OFC Beach Soccer Championship
| Founded | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Region | Oceania (OFC) |
| Number of teams | 3 (2013) |
| Current champions |
 Solomon Islands (4th title) |
| Most successful team(s) |
Solomon Islands (4 titles) |
The OFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer in Oceania. The first championship was held in 2006 in Moorea, Tahiti, as was the 2009 tournament and 2011 tournaments. The 2007 tournament was moved to Auckland, New Zealand. Only the winner of the competition qualifies for the following FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup. The Solomon Islands are the most successful nation having dominated the championships, winning three of the four that have taken place.
In 2008, the Solomon Islands were automatically selected for the World Cup as they were nominated as the best nation in the region due to the World Cup being re-scheduled by FIFA who brought the competition forward from November to July meaning that OFC had no time to host the championship, hence no qualifiers were held.
Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so do the qualifiers which started with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
Tournaments
| Year | Location | Final | Third place match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Runner-Up | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||
| 2005 | Australia selected by OFC, no qualifiers held | ||||||
| 2006 details |
Moorea, Tahiti | Solomon Islands |
6 – 2 |  Vanuatu |
 Tahiti |
12 – 4 |  Cook Islands |
| 2007 details |
Auckland, New Zealand | Solomon Islands |
5 – 3 | Vanuatu |
 New Zealand |
5 – 3 | Tahiti |
| 2008 | Solomon Islands selected by OFC, no qualifiers held | ||||||
| 2009 details |
Moorea, Tahiti | Solomon Islands |
1 – 0 | Vanuatu |
Tahiti |
6 – 3 |  Fiji |
| 2011 details |
Papeete, Tahiti | Tahiti |
4 – 3 | Solomon Islands |
Fiji |
n/a | |
| 2013 details |
Nouméa, New Caledonia | Solomon Islands |
6 – 0 |  New Caledonia |
Vanuatu |
n/a | |
| 2015 | Tahiti selected by OFC, no qualifiers held | ||||||
Successful nations
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands |
4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2013) | 1 (2011) | - | - |
| Tahiti |
1 (2011) | - | 2 (2006, 2009) | 1 (2007) |
| Vanuatu |
- | 3 (2006, 2007, 2009) | 1 (2013) | - |
| Fiji |
- | - | 1 (2011) | 1 (2009) |
| New Zealand |
- | - | 1 (2007) | - |
| New Caledonia |
- | - | 1 (2013) | - |
| Cook Islands |
- | - | - | 1 (2006) |
Nations who have qualified for the World Cup
These are the nations who have qualified to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup since 2005, to represent Oceania.
- Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Runners-up
- 3rd – Third place
- 4th – Fourth place
- QF – Quarterfinals
- R1 – Round 1 (group stage)
- q – Qualified for upcoming tournament
- – Hosts
| Team |  2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
 2009 |
 2011 |
2013 |
 2015 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | R1 | Member of AFC | 1 | ||||||
| Solomon Islands | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | R1 | 5 | |||
| Tahiti | R1 | 4th | q | 3 | |||||
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