2025 OFC Futsal Men's Cup
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Fiji |
| City | Suva |
| Dates | 20–24 September 2025 |
| Teams | 5 (from 1 confederation) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Solomon Islands (7th title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Third place |  Fiji |
| Fourth place |  Vanuatu |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 10 |
| Goals scored | 62 (6.2 per match) |
| Attendance | 6,130 (613 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | En Watanabe (5 goals) |
| Best player | Alvin Hou |
| Best goalkeeper | Cliff Sasau |
| Fair play award | Solomon Islands Tuvalu |
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The 2025 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 15th edition of the OFC Futsal Nations Cup (previously called the OFC Futsal Championship), the international futsal championship organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for the men's national teams of Oceania. It was held in Fiji from 20 to 24 September 2025.[1]
New Zealand are the defending champions, after defeating Tahiti in the 2023 final.
Teams
[edit]Four of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC will enter the tournament. One of two associated OFC member team Tuvalu has entered the cup as well. Tuvalu returned to regional stage after 14 years. [2]
| Team | Appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|
| Fiji (Hosts) | 12th | Runners-up (1999, 2009, 2010) |
| New Zealand | 12th | Champions (2022, 2023) |
| Solomon Islands | 11th | Champions (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2019) |
| Vanuatu | 14th | Runners-up (1992, 1996) |
| Tuvalu | 4th | Seventh place (2008, 2010) |
Teams do not enter in the competition:
Squads
[edit]Venue
[edit]The matches will be played at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.
The original location for the event were Solomon Islands and Honiara. However Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) announced on 15 July 2025 that Fiji has been handed hosting rights for the OFC Futsal Men’s Cup 2025 after the tournament was relocated from the Solomon Islands due to logistical issues.[3]
Media coverage
[edit]All games were streamed via FIFA+ platform as Fifa+ holds rights for all OFC competitions in the period 2024-2025. [4] The commentary was provided from Satish Narain [5]
Oceania Football, website of governing body OFC and independent website Friends of Football NZ provided game reports and tournament news.[citation needed]
Format and draw
[edit]Unlike in previous versions of the tournament, the 2025 tournament features a purely round robin format, with the champion being decided directly from the round robin stage, without a later final playoff.[6] As five teams are playing, there will be five two-game rounds, with one team taking a by in each round. The rounds will take place on five consecutive days from Saturday 20 September to Wednesday 24 September.
The draw deciding the matches took place on 19 August 2025 at the OFC Home Of Football in Auckland, New Zealand.[7]
Group stage
[edit]All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).
Main Group
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Solomon Islands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 10 |
| 2 | New Zealand | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 9 |
| 3 | Fiji (H) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 20 | −6 | 6 |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 |
First round
[edit]In the first round, the Solomon Islands beat the reigning 2022 champions, New Zealand by 2-1. This was their first win over New Zealand in six years.[8] The tournament hosts, Fiji, beat Vanuatu 5-4.[8]
| New Zealand | 1–2 | Solomon Islands |
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| Report |
Second round
[edit]After the second round, the Solomon Islands defeated hosts Fiji 5:2.[9]
| New Zealand | 6–1 | Tuvalu |
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| Solomon Islands | 5–2 | Fiji |
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Third round
[edit]The Gideons recorded a first-ever stalemate against Solomon Islands at an OFC Futsal Men’s Cup.[10] Host Fiji earned a 4-1 victory over Tuvalu to progress to a match with New Zealand in the 4th round.[10]
| Solomon Islands | 1–1 | Vanuatu |
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Fourth round
[edit]Two so far winless teams met, with Vanuatu defeating Vanuatu.[11] The host Fiji fell in their final match 10-3 to New Zealand. [12]
| Fiji | 3–10 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
| Report |
Fifth round
[edit]Kicking off the last day of competition, Vanuatu took on New Zealand for second place. The scores were 3–1 at full time and New Zealand claimed second place overall.[13] Solomon Islands won overall with a 7-0 victory over Tuvalu. [14]
| Vanuatu | 1–3 | New Zealand |
|---|---|---|
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Awards
[edit]The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Award | Player |
|---|---|
| Golden Ball | Alvin Hou |
| Golden Boot | En Watanabe |
| Golden Gloves | Cliff Sasau |
| Fair Play Award | Tuvalu Solomon Islands |
Goalscorers
[edit]There were 62 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 6.2 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
- Cooper Wink (against Fiji)
Match officials
[edit]Main Referees
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Nicholas Backo- Benjamin Norman
- Ronil Chand
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Arnaud Llambrich- Benjamin Norman
- Max Lauridsen
- Fred Ete
- Rex Kamusu
- Philip Mana
- Frank Vira
Organising Committee
[edit]Fiji FA CEO: Mohammed Yusuf and Vice-president Fiji FA: Mr Ritesh Vee Pratap
References
[edit]- ^ "Five teams chase glory at OFC Futsal Men's Cup tournament in Fiji". Friends of Football. 19 September 2025.
- ^ "From airfields training to the regional stage: Tuvalu ready for huge opportunity". OFC Media. 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Suva to host futsal cup". The Fiji Times. 17 July 2025.
- ^ "FIFA+ becomes the official global home of OFC competitions". 28 February 2024.
- ^ Rasekoseka, Marika (18 January 2025). "Satish Narain creates history as first Fijian commentator at HSBC SVNS in Perth". fijivillage.
- ^ "Kurukuru to face NZ in OFC Futsal men's cup opener". Solomon Star News. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ "OFC Futsal Men's Cup 2025 Draw". YouTube. 19 August 2025.
- ^ a b Tora, Iliesa (2025-09-21). "Solomon Islands score first win over NZ, hosts Fiji beat Vanuatu in Futsal Men's Cup". RNZ Pacific. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ Mamu, Moffat (2025-09-21). "Kurukuru unstoppable". Solomon Star.
- ^ a b "Vanuatu hold leaders Solomon Islands to draw at OFC Futsal Nations Cup". Friends of Football NZ. 2025-09-22. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
- ^ Pareti, Alipati (2025-09-23). "Vanuatu escape against strong Tuvalu side". Islands Business Fiji.
- ^ Nand, Priya (2025-09-23). "Fiji suffers a 10-3 defeat to New Zealand in OFC Futsal Men's Cup clash". Fiji Village.
- ^ Pareti, Alipati (2025-09-24). "New Zealand beats Vanuatu, takes second place". Islands Business Fiji.
- ^ Mamu, Moffat (2025-09-24). "Kurukuru – Pacific's futsal king". Solomon Star.