2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup

The 2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup, commonly referred to as Micro Cup 2023, was the inaugural edition of the Micronesian Futsal Cup, the international futsal championship organised by Federated States of Micronesia Football Association for the men's national teams of Micronesia. It was the first competition of any kind for the FSM islands for five years (since the three islands participated in the 2018 Micronesian Games) and its first futsal event.[1][2]

2023 Micronesian Futsal Cup
FSM Futsal Cup 2023
Tournament details
Host country Pohnpei
CityKolonia
Dates8–15 July
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Yap (1st title)
Runners-up Kosrae
Third place Pohnpei
Fourth place Chuuk
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored133 (13.3 per match)
Best player(s)Yap State Maphrick Ruweday
Best young playerKosrae Yobi Laurdine
Best goalkeeperKosrae Nick Santiago

Yap emerged as the champions of the tournament by defeating Kosrae in the final with a score of 9 to 7. Kosrae, making their debut in a futsal or football competition, secured the second position.[3]

Format

The tournament follows a two-stage structure consisting of a group and a knockout stage.

  • Group stage: all participating teams compete against each other once, determining their rankings and seedings for the subsequent knockout stage.
  • knockout stage: the winners from the group stage are paired against the fourth-ranked team, while the second-ranked team faces off against the third-ranked team. The Winners of each semi-final match will then proceed to the final.

Participating nations

On 14 February 2023, the Four states of Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei and Yap) were confirmed as participants with invitations being sent to other nations in the region. However, they did not appear on the final list of participants.

TeamAppLastBest placement in the tournament
 Chuuk
1st
—debut
 Kosrae
1st
—debut
 Pohnpei
1st
—debut
 Yap
1st
—debut

Squads
 Pohnpei[4]
NoPlayer
6Lester James
7Steven Laurdine
8Zack Henly
10Shawn Silbenuz
11Phillip Camriche
14Galiart James
22Paul Ryan
33MacArthur James
 Yap[5]
NoPlayer
1Dylan Tangrus
3Robert Guswel
4Jarret Tailig
7Maphrick Ruweday
10Sean Southwick
13Myles Mailing
 Chuuk[6]
NoPlayer
1Micah Nittu
5Season Elimo
7Robert Vonvon
8K-Kin Kin
10Daichy Rudolph
11Luke Kayden Mersai
12Mark Nittu
13Texter Rain
 Kosrae[7]
NoPlayer
3Kenny Aldana
7Khriis Diau
8Yobi Laurdine
9Nick Santiago
10Travis Henly
11Frankie Donre

Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kosrae 3 2 0 1 21 14 +7 6 Semi-final 1
2  Yap 3 2 0 1 19 16 +3 6 Semi-final 2
3  Pohnpei (H) 3 1 0 2 18 19 −1 3
4  Chuuk 3 1 0 2 16 25 −9 3 Semi-final 1
Source:
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Pohnpei 10–3 Chuuk
Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia
Kosrae 7–2 Yap
Report
  • Mailing Goal
  • Southwick Goal
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia
Pohnpei 1–6 Yap
Report
  • Ruweday GoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Mailing Goal
  • Guswel Goal
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia
Kosrae 4–5 Chuuk
Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia
Pohnpei 7–10 Kosrae
Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia
Yap 11–8 Chuuk
  • Ruweday GoalGoalGoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Mailing GoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Guswel Goal
 Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
 
 
 Kosrae9
 
14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
 
 Chuuk2
 
 Kosrae7
 
12 July- Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
 
 Yap9
 
 Yap10
 
 
 Pohnpei5
 
Third place
 
 
14 July - Pohnpei Public Gymnasium
 
 
 Chuuk5
 
 
 Pohnpei12

Semi-finals
Kosrae 9–2 Chuuk
Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia
Yap 10–5 Pohnpei
  • Ruweday GoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Guswel GoalGoalGoal
  • Mailing GoalGoal
  • Southwick Goal
 Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Third place Match
Chuuk 5–12 Pohnpei
Report
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Final
Kosrae 7–9 Yap
Report
  • Ruweday GoalGoalGoalGoalGoalGoalGoalGoal
  • Southwick Goal
Pohnpei Public Gymnasium, Kolonia

Goalscorers

There were 38 goals scored in 5 matches, for an average of 7.6 goals per match.

22 goals

  • Yap State Maphrick Ruweday

8 goals

  • Yap State Myles Mailing

5 goals

  • Yap State Robert Guswel

3 goals

  • Yap State Sean Southwick

Marketing

Branding

The official emblem was designed by Canadian Noah Wheelock and unveiled in April 2023. it features the lorikeet to represent the host Pohnpei. the bird was surrounded by a blue circle and several blue stars to show the unity of the Federated States of Micronesia.

Sponsorship
  • United Kingdom HA7 Classical Shirts

References
  1. "Micro Cup the first step on the road to reviving FSM's ill fated national soccer team". abc.net.au. Tahlea Aualiitia. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  2. "Inside tiny islands clinging to World Cup dreams despite FIFA not recognising them". mirror.co.uk. Tom Victor. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. Jaynes, Bill. "Yap team takes first place at historic first ever FSM National Futsal Championship". The Kaselehlie Press. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  4. @RealFSMFootball (June 29, 2023). "Pohnpei — Call ups" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. @RealFSMFootball (July 3, 2023). "Yap — Call ups" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. @RealFSMFootball (July 5, 2023). "Chuuk — Call ups" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. @RealFSMFootball (July 4, 2023). "Kosrae — Call ups" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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