Tonga national futsal team

Tonga
Association	Tonga Football Association
Confederation	OFC
Head coach	Manula’aina Tu’alau
Captain	Sione Tu’ifangaloka
Top scorer	Laulea Taufa (3)
Home stadium	‘Atele Indoor Stadium
FIFA code	TGA
FIFA ranking	137 (14 June 2024)
First international
	Solomon Islands 13–2 Tonga ; (Païta, New Caledonia; 29 October 2019)
Biggest defeat
	Tahiti 24–2 Tonga ; (Païta, New Caledonia; 30 October 2019)

The Tonga national futsal team represents Tonga in international futsal under the auspices of the Tonga Football Association.

History

Futsal was first introduced in Tonga in 2014.^[2] The national fielded its first-ever men's national side to participate in the 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup.^[3] In advance of the tournament, Manulaaina Tu’alau was named the team's first-ever head coach.^[4] In the team's first-ever official match, it lost 2–13 to the Solomon Islands. In the match, Soakai Vea scored Tonga's first-ever goal.^[5] Following the group stage, the team had to forfeit its knock-out round matches because of a measles outbreak in the squad.^[6]^[7]

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992
1996
2000
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021	Did not qualify
2024
Total	–	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-

OFC Futsal Nations Cup

OFC Futsal Nations Cup
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1992	Did not enter
1996
1999
2004
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013
2014
2016
2019	Group Stage	8th	3	0	0	3	6	46
2022	Group Stage	8th	5	0	0	5	7	47
2023	Group Stage	8th	5	0	0	5	5	58
Total	0 titles	3/14	13	0	0	13	18	151

All-time fixtures and results

2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

28 October 2019 (2019-10-28) 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	2–13	Solomon Islands	Païta, New Caledonia
13:00	Ateneo Feao 29' Soakai Vea 29'	Report		Stadium: L'Arène du Sud

29 October 2019 (2019-10-29) 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	2–9	Fiji	Païta, New Caledonia
15:00	Laulea Taufa 32', 39'	Report		Stadium: L'Arène du Sud

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 2019 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tahiti	24–2	Tonga	Païta, New Caledonia
13:00		Report	Laulea Taufa 20' Sione Aho 24'	Stadium: L'Arène du Sud

2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

13 September 2022 (2022-09-13) 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	0–9	Vanuatu	Suva, Fiji
18:00		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Dharmend Chand (Fiji)

14 September 2022 (2022-09-14) 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	FFA President's Five	9–0	Tonga	Suva, Fiji
13:00		Report		Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Francis Roni (Solomon Islands)

16 September 2022 (2022-09-16) 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	New Zealand	15–1	Tonga	Suva, Fiji
15:30		Report	Joseph Muavesi 28'	Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Jimmy Malap (Vanuatu)

17 September 2022 (2022-09-17) 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Fiji	8–1	Tonga	Suva, Fiji
15:30		Report	Lachman Atoa 15'	Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)

18 September 2022 (2022-09-18) 2022 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Samoa	6–5	Tonga	Suva, Fiji
10:30		Report	Petueli Tokotaha 8' Sione Tuifangaloka 11', 31' Tuia Falepapalangi 16', 18'	Stadium: Vodafone Arena Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup

1 October 2023 (2023-10-01) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Fiji	9–0	Tonga	Auckland, New Zealand
10:00		Report		Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Rex Kamusu (Solomon Islands)

2 October 2023 (2023-10-02) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	2–20	Vanuatu	Auckland, New Zealand
10:00	Christopher Kefu 28', 33'	Report		Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 100 Referee: Yahya Alathwani (Saudi Arabia)

4 October 2023 (2023-10-04) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	0–14	New Zealand	Auckland, New Zealand
16:00		Report		Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 180 Referee: Charlemagne Waheo (New Caledonia)

5 October 2023 (2023-10-05) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	New Caledonia	11–0	Tonga	Auckland, New Zealand
10:00		Report		Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 102 Referee: Philip Mana (Solomon Islands)

7 October 2023 (2023-10-07) 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup	Tonga	3–4	Samoa	Auckland, New Zealand
10:00	Hemaloto Polovili 5' Tevita Falepapalangi 17' Maloni Manu'olevao 34'	Report		Stadium: Pulman Arena Attendance: 178 Referee: Arnaud Llambrich (New Caledonia)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2023 OFC Futsal Nations Cup.^[8]^[9]

Semisi ‘Otukolo
Vai Lutu
Kulisi Kefu
‘Unaloto ‘Aho
Pita ‘Uhatahi
Sione Tu’ifangaloka (C)
Timote Fakasi’i’eiki
Maloni Manuolevao
‘Atieli ‘Aho
Hemaloto Polovili
Tevita Falepapalangi
Sitaleki Fisi
‘Uhila Tautua’a
Viliami Falevai

All-time record

Key

Pld = Matches played
W = Matches won
D = Matches drawn
L = Matches lost

GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal differential
Countries are listed in alphabetical order

As of match played 7 October 2023

Team	Pld	L	GF	GA	GD
Fiji	3	3	3	26	−23
Fiji President's Five	1	1	0	9	−9
New Caledonia	1	1	0	11	−11
New Zealand	2	2	1	29	−28
Samoa	2	2	8	10	−2
Solomon Islands	1	1	2	13	−11
Tahiti	1	1	2	24	−22
Vanuatu	2	2	2	29	−27
Total	13	13	18	151	−133

Source: Results

References

^ "FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Small-Sided Disciplines Arrive in Tonga". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Amadeu, Pedro. "Two debutants in OFC Futsal Nations Cup". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Staff and Coach Profile: Manulaaina Tu'alau". Tonga Football Association. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Amadeu, Pedro. "OFC Futsal Nations Cup: a flogging day". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Amadeu, Pedro. "Measles affected Tonga in OFC Futsal Nations Cup". Oceania Football Center. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Fiji's Health Minister Stops National Futsal Team from Returning Home". Loop Tonga. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Tonga eyeing to spot top place in the OFC Futsal Nations Cup 2023". Tonga Football Association. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ Akau’ola, Justin. "Underdogs Determined to Impress at OFC Nations Futsal Cup 2023". Oceania Football Confederation. Retrieved 24 July 2024.

External links

Official TFA website

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¹ Associate member of OFC - Not a member of FIFA ² Not a member of OFC and consequently not a member of FIFA ³ Northern Mariana Islands was only an associate member of OFC between 1998 and 2009 - Not a member of FIFA ⁴ Although not geographically in Oceania, Chinese Taipei was a member of the OFC between 1976–1978 and 1982–1989 Although not geographically in Oceania Israel entered OFC World Cup qualification in 1986 and 1990 due to political reasons, though it never became a formal OFC member.