Tahiti national beach soccer team

Tahiti
Nickname(s)Tiki Toa (The Warrior Gods)[1]
AssociationTahitian Football Federation
ConfederationOFC (Oceania)
Head coachTeva Zaveroni
CaptainRaimana Li Fung Kuee
FIFA codeTAH
BSWW ranking 15 Steady (8 April 2024)[2]


First colours


Second colours
First international
 Tahiti 8–1 Cook Islands 
(Temae, Tahiti; 31 August 2006)
Biggest win
 Tahiti 26–3 Tonga 
(Papeete, Tahiti; 22 August 2023)
Biggest defeat
 Spain 9–1 Tahiti 
(Dubai, UAE; 9 November 2018)
Italy  12–4 Tahiti 
(Luque, PAR; 21 November 2019)
World Cup
Appearances8 (first in 2011)
Best resultRunners-up (2015, 2017)
OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup
Appearances7 (first in 2006)
Best resultChampions (2011, 2019, 2023, 2024)

The Tahiti national beach soccer team represents Tahiti or French Polynesia in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the FTF and the FFF, the governing body for football in Tahiti. In contrast to the fortunes of the association football team, Tahiti's beach soccer has, since 2011, been one of the strongest teams in world beach soccer. The team made history at the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup by becoming the first Pacific nation to qualify for the knockout stages of an international FIFA tournament. At the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Tahiti beat Italy in a penalty shootout to become the first Pacific nation to ever make it to a final in a FIFA tournament. They followed this up with another appearance in the 2017 final.

  1. ^ Tahiti beach soccer team light on preparation
  2. ^ "BSWW world ranking". beachsoccer.com. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.