Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has released the draw for the 2008 OFC Futsal Championships to be held in Fiji from June 8-14.
The tournament will be held at the Vodafone Arena in Suva and will be comprised of seven OFC nations including Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tuvalu and Vanuatu.
The OFC Futsal Championship is held every four years with the winner progressing to the FIFA Futsal World Cup, which is this year held in Brazil in September.
2008 marks the first OFC Futsal Championship since Australia switched confederations from OFC to ASIA on January 1, 2006.
Australia has won the last four OFC Futsal Championships spanning back to 1992 and their absence will provide a great opportunity for other OFC nations to attend their first FIFA Futsal World Cup.
In the last tournament in 2004 New Zealand finished runners up to Australia with Vanuatu defeating Fiji in the third and fourth play-off.
2008 OFC Futsal Championships Draw:
Match Day 1
8 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC Solomon Islands New Zealand
TBC Tuvalu Vanuatu
TBC Fiji New Caledonia
Bye Tahiti
Match Day 2
9 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC New Zealand Vanuatu
TBC Solomon Islands New Caledonia
TBC Tuvalu Tahiti
Bye Fiji
Match Day 3
10 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC Vanuatu New Caledonia
TBC New Zealand Tahiti
TBC Solomon Islands Fiji
Bye Tuvalu
Match Day 4
11 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC New Caledonia Tahiti
TBC Vanuatu Fiji
TBC New Zealand Tuvalu
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sp; Bye Solomon Islands
Match Day 5
12 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC Tahiti Fiji
TBC New Caledonia Tuvalu
TBC Vanuatu Solomon Islands
Bye New Zealand
Match Day 6
13 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC Fiji Tuvalu
TBC Tahiti Solomon Islands
TBC New Caledonia New Zealand
Bye Vanuatu
Match Day 7
14 June 2008
Kick-off Team A Team B
TBC Tuvalu Solomon Islands
TBC Fiji New Zealand
TBC Tahiti Vanuatu
Bye New Caledonia
FIFA FUTSAL WORLD CUP – THAILAND 2004 action