The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers (OFC), more commonly known as the OFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main championship for beach soccer

Beach soccer

Beach soccer, also known as beach football or beasal, is a variant of association football played on a beach or some form of sand. The game emphasises skill, agility and shooting at goal....

 in Oceania

Oceania

Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

. The first championship was held in 2006 in Moorea

Moorea

Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian...

, Tahiti

Tahiti

Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

, as was the 2009 tournament and as will be the 2011 tournament. The 2007 tournament was moved to Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Only the winner of the competition qualifies for the following FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

. The Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands national beach soccer team

The Solomon Islands national beach soccer team represents Solomon Islands in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by S.I.F.F, the governing body for football in Solomon Islands....

 are the most successful nation and have dominated the championships. In 2008, the Solomon Islands were automatically selected for the world cup as they were nominated as the best nation in the region, so no qualifiers were held.

Now that the world cup takes place every two years, so will the qualifiers, starting with the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the sixth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title Beach Soccer World Championships. Overall this was the 16th edition of the World Cup since its...

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Format

The competition consists of the best four nations in Oceania. The countries play each other once in a group. Then the top two in the group play a final match to decide the winner, while the nations in third and fourth place in the group play a final third-place play off match. The winner of the championship will move on to play in the next FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

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Tournaments

Year	Location	Final			Third place match
		Champion	Score	Runner-Up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
2006 2006 OFC Beach Soccer Championship -Winners:-Final standings:-References:...	Moorea Moorea Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian... , Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...		6 – 2			12 – 4
2007 2007 OFC Beach Soccer Championship -Winners:-Final standings:...	Auckland Auckland The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world... , New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...		5 – 3			5 – 3
2008	Solomon Islands automatically selected, no qualifiers held
2009 2009 OFC Beach Soccer Championship -Third Place Play-off:-----Final:-----Winners:-Final standing:- References :...	Moorea Moorea Moʻorea is a high island in French Polynesia, part of the Society Islands, 17 km northwest of Tahiti. Its position is . Moʻorea means "yellow lizard" in Tahitian... , Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...		1 – 0			6 – 3
2011 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification (OFC) The 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for OFC took place from February 23 to February 26, 2011, in Papeete, Tahiti, the place where the 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup will be held. This was the third time the island had hosted the qualifiers, following the 2006 and 2009 tournaments in...	Papeete Papeete -Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront esplanade*Bougainville Park -Sights:* Interactive Google map of Papeete, to discover the 30 major tourist attractions in Papeete downtown.*The waterfront... , Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...		4 – 3			N/A

Successful nations

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
	3 (2006, 2007, 2009)	1 (2011)	-	-
	1 (2011)	-	2 (2006, 2009)	1 (2007)
	-	3 (2006, 2007, 2009)	-	-
	-	-	1 (2011)	1 (2009)
	-	-	1 (2007)	-
	-	-	-	1 (2006)

Nations who have qualified for the world cup

These are the nations who have been successful enough in the competition to qualify to appear in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a bi-annual international beach soccer competition contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament has taken place every year since its establishment in 1995, when it was originally supervised...

, to represent Oceania. The numbers in brackets shows how many times that country has qualified over the three years the tournament has been held. (3) (1)