2025 OFC Futsal Men's Cup

2025 OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
CitySuva
Dates20–24 September 2025
Teams5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Solomon Islands (7th title)
Runners-up New Zealand
Third place Fiji
Fourth place Vanuatu
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored62 (6.2 per match)
Attendance6,130 (613 per match)
Top scorer(s)New Zealand En Watanabe
(5 goals)
Best playerSolomon Islands Alvin Hou
Best goalkeeperSolomon Islands 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

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

Main article: 2025 OFC Futsal Nations Cup squads

Venue

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

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.

Format and draw

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

All times are local, FJT (UTC+12).

Main Group

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
Source: OFC
(H) Hosts

First round

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
  • Wisniewski Goal 19'
 Report
  • Towoa Goal 12'
  • Bunabo Goal 32'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)
Vanuatu 4–5 Fiji
  • Takaro Goal 5', 25'
  • Vano Goal 10'
  • Coulon Goal 22'
  • Vano Red card 34'
 Report
  • Baravilalal Goal 5', 31'
  • Chand Goal 15'
  • Singh Goal 26'
  • Hughes Goal 34'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Benjamin Norman (New Zealand)

Second round

After the second round, the Solomon Islands defeated hosts Fiji 5:2.[9]

New Zealand 6–1 Tuvalu
  • Manickum Goal 2', 10'
  • Watanabe Goal 9', 37'
  • Wink Goal 11'
  • Peden Goal 13'
 Report
  • Vine Goal 28'
Attendance: 400
Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Island)
Solomon Islands 5–2 Fiji
  • Do'Oro Goal 12', 14'
  • Patty Goal 4'
  • Bunabo Goal 27'
  • Hou Goal 35'
 Report
Attendance: 1,150
Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)

Third round

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
  • Patty Goal 18'
 Report
  • Takaro Goal 32'
Attendance: 550
Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)
Fiji 4–1 Tuvalu
  • Hughes Goal 10'
  • Nand Goal 11'
  • Baravilalal Goal 19' (pen.)
  • Khan Goal 20'
 Report
  • Nukulafoa Goal 25'
Attendance: 350
Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

Fourth round

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]

Tuvalu 2–3 Vanuatu
  • Nukulafoa Goal 31', 39'
 Report
  • Alick Goal 24'
  • Mesau Goal 30'
  • Takaro Goal 39'
Attendance: 280
Referee: Benjamin Norman (New Zealand )
Fiji 3–10 New Zealand
  • Singh Goal 10'
  • Wink Goal 12' (o.g.)
  • Sharma Goal 21'
 Report
  • Fatialofa Goal 3'
  • Watanabe Goal 7', 37' (pen.)
  • Ali Goal 8'
  • Wink Goal 24'
  • Peden Goal 28'
  • Ditfort Goal 32', 36'
  • Sharplin Goal 35'
  • Martin Goal 35'
Attendance: 700
Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Island)

Fifth round

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
  • Alick Goal 17' (pen.)
 Report
  • Wink Goal 0'
  • Sharplin Goal 10'
  • Watanabe Goal 24'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Nicholas Backo (Australia)
Tuvalu 0–7 Solomon Islands
Report
  • Do'Oro Goal 2', 24'
  • Otainao Goal 19'
  • Patty Goal 25'
  • Misitana Goal 26'
  • Timi Goal 29'
  • Mana Goal 34'
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Golden Ball Solomon Islands Alvin Hou
Golden Boot New Zealand En Watanabe
Golden Gloves Solomon Islands Cliff Sasau
Fair Play Award  Tuvalu
 Solomon Islands

Goalscorers

There were 62 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 6.2 goals per match.

5 goals

  • New Zealand En Watanabe

4 goals

3 goals

  • Tuvalu Aloesi Nukulafoa
  • New Zealand Cooper Wink
  • Solomon Islands Jayroll Patty

2 goals

  • Fiji Bruce Hughes
  • Fiji Rajneel Singh
  • New Zealand Jordan Ditfort
  • New Zealand Dylan Manickum
  • New Zealand Matthew Peden
  • New Zealand Casey Sharplin
  • Solomon Islands Owen Bunabo
  • Vanuatu Justin Alick

1 goal

1 own goal

  • New Zealand Cooper Wink (against Fiji)


Match officials

Main Referees

  • Australia Nicholas Backo
  • Australia Benjamin Norman
  • Fiji Ronil Chand
  • New Caledonia Arnaud Llambrich
  • New Zealand Benjamin Norman
  • New Zealand Max Lauridsen
  • Solomon Islands Fred Ete
  • Solomon Islands Rex Kamusu
  • Solomon Islands Philip Mana
  • Vanuatu Frank Vira

Organising Committee

Fiji FA CEO: Mohammed Yusuf and Vice-president Fiji FA: Mr Ritesh Vee Pratap

References

  1. ^ "Five teams chase glory at OFC Futsal Men's Cup tournament in Fiji". Friends of Football. 19 September 2025.
  2. ^ "From airfields training to the regional stage: Tuvalu ready for huge opportunity". OFC Media. 17 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Suva to host futsal cup". The Fiji Times. 17 July 2025.
  4. ^ "FIFA+ becomes the official global home of OFC competitions". 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ Rasekoseka, Marika (18 January 2025). "Satish Narain creates history as first Fijian commentator at HSBC SVNS in Perth". fijivillage.
  6. ^ "Kurukuru to face NZ in OFC Futsal men's cup opener". Solomon Star News. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-09-22.
  7. ^ "OFC Futsal Men's Cup 2025 Draw". YouTube. 19 August 2025.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Mamu, Moffat (2025-09-21). "Kurukuru unstoppable". Solomon Star.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Pareti, Alipati (2025-09-23). "Vanuatu escape against strong Tuvalu side". Islands Business Fiji.
  12. ^ Nand, Priya (2025-09-23). "Fiji suffers a 10-3 defeat to New Zealand in OFC Futsal Men's Cup clash". Fiji Village.
  13. ^ Pareti, Alipati (2025-09-24). "New Zealand beats Vanuatu, takes second place". Islands Business Fiji.
  14. ^ Mamu, Moffat (2025-09-24). "Kurukuru – Pacific's futsal king". Solomon Star.
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