Tahiti national beach soccer team

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.

Tahiti
Nickname(s)Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)
AssociationTahitian Football Federation
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachTehina Rota
CaptainRaimana Li Fung Kuee
FIFA codeTAH
BSWW ranking11 (March '20)


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Tahiti 8–1 Cook Islands 
(Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006)
Biggest win
 Tahiti 23–1 Tonga 
(Pirae, Tahiti; 18 June 2019)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 9–1 Tahiti 
(Dubai, UAE; 9 November 2018)
World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2011)
Best resultRunners Up (2015, 2017)
OFC Beach Soccer Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2011, 2019)

Competition record

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
Beach Soccer World Championships
1995 – 2004 Did not enter
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
2005 Did not enter
2006Did not qualify
2007
2008Did not enter
2009Did not qualify
2011Group Stage12th3102611–5
2013Fourth Place4th62132622+4
2015Runners-up2nd64113229+3
2017Runners-up2nd63122022–2
2019Group Stage10th32011617–1
2021To be determined
Total0 titles5/2021103884840

OFC Beach Soccer Championship
OFC Beach Soccer Championship record
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
2006Third Place match3rd42022613+13
2007Third Place match4th41031725–8
2009Third Place match3rd42022117+4
2011Champions1st32011112–1
2013Withdrew[A]
2019Champions1st50005612+44
Total2 titles5/620120813179+52
A ^ Tahiti, despite being defending champions, were unable to compete due to a pre-arranged tour of Europe to play against higher level opposition in preparation as host nation of the succeeding World Cup finals.

Intercontinental Cup
Year Round Pos Pld W W+ L GF GA GD
UAE 2011Group Stage8th3003719–12
UAE 2012Group Stage6th3102810–2
UAE 2013Did not enter
UAE 2014
UAE 2015Runners-up2nd54012317+6
UAE 2016Semi finals4th52032529–4
UAE 2017Did not enter
UAE 2018Group Stage8th50142233–11
Total0 titles5/821711385108–23

Current technical staff
Position
Head Coach Angelo Schirinzi
Assistant Coach Teva Zaveroni
Assistant Coach Naea Bennett
Team Manager Jean Mallegoll
Physiotherapist Dany Pauwels

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2019 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in November 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Jonathan Torohia (1985-02-22)22 February 1985 (aged 32) AS Manu Ura
2 2DF Angelo Tchen (1982-03-08)8 March 1982 (aged 35) AS Tefana
3 2DF Ariihau Teriitau (1989-01-23)23 January 1989 (aged 28) AS Pirae
4 2DF Heimanu Taiarui (1986-08-24)24 August 1986 (aged 30) AS Pirae
5 3MF Raimoana Bennett (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 36) AS Pirae
6 3MF Patrick Tepa (1989-05-28)28 May 1989 (aged 27) AS Tiare
7 3MF Raimana Li Fung Kuee (1985-04-10)10 April 1985 (aged 32) AS Pirae
8 4FW Heiarii Tavanae (1992-02-15)15 February 1992 (aged 25) AS Central Sport
9 4FW Naea Bennett (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 39) AS Pirae
10 4FW Tearii Labaste (1991-07-19)19 July 1991 (aged 25) AS Pirae
11 3MF Teva Zaveroni (1975-10-10)10 October 1975 (aged 41) AS Pirae
12 1GK Franck Revel (1984-07-18)18 July 1984 (aged 32) AS Pirae

Achievements
Winners: 2011, 2019
Runners-up: 2015, 2017
Fourth place: 2013

Head-to-head record

Correct as of 5 May 2020

Note: The following does not include a small handful of friendly matches Tahiti have played over four periods or ending in a draw. These have been discounted as they are not by the official rules of FIFA. Friendlies and competitive games are all included.

Since making their international debut in August 2006, Tahiti have played a total of 107 matches against 39 different national teams, 59 of which were won. Their most played fixture is against Switzerland and Russia whom they have played 8 times each.

Team First Last Record Win %
 Cook Islands 2006 2006 2–0 100%
 Solomon Islands 2006 2019 3–4 43%
 Vanuatu 2006 2019 1–3 25%
 New Zealand 2007 2007 1–1 50%
 Fiji 2009 2011 3–0 100%
 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 2018 3–3 50%
  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 2019 0–3 0%
 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 2019 1–3 25%
 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 2019 1–0 100%
 New Caledonia 2019 2019 1–0 100%
 Uruguay 2019 2019 1–0 100%
Totals 2006 2019 59–48 55%

See also

References
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