OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup 2024

The inaugural OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup took place in Honiara in Solomon Islands in August of 2024, with five nations contesting the tournament to crown the first-ever champions.

A single group format was implemented, with the teams finishing first and second contesting the final and those finishing in third and fourth respectively meeting in the Playoff for 3rd place.

New Zealand entered the tournament as favourites and backed up that tag with an impressive opening day 10-0 victory over Tonga. Fiji also registered a win on day one, beating Tahiti 2-1.

Fiji followed up that success with a 4-0 success over Tonga the following day, before hosts Solomon Islands opened their campaign with a defeat, going down 5-1 to Tahiti.

Match Day three saw New Zealand continue their good form, beating Fiji 9-1, whilst Solomon Islands got their first points, with a 2-0 win over Tonga, much to the delight of the passionate home crowd inside Friendship Hall.

Tahiti made it back-to-back wins with a comfortable 5-0 win against Tonga, whilst New Zealand saw off the Solomons 4-0 later that same day, all but confirming their place in the final.

The last day of group stage action saw New Zealand complete a 100% record, overcoming Tahiti 6-1 to book their place in the final, where they would meet Fiji, who defeated Solomon Islands 6-2.

The Playoff for 3rd place was arguably the best match of the tournament. Tahiti met hosts Solomon Islands, with four goals scored in the final five minutes, as the match swung back and forth. In the end, it was Tahiti who prevailed, holding on to win 4-3 and take third place.

New Zealand and Fiji met in the final, with the Kiwis proving too strong with an excellent second-half performance. A goal late in the first-half meant it was only 2-1 at the break, but New Zealand pulled away in the second period, scoring five times to secure a 7-1 victory and ensure the first-ever OFC Futsal Women’s Nations Cup trophy would be heading to Aotearoa.

As well as the trophy, victory meant that New Zealand would represent Oceania in the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup™, to be played in the Philippines in 2025.

Solomon Islands won the Fair Play Award, whilst Koleta Likuculacula took home the Golden Boot Award as top scorer. New Zealand’s Danielle Bradley won the Golden Glove as the tournament’s best goalkeeper, with her teammate and captain Hannah Kraakman winning the Golden Ball Award for the tournament’s best player.