Tahiti

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Nickname(s)	Aito Arii[1]
Association	Tahitian Football Federation
Confederation	OFC
Head coach	Temuri Ariitai[2]
Home stadium	Fautaua Sports Hall
FIFA code	TAH
FIFA ranking	44 1 (29 August 2025)[3]
First international
Tuvalu 1–3Tahiti  (Suva,Fiji; 9 June 2008)
Biggest win
Tonga 2–24Tahiti  (Païta,New Caledonia; 30 October 2019)
Biggest defeat
Iran 16–1Tahiti  (Ashgabat,Turkmenistan; 18 September 2017)

TheTahiti national futsal team representsFrench Polynesia in internationalfutsal under the auspices of theTahitian Football Federation.

Futsal was introduced to Tahiti in 2005 and rapidly gained popularity. The football association organized its first futsal league in 2007. The territory participated in theOFC Futsal Nations Cup for the first time in the2008 edition of the tournament.^[4][5] That year, the team finished runners-up to theSolomon Islands. Tahiti repeated the performance in2011, again finishing behind only the Solomons.^[6] The nation played its first match at home on 29 March 2013, a 3–1friendly victory overNew Zealand at the Fautaua Sports Hall.^[7]

Tahiti was invited to participate in the2017 Asian Indoor and martial Arts Games inTurkmenistan. The team was drawn into a group withJordan,Kyrgyzstan, and tournament favoritesIran.^[8] The team suffered a 1–16 defeat in their opening match against the latter on 18 September 2017.^[9] Tahiti was joined in the competition by fellow OFC member, Solomon Islands. The two nations became the first fromOceania to compete in the competition. The tournament also marked the first time Tahiti played outside of its own region.^[10]

Tahiti  v New Zealand

29 March 2013 (2013-03-29)Friendly	Tahiti	3–1	New Zealand	Papeete,French Polynesia
	Teivarii Kaiha Utiera Pukoki Steven Tino	Report		Stadium:Fautaua Sports Hall

Tahiti  v New Zealand

31 March 2013 (2013-03-31)Friendly	Tahiti	4–2	New Zealand	Papeete,French Polynesia
		Report		Stadium:Fautaua Sports Hall

Tahiti  v New Zealand

2 April 2013 (2013-04-02)Friendly	Tahiti	2–0	New Zealand	Papeete,French Polynesia
		Report		Stadium:Fautaua Sports Hall

Solomon Islands  v Tahiti

7 February 2016 (2016-02-07)Friendly	Solomon Islands	0–12	Tahiti	Suva,Fiji
		Report		Stadium:Vodafone Arena

Iran  v Tahiti

18 September 2017 (2017-09-18)2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Iran	16–1	Tahiti	Ashgabat,Turkmenistan
		Report	Jacob Tutavae 27'	Stadium:Ice Arena

Kyrgyzstan  v Tahiti

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Kyrgyzstan	4–2	Tahiti	Ashgabat,Turkmenistan
		Report	Teivarii Kaiha 27' Raiarii Manea 40'	Stadium:Ice Arena

Jordan  v Tahiti

21 September 2017 (2017-09-21)2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Jordan	3–0	Tahiti	Ashgabat,Turkmenistan
		Report		Stadium:Ice Arena

Tahiti  v New Caledonia

2 April 2018 (2018-04-02)Friendly	Tahiti	2–1	New Caledonia	Pīraʻe,French Polynesia
	Manutea Blumet Tehau Barsinas	Report		Stadium:Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz

Tahiti  v New Caledonia

4 April 2018 (2018-04-04)Friendly	Tahiti	2–3	New Caledonia	Pīraʻe,French Polynesia
	Teivarii Kaiha 24' Smith Tino (pen.)	Report		Stadium:Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz

Tahiti  v New Caledonia

6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)Friendly	Tahiti	5–2	New Caledonia	Pīraʻe,French Polynesia
	Smith Tino 4',24' Tane Tave Manutea Blumet 30',36'	Report		Stadium:Complexe Sportif Napoléon Spitz

New Caledonia  v Tahiti

10 December 2018 (2018-12-10)Friendly	New Caledonia	5–3	Tahiti	Nouméa,New Caledonia
		Report	Teivarii Kaiha Antoine Tave Olivier Hirihiri	Stadium:Indoor Sports Hall

New Caledonia  v Tahiti

12 December 2018 (2018-12-12)Friendly	New Caledonia	1–3	Tahiti	Nouméa,New Caledonia
		Report		Stadium:Indoor Sports Hall

New Caledonia  v Tahiti

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14)Friendly	New Caledonia	4–6	Tahiti	Nouméa,New Caledonia
		Report		Stadium:Indoor Sports Hall

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008	Did not qualify
2012
2016
2021
2024
Total	–	0/10	0	0	0	0	0	0

OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter
1996
1999
2004
2008	Runners-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	21	12
2009	Did not enter
2010	Group Stage	6th	6	2	0	4	12	16
2011	Runners-up	2nd	5	2	2	1	15	12
2013	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	2	1	10	9
2014	Group Stage	4th	4	1	1	2	9	13
2016	Third place	3rd	5	3	0	2	18	10
2019	Third place	3rd	6	3	0	2	43	18
2022	Did not enter
2023	Runners-up	2nd	5	3	1	1	22	16
Total	0 titles	8/14	42	20	7	13	128	106

• Official FTF website

• Tahiti national football team

• Tahiti men's national football teams
• Oceanian national futsal teams
• 2008 establishments in French Polynesia
• National sports teams established in 2008

• CS1 French-language sources (fr)
• Articles with short description
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