FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (OFC)
The FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for the Oceania Football Confederation, also known as 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.
Read more about FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (OFC): Tournaments, Successful Nations
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