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The OFC Beach Soccer Championship is the main international championship for beach soccer in Oceania, mirroring that of the OFC Nations Cup in association football. Also known as the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers for OFC, the championship was established in 2006 after FIFA made requirements for all confederations to begin holding a qualification tournament to determine the best national team(s) in the region and hence those who would go on to represent their continent in the World Cup. Oceania was awarded just one spot at the finals under FIFA's new changes to the organisation of the World Cup and hence only the winners of the championship proceed to the succeeding World Cup finals. Before 2006, there was no consistent method of qualification or number of spots at the World Cup for Oceanian nations, with countries often simply being invited to play in the finals, without competing for a regional crown beforehand. The Solomon Islands are the most successful nation having dominated the championships, winning four of the five that have taken place. However, Tahiti have emerged as a global force in more recent years. Now that the World Cup takes place every two years, so does the championship which started with the qualifiers for the 2011 World Cup. ==Tournaments== Notes: :A Due to a late calendar change bringing the World Cup forward from November to July, the OFC judged that it would be too difficult to reorganise the Championship in time, and hence on the back of their two previous titles, the Solomon Islands where hand-picked by the OFC as the continent's representative at the World Cup. :B Tahiti, despite being defending champions, were unable to compete due to a pre-arranged tour of Europe to play against higher level opposition in preparation as host nation of the World Cup. Hence the competition was moved from Tahiti to New Caledonia. :C Due to undisclosed circumstances, the tournament scheduled to take place in Papeete, Tahiti in February was cancelled with the Tahitian national team picked by the OFC to go to represent Oceania at the World Cup. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「OFC Beach Soccer Championship」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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