2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship

2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship
Tournament details
Host country Fiji
Dates 8–14 June 2008
Teams 7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Solomon Islands (1st title)
Runners-up  French Polynesia
Third place  Vanuatu
Fourth place  New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played 21
Goals scored 163 (7.76 per match)

The 2008 OFC Futsal Championship was the fifth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region. It took place in Suva, Fiji from 8 June to 14 June 2008.

The tournament also acted as a qualifying tournament for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil. The Solomon Islands won the tournament, and qualified for the World Cup.

This was the first OFC Futsal Championship tournament not to include Australia as they left the OFC to join the Asian Football Confederation in 2006.

Championship

The seven participating teams played each on a single round-robin format. The top team of the group, the Solomon Islands, won the championship and got a ticket to 2008 Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

Teams GP W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Solomon Islands 65014119+2215
 French Polynesia 64112112+913
 Vanuatu 6402298+2112
 New Zealand 63032216+69
 Fiji 6303313109
 New Caledonia 61142230-84
 Tuvalu 6006757-500

2008-06-08
Tuvalu  0–6  Vanuatu

2008-06-08
Fiji  4–2  New Caledonia

2008-06-09
New Zealand  2–1  Vanuatu

2008-06-09
Tuvalu  1–3  French Polynesia

2008-06-10
Vanuatu  11–1  New Caledonia

2008-06-10
New Zealand  2–3  French Polynesia

2008-06-10
Solomon Islands  11–6  Fiji

2008-06-11
New Caledonia  2–2  French Polynesia

2008-06-11
Vanuatu  5–2  Fiji

2008-06-11
New Zealand  13–1  Tuvalu

2008-06-12
French Polynesia  9–2  Fiji

2008-06-12
New Caledonia  10–2  Tuvalu

2008-06-12
Vanuatu  5–2  Solomon Islands

2008-06-13
Fiji  13–2  Tuvalu

2008-06-13
French Polynesia  2–4  Solomon Islands

2008-06-13
New Caledonia  2–3  New Zealand

2008-06-14
Tuvalu  0–12  Solomon Islands

2008-06-14
Fiji  4–1  New Zealand

2008-06-14
French Polynesia  2–1  Vanuatu
Oceanian Futsal Championship
2008 Winners

Solomon Islands
1st Title

References

OFC Releases Draw for 2008 OFC Futsal

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