21	7	1	13	85	108	–23

OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup

OFC Nations Cup record
Year	Round	Pos	Pld	W	W+	L	GF	GA	GD
2006	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	26	13	+13
2007	Fourth place	4th	4	1	0	3	17	25	–8
2009	Third place	3rd	4	2	0	2	21	17	+4
2011	Champions	1st	3	2	0	1	11	12	–1
2013	Withdrew^[a]
2015 and 2017	Not held^[b]
2019	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	56	12	+44
2023	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	48	9	+39
Total	3 titles	7/8	24	16	0	8	179	88	+91

^ see above
^ see above

Head-to-head record

As of 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.

Team	First	Last	Record	Win %
Cook Islands	2006	2006	2–0	100%
Solomon Islands	2006	2023	5–4	56%
Vanuatu	2006	2019	1–3	25%
New Zealand	2007	2007	1–1	50%
Fiji	2009	2023	4–0	100%
Mexico	2011	2019	3–1	75%
Venezuela	2011	2011	1–0	100%
Russia	2011	2018	1–7	13%
Nigeria	2011	2019	0–3	0%
United Arab Emirates	2011	2021	3–4	43%
Switzerland	2012	2018	2–6	25%
United States	2012	2019	5–0	100%
France	2013	2013	3–0	100%
Netherlands	2013	2013	3–0	100%
Bulgaria	2013	2013	0–1	0%
Hungary	2013	2013	1–0	100%
Estonia	2013	2013	1–0	100%
Austria	2013	2013	1–0	100%
Argentina	2013	2013	2–0	100%
Australia	2013	2013	1–0	100%
Spain	2013	2021	1–3	25%
Brazil	2013	2017	0–4	0%
England	2014	2018	3–0	100%
Madagascar	2015	2015	1–0	100%
Paraguay	2015	2019	2–1	67%
Iran	2015	2018	2–4	33%
Italy	2015	2019	1–1	50%
Portugal	2015	2015	1–1	50%
Egypt	2015	2015	1–0	100%
Bahamas	2016	2016	1–1	50%
Japan	2016	2021	1–4	20%
Poland	2016	2017	2–0	100%
Ecuador	2017	2017	1–0	100%
Panama	2017	2017	1–0	100%
El Salvador	2017	2017	1–0	100%
Oman	2018	2019	1–1	50%
Tonga	2019	2023	2–0	100%
New Caledonia	2019	2019	1–0	100%
Uruguay	2019	2019	1–0	100%
Mozambique	2021	2021	1–0	100%
Lithuania	2023	2023	3–0	100%
Totals	2006	2023	68–50	58%