2019 OFC Beach Soccer Championship

2019 OFC Beach Soccer Championship
2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup OFC qualifier
Tournament details
Host country Tahiti
Dates June 2019
Teams 6 min. (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

The 2019 OFC Beach Soccer Championship will be the 6th edition of the OFC Beach Soccer Championship, the premier beach soccer tournament contested by Oceanian men's national teams, organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The competition returns after a six-year absence.

The tournament will take place in Pā'ōfa'i Gardens, Papeete, Tahiti[1] and was originally scheduled to take place from 15 to 22 September 2018.[2] However, in August 2018, it was announced that the tournament had been postponed until June 2019 in order to allow more teams to participate.[3][4]

The championship also acts as the qualification tournament for Oceanian teams to the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.

The Solomon Islands are the defending champions.

Teams

Thierry Ariiotima, president of the FTF, has stated that the championship's new 2019 scheduling will allow at least six nations to enter the event; currently just three have been confirmed.[3]

Confirmed
Rumoured

References

  1. ↑ "Les Tiki Toa en quête d'une 5ème Coupe du monde consécutive" (in French). Fédération Tahitienne de Football. 10 July 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "OFC Competition calendar set for 2018". oceaniafootball.com.
  3. 1 2 "Vidéo - Beach soccer : les éliminatoires de la Coupe du monde reportés en 2019" (in French). tntv.pf. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  4. ↑ "OFC Beach Soccer Championship postponed". Oceania Football Confederation. 28 August 2018.
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