The Wallis and Futuna national football team () is the national football team of

Wallis and Futuna Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (), is a French island territorial collectivity, collectivity in the Oceania, South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji to the southwest, Tonga t ...

. Wallis and Futuna is not a member of

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and, therefore, is not eligible to enter either the

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or the

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, and due to the low investment in sport on the part of the country, it has been many years since it played an international match. Wallis and Futuna has played twenty-four international matches, all at the

South Pacific Games The Pacific Games (French: Jeux du Pacifique), is a continental multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from Oceania. The inaugural Games took place in 1963 in Suva, Fiji, and most recently in 2023 in Honiara, Solomon Islands. ...

between 1966 and 1995, and holds an overall record of five wins and nineteen defeats.

History

Beginnings

In 1966, there was an initiative for the small country to play in the

that year. The proposal was carried out and Wallis and Futuna entered the group stage, losing 5–0 to

Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian language, Tahitian , ; ) is the largest island of the Windward Islands (Society Islands), Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is located in the central part of t ...

and 9–1 to

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. They achieved their best results at the

1979 South Pacific Games The 6th South Pacific Games (), also known as Suva 1979, held in Suva, Fiji from 28 August to 8 September 1979, was the sixth edition of the South Pacific Games. Participating countries Nineteen Pacific nations or territories attended: Sports ...

, qualifying to the knock-out stages with a 3–1 victory over

Western Samoa Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa and known until 1997 as Western Samoa, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main islands ( Savai'i and Upolu), two smaller, inhabit ...

after losing to

Solomon Islands Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, ''Islands of Destiny'', Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is an island country consisting of six major islands and over 1000 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, t ...

6–0. They lost their quarter-final match against

Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...

5–0 which qualified them for the Consolation Tournament, where they were eliminated by

Tonga Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga, is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania. The country has 171 islands, of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. accordin ...

1–0. At the

1983 South Pacific Games The 7th South Pacific Games (), also known as Apia 1983, held on 5–16 September 1983 in Apia, Western Samoa, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games. Participating countries Fifteen nations competed at the 1983 South Pacific Games: ...

, they lost their first group match 3–0 against

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but a 2–1 victory over

and a 3–0 win against

meant that they topped their group. In the quarter-finals they lost 4–0 to

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, eliminating them from the competition.

Decline

The

1987 South Pacific Games The 8th South Pacific Games (), also known as Nouméa 1987, held on 8–20 December 1987 in Nouméa, New Caledonia, was the eighth edition of the South Pacific Games. Political events of the time affected the Games in 1987 and the number of compe ...

was played as a round-robin, resulting in four defeats for Wallis and Futuna, with their only victory coming against

5–1. At the

1991 South Pacific Games The 9th South Pacific Games, also known as Port Moresby 1991 () held on 7–21 September 1991 in Port Moresby and Lae, Papua New Guinea, was the ninth edition of the South Pacific Games. This was the first time that events at one games had been h ...

they lost in each of their group stage matches and were defeated by

in the Consolation Tournament, qualifying them for the seventh-place playoff where they beat

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5–0.

Inactivity

The last time Wallis and Futuna played a game was in 1995. In this edition, the team lost all 4 games it played. Since then it has been completely inactive.

Competitive record

Pacific Games

Head-to-head record

Match history

''Wallis and Futuna's score is shown first in each case.''

Historical kits

References

External links

Wallis and Futuna match history

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