Tahiti national futsal team

Tahiti
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Aito Arii
Association	Tahitian Football Federation
Confederation	OFC
Head coach	Temuri Ariitai
Home stadium	Fautaua Sports Hall
FIFA code	TAH
FIFA ranking	45 (14 June 2024)
First international
	Tuvalu 1–3 Tahiti ; (Suva, Fiji; 9 June 2008)
Biggest win
	Tonga 2–24 Tahiti ; (Païta, New Caledonia; 30 October 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Iran 16–1 Tahiti ; (Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; 18 September 2017)

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.^[4]^[5] That year, the team finished runners-up to the Solomon Islands. Tahiti repeated the performance in 2011, again finishing behind only the Solomons.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.^[8] The team suffered a 1–16 defeat in their opening match against the latter on 18 September 2017.^[9] 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.^[10]

Fixtures and results

29 March 2013 (2013-03-29) Friendly	Tahiti	3–1	New Zealand	Papeete, French Polynesia
	Teivarii Kaiha Utiera Pukoki Steven Tino	Report		Stadium: Fautaua Sports Hall

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31) Friendly	Tahiti	4–2	New Zealand	Papeete, French Polynesia
		Report		Stadium: Fautaua Sports Hall

2 April 2013 (2013-04-02) Friendly	Tahiti	2–0	New Zealand	Papeete, French Polynesia
		Report		Stadium: Fautaua Sports Hall

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07) Friendly	Solomon Islands	0–12	Tahiti	Suva, Fiji
		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Arena

18 September 2017 (2017-09-18) 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Iran	16–1	Tahiti	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
		Report	Jacob Tutavae 27'	Stadium: Ice Arena

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Kyrgyzstan	4–2	Tahiti	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
		Report	Teivarii Kaiha 27' Raiarii Manea 40'	Stadium: Ice Arena

21 September 2017 (2017-09-21) 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Jordan	3–0	Tahiti	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
		Report		Stadium: Ice Arena

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02) Friendly	Tahiti	2–1	New Caledonia	Pīraʻe, French Polynesia
	Manutea Blumet Tehau Barsinas	Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04) Friendly	Tahiti	2–3	New Caledonia	Pīraʻe, French Polynesia
	Teivarii Kaiha 24' Smith Tino (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) Friendly	Tahiti	5–2	New Caledonia	Pīraʻe, French Polynesia
	Smith Tino 4', 24' Tane Tave Manutea Blumet 30', 36'	Report		Stadium: Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10) Friendly	New Caledonia	5–3	Tahiti	Nouméa, New Caledonia
		Report	Teivarii Kaiha Antoine Tave Olivier Hirihiri	Stadium: Indoor Sports Hall

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12) Friendly	New Caledonia	1–3	Tahiti	Nouméa, New Caledonia
		Report		Stadium: Indoor Sports Hall

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) Friendly	New Caledonia	4–6	Tahiti	Nouméa, New Caledonia
		Report		Stadium: Indoor Sports Hall

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2021
2024
Total	–	0/10	0	0	0	0	0	0

OFC Futsal Nations Cup

OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	Did 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 place	3rd	5	3	0	2	18	10
2019	Third place	3rd	6	3	0	2	43	18
2022	Did not enter
2023	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	22	16
Total	0 titles	8/14	42	20	7	13	128	106

References

^ Huc, Olivier. "Futsal : Rapa en force dans la sélection tahitienne" (in French). TNTV. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Tahiti 5 Samoa 0". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Tahiti Embrace Futsal for the First Time". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Futsal I les AITO ARII à la conquête de l'Océanie" (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Tahiti's Desire to Reign in Oceania". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Les Aito Arii gagnent 3 – 1 contre les Whites FUTSAL de Nouvelle – Zeélande" (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Futsal- Jeux d'Asie 2017: Les Aito Arii face au favori Iranien" (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Futsal – Jeux d'Asie 2017: Dur apprentissage pour les Aito Arii". apprentissage (in French). Tahitian Football Federation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
^ "Solomon Islands and Tahiti Make Asia Debut". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

External links

Official FTF website

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¹ Associate member of OFC - Not a member of FIFA ² Not a member of OFC and consequently not a member of FIFA ³ Northern Mariana Islands was only an associate member of OFC between 1998 and 2009 - Not a member of FIFA ⁴ Although not geographically in Oceania, Chinese Taipei was a member of the OFC between 1976–1978 and 1982–1989 Although not geographically in Oceania Israel entered OFC World Cup qualification in 1986 and 1990 due to political reasons, though it never became a formal OFC member.