Fiji will play in the third place playoff at the 2023 OFC Beach Soccer Nations Cup in Tahiti on Sunday after losing 5-3 to the hosts in an exciting encounter
Tahiti s Heiarii Tavanae scored twice in the final.
Photo: OFC via Phototek
The regional championship was set to be held in Tahiti and serves as the Oceania qualifier for the Beach Soccer World Cup, but was rescheduled multiple times due to border closures throughout the Pacific.
OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo said the organisation exhausted all possible options to play the tournament before coming to this decision.
OFC General Secretary Franck Castillo.
Photo: Supplied The sad reality of the coronavirus pandemic is that we have a number of hurdles to overcome to operate our tournaments and we are still unable to do so given the border closures throughout the Pacific, he said.