The 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup was the seventh edition of the OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup, the top beach soccer competition contested by Oceanian men's national beach soccer teams. The tournament was organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC).
The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in June, but was subsequently pushed back to take place from 22 to 26 August 2023 in Tahiti.
The tournament doubled as qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in the United Arab Emirates; the champions qualified.
Teams Four of the eleven OFC-affiliated members entered the tournament. TeamAppearance Previous best performance 3rd (2011) 7th (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013) (hosts; title-holders) 6th (2011, 2019) 2nd (2019)
Venue The tournament was held in Papeete at Aorai Tini Hau stadium, with an approximate capacity of 1,080.
Group stage All times are local, TAHT (GMT−10).
Fiji vs Solomon Islands
4 Gabiriele Matanisiga 7 Rusiate Matarerega 10 Tevita Waranaivalu 11 Madhwan GounderGK15 Simione Tamanisau (c)Substitutions: 2 Rajneel Singh 3 Meli Cordo 5 Ronish Singh 6 Ravneel Pal 8 Bruce Hughes 9 Merrill NandGK12 Jovilisi Borisi
Tahiti vs Tonga
Tonga vs Fiji
Solomon Islands vs Tahiti
Solomon Islands vs Tonga
Tahiti vs Fiji
Play-offs Third place match
Final
Qualified teams for FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup The champion of the 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup qualified for the 2023 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Team Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup1only FIFA era (since 2005) 6 (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
Broadcasting All matches were broadcast live on the OFC and TNTV official Facebook channels.
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