The 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup was the 12th 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.
In November 2018, it was announced that New Caledonia would host the competition. The tournament was held from 27 October to 2 November.
The winner qualified as the OFC representative at the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup (originally 2020 but postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic) in Lithuania.
Solomon Islands were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title after defeating New Zealand in the final.
Teams Eight of the 11 FIFA-affiliated national teams from OFC entered the tournament.
TeamAppearance Previous best performance 1st 9th (2000, 2009, 2010) (hosts) 8th (2014) 10th (2004, 2016) 8th (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016) 7th (2008, 2011) 1st 12th (1992, 1996)
Did not enter
Venue The matches were played at the L'Arène du Sud in Païta.
Squads
Draw The draw of the tournament was held on 6 May 2019 at the OFC Academy in Auckland, New Zealand. The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. The top two ranked teams, Solomon Islands and New Zealand, were drawn into position 1 of Group A or B, and the bottom two ranked teams, American Samoa and Tonga, were drawn into position 4 of Group A or B, while the remaining teams were drawn into position 2 or 3 of Group A or B.
Group stage The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams enter the 5th–8th place play-offs.
All times are local, NCT (UTC+11).
Group A
Group B
5th–8th place play-offs Tonga was not allowed to play the 5th-8th place play-offs because many players were diagnosed with measles. It is important to remember that this tournament was held during a measles outbreak. Bracket (5th–8th place)
Play-off semi-finals
Seventh place play-off
Fifth place play-off
Knockout stage Bracket (1st–4th place)
Semi-finals
Third place match
Final Winner qualifies for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.
Winners
Solomon Islands qualified for the 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup. They have qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup for the fourth consecutive time.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Futsal World Cup1 3 (2008, 2012, 2016) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Awards The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
AwardPlayerGolden Ball Dylan ManickumGolden Boot Nicky Malivuk Olivier HirihiriGolden Gloves Anthony TaloFair Play Award
Goalscorers
Match officials Referees Arnaud Llambrich Charlemagne Waheo Antony Riley Chris Sinclair Rex Kamusu Philip Mana Francis Roni Teraimaeva Make Malkom Mayoho
References
External links OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2019 News > OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2019 , oceaniafootball.com