 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 2007, naToakai Puapua semurairidzi, naPetio Semaia semutungamiriri, Tuvalu yakava yekutanga isiri nhengo yeFIFA kutora chikamu mumutambo wepamutemo weWorld Cup. Mamiriro ezvinhu aya akavapo apo dare rinodzora renzvimbo iyi rakashandisa makwikwi enhabvu mumitambo yeSouth Pacific Games ya2007, senhanho yekutanga yemakwikwi ekufanirwanokuda kweFIFA World Cup ya2010 uye mutambo wokugadzirira weOFC Nations Cup ya2008. Fiji yakakunda Tuvalu 160. Zvisinei Tuvalu vakarwa zvakasimba neNew Caledonia vaive vatungamiri vemakwikwi uye vakangorasikirwa 10. VaTuvalu vakazokwikwidza neTahiti 11, nekubudirira kwakaitwa naViliamu Sekifu, Zvisinei, Cook Islands yakakunda Tuvalu 41. Chikwata cheCook Islands chakadzidziswa naTim Jerks uyo akanga ambodzidzisa Tuvalu. 