The Tuvalu national futsal team is the representative team for

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in international

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competitions. It is controlled by the

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. They have never won a game. Tuvalu participates in Oceanian Futsal Championship. Tuvalu-vs-New-Cale 2011

Oceanian Futsal Championship participation

The 2008 Oceanian Futsal Championship was the first time Tuvalu attended the

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. Team's coach in 2008 was Sami Neemia. They lost 13-1 to New Zealand, 10-2 to New Caledonia, 13-3 to Fiji and 12-0 to Solomon Islands; and against French Polynesia the score was 1–3. In 2010, Toakai Puapua was the coach. These games also were all lost: Vanuatu 7 - 1 Tuvalu on 8 August 2010; Tahiti Nui 4 - 0 Tuvalu on 9 August 2010; Fiji 5 - 1 Tuvalu on 10 August 2010; New Caledonia 9 - 2 Tuvalu on 12 August 2010; New Zealand 7 - 1 Tuvalu on 13 August 2010; The last game became their largest defeat ever, 2–21 against

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on 14 August 2010. In 2011, Taki Vave was the coach of the team. All three games were lost in Group B: Tahiti 6 - 0 Tuvalu on 16 May 2011; New Caledonia 11 - 1 Tuvalu on 17 May 2011; Tuvalu 0 - 16 Solomon Islands on 18 May 2011; They played for 7th/8th place play-off against

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, but lost 2–3.

Selected internationals

Oceanian Futsal Championship record

* 1992 to 2004– ''Did not enter'' *

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– Round 1 * 2009– ''Did not enter'' * 2010– Round 1 * 2011– Round 1 *

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– ''Did not enter'' *

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– ''Did not enter'' *

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– ''Did not enter''

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the

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Coaches

* Sami Neemia (2008) * Toakai Puapua (2010) * Taki Vave (2011)

External links

Tuvalu football project - Dutch Support Tuvalu Foundation
(in Dutch, English, French and Spanish)
Tuvalu national futsal team
(2010)

References

{{OFC futsal teams

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