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

Oceanian Futsal Championship participation

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

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the score was 1–3. In

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, 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

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, 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

Current squad

The following squad was selected for the 2011 Oceanian Futsal Championship Tuvalu Futsal 02

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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