2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship explained

Tourney Name:OFC Beach Soccer Championship
Year:2013
Other Titles:2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (OFC)
Size:250 px
Country:New Caledonia
Dates:31 August – 2 September 2013
Num Teams:3
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Count:4
Matches:3
Goals:30
Top Scorer: Joseph Luwi (5 goals)
Player: Samson Takayama
Goalkeeper: Fred Hale
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2019

The 2013 OFC Beach Soccer Championship took place from 31 August to 2 September 2013 on the grounds of the University of New Caledonia in Nouméa, New Caledonia.[1] It acted as a qualifier for the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. This time around, a second OFC team qualified alongside Tahiti for the World Cup, due to the facts that Tahiti is the host of the World Cup and that the OFC is only supposed to have one representative.

The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Papeete, Tahiti from 4 – 9 August however due to the Tahitian national squad being involved in a European tour it was decided that the competition would be moved to New Caledonia.[2]

Participating teams

Three teams have been confirmed to be participating in the tournament

Group stage

Due to numerous delays in the tournament's administration, the official schedule was not released until 22 August 2013, when the draw was conducted. The first-place finisher was declared the winner of the tournament.

All kickoff times are listed as local time in New Caledonia, .

Team
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Awards

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width=80% colspan="3"Best Player (MVP)
Samson Takayama
Top Scorer(s)
Joseph Luwi (5 goals)
Best Goalkeeper
Fred Hale
FIFA Fair Play Award

Final standings

RankTeam
1
2
3

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Path to Tahiti 2013 revealed . oceaniafootball.com . 2013-08-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130825002347/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/fe596122-299d-4bb7-83e2-a1e03f79e0b3/language/en-US/Default.aspx . 2013-08-25 . dead.
  2. Web site: RNZ Pacific.
  3. Web site: Bilikiki reclaim beach soccer crown. OFC. September 2, 2013. 2014-10-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026121919/http://www.oceaniafootball.com/ofc/News/ViewArticle/tabid/125/Article/15f366a5-97e1-4bb0-842e-b2d73c75d3bc/language/en-US/Default.aspx. 2014-10-26. dead.