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BILIKIKI BOY'S TO REPRESENT OFC AT FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP
Tuesday, 15 January 08, 03:46 PM
Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) General Secretary Tai Nicholas has confirmed that the Solomon Islands will represent OFC at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Marseille 2008.
“The change in timing of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup from November to July created significant challenges for OFC which prevented a qualifying event being made possible,” said Nicholas.
“Financial constraints of both OFC and participating Member Associations and other factors outside of OFC’s control created uncertainty over a host venue and the availability of participating teams.
“Currently, there is no international standard beach soccer pitch in the region and domestic competition is marginal across Member Associations.”
As a result the OFC Executive Committee agreed to nominate the Solomon Islands as the OFC representatives for the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Marseille 2008.
The Solomon Islands were nominated on the back of two years of strong performances in Beach Soccer.
They were crowned OFC Beach Soccer champions in 2006 and 2007 and have performed creditably at both the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup’s in Rio de Janeiro those same years.
FIFA accepted OFC’s nomination on 7 December 2007, and OFC is now committed to assisting the Solomon Islands with preparing a detailed programme in the build up for the tournament.
It is anticipated an OFC qualification event is planned to determine Oceania’s representatives at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in 2009.
Solomon Islands record at finals of FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP - RIO DE JANEIRO 2007
First Stage
Match Date
Time
Results
2 02 Nov –
11:00
Brazil 11 :
2 Solomon Islands
11 04 Nov – 12.30 Solomon
Islands 2 : 5 Russia
20 06 Nov – 14.00 Solomon
Islands 3 : 6 Mexico
FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP - RIO DE JANEIRO 2006
First Stage
Match
Date
Results
4 02
Nov Solomon
Islands 5 : 2 Cameroon
9 07
Nov
Uruguay 2 :
5 Solomon Islands
20 06
Nov Solomon
Islands 2 : 14 Portugal
FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP QUALIFIER – NEW ZEALAND -2007
Date
Results
07
July Vanuatu
2-3 Solomon Islands
07 July
Solomon Islands
5-3 Tahiti
08
July
Solomon Islands 4-3 New Zealand
Final
08
July
Solomon Islands
5-3 Vanuatu
FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP QUALIFIER – TAHITI - 2006
Date
Results
31 August
Vanuatu 9-4 Solomon
Islands
01 September Solomon
Islands 2-1 Tahiti
02 September Solomon
Islands 13-0 Cook
Islands
Final
03 September Solomon
Islands
6-2 Vanuatu
Posted by OFC · Comments (14)
Topics: FIFA OCEANIA Solomon Islands OFC Beach Soccer 2008
Tags: FIFA OCEANIA Solomon Islands OFC Beach Soccer 2008
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Bravo Bilikiki.. Three World Cups in a row for you in Beach Soccer is not bad. Lets hope FIFA pours more money to the development of Beach soccer in the OFC region.
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Bravo, bilikiki boys, you've got another lucky turn. Good luck and this time we will show the world that we are one of the best teams in the region.......
soccer.
This is a new year and surely the other countries have something to offer for the qualifications!
to relax the further development of this so call lovely sport, so allow them to represent us and look forward for the next level of competition in the future ( 2009). Blessed OFC Soccer.