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Confederation: | OFC (Oceania) |
Coach: | Taki Vave |
Captain: | George Panapa |
Most Caps: | Siopepa Tailolo (13) |
Top Scorer: | Matti Uaelesi Easter Tekafa Jerome Funafuti (2) |
Fifa Trigramme: | TUV |
First Game: | 0–6 (Suva, Fiji, 8 June 2008) |
Largest Win: | None |
Largest Loss: | 21–2 (Suva, Fiji, 14 August 2010) |
Regional Name: | Oceanian Futsal Championship |
Regional Cup Apps: | 3 |
Regional Cup First: | 2008 |
Regional Cup Best: | Round 1, (2008, 2010, 2011) |
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The Tuvalu national futsal team is the representative team for Tuvalu in international futsal competitions. It is controlled by the Tuvalu Islands Football Association. They have never won a game. Tuvalu participates in the Oceanian Futsal Championship.
The 2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship was the first time Tuvalu attended the Oceanian Futsal Championship. Team's coach in 2008 was Sami Neemia. They lost 13-1 to New Zealand, 10-2 to New Caledonia, 13-3 to Fiji and 12-0 to Solomon Islands;[1] and against French Polynesia the score was 1–3.
In 2010, Toakai Puapua was the coach.[2] These games also were all lost: Vanuatu 7 - 1 Tuvalu on 8 August 2010;[3] [4] Tahiti Nui 4 - 0 Tuvalu on 9 August 2010;[4] [5] Fiji 5 - 1 Tuvalu on 10 August 2010;[4] New Caledonia 9 - 2 Tuvalu on 12 August 2010;[4] [6] New Zealand 7 - 1 Tuvalu on 13 August 2010;[4] [7] The last game became their largest defeat ever, 2–21 against Solomon Islands on 14 August 2010.[4] [8]
In 2011, Taki Vave was the coach of the team. All three games were lost in Group B: Tahiti 6 - 0 Tuvalu on 16 May 2011;[9] New Caledonia 11 - 1 Tuvalu on 17 May 2011;[10] Tuvalu 0 - 16 Solomon Islands on 18 May 2011;[11] They played for 7th/8th place play-off against Kiribati, but lost 2–3.[12]
Date | Event/Venue | Home Team | Opponent | Score | |
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19 May 2011 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 2–3 | |||
18 May 2011 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 0–16 | |||
17 May 2011 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 1–11 | |||
16 May 2011 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 0–6 | |||
14 August 2010 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 2–21 | |||
13 August 2010 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 1–7 | |||
12 August 2010 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 2–9 | |||
10 August 2010 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 1–5 | |||
9 August 2010 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 0–4 | |||
8 August 2010 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 1–7 | |||
14 June 2008 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 0–12 | |||
13 June 2008 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 3–13 | |||
12 June 2008 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 2–10 | |||
11 June 2008 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 1–13 | |||
9 June 2008 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 1–3 | |||
8 June 2008 | Oceanian Futsal Championship – Fiji | 0–6 |
OFC Futsal Nations Cup record | ||||||||
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Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
1992 | Did not enter | |||||||
1996 | ||||||||
1999 | ||||||||
2004 | ||||||||
2008 | Seventh place | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 57 | |
2009 | Did not enter | |||||||
2010 | Seventh place | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 53 | |
2011 | Eighth Place | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 36 | |
2013 | Did not enter | |||||||
2014 | ||||||||
2016 | ||||||||
2019 | ||||||||
2022 | ||||||||
Total | 3/13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 146 |