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Tonga Football Association
The Tonga Football Association is the governing body of football in Tonga. It oversees the Tonga national football team, Tonga Major League and the Tonga Cup in international and club football respectively. Tonga is a full member of FIFA and OFC and participates in major tournaments like FIFA World Cup Qualifiers and OFC Nations Cup.Check www.ofc.com for more info References External links Official website at the FIFA website. Tongaat OFC site Tonga national football team picture Tonga Football in Tonga Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ... Sports organizations established in 1965 {{Tonga-sport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oceania Football Confederation
The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) is one of the six continental confederations of international association football. The OFC has 13 members, 11 of which are full members and two which are associate members not affiliated with FIFA. It promotes the game in Oceania and allows the List of men's national association football teams#OFC (Oceania), member nations to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. OFC is predominantly made up of island nations where association football is not the most popular sport, with low GDP and low population meaning very little money is generated by the OFC nations. The OFC has little influence in the wider football world, either in terms of international competition or as a source of players for high-profile club competitions. OFC is the only confederation to have not had at least one international title, the best result being Australia making 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Final, the final of the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. In 2006, the OFC's larges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loto-Tonga Soka Centre
The Loto-Tonga Soka Centre is a Association football, football facility in Nukuʻalofa, Tonga. It was funded by FIFA through the world football body's Goal Programme and was opened in 2001. It hosted matches of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – OFC first round, first round of the OFC 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. The main office of the Tonga Football Association is also located within the venue. It has a capacity of 1,500 and is home to the Tonga national football team and Veitongo FC. References Football venues in Tonga Rugby league stadiums in Tonga Sports venues completed in 2001 Nukuʻalofa 2001 establishments in Tonga {{Tonga-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonga
Tonga (, ; ), officially the Kingdom of Tonga ( to, Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is a Polynesian country and archipelago. The country has 171 islands – of which 45 are inhabited. Its total surface area is about , scattered over in the southern Pacific Ocean. As of 2021, according to Johnson's Tribune, Tonga has a population of 104,494, 70% of whom reside on the main island, Tongatapu. The country stretches approximately north-south. It is surrounded by Fiji and Wallis and Futuna (France) to the northwest; Samoa to the northeast; New Caledonia (France) and Vanuatu to the west; Niue (the nearest foreign territory) to the east; and Kermadec (New Zealand) to the southwest. Tonga is about from New Zealand's North Island. First inhabited roughly 2,500 years ago by the Lapita civilization, Tonga's Polynesian settlers gradually evolved a distinct and strong ethnic identity, language, and culture as the Tongan people. They were quick to establish a powerful footing acr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonga National Football Team
The Tonga national football team ( to, timi soka fakafonua ʻa Tonga) represents Tonga in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association, which is a part of the Oceania Football Confederation. History Information Football in Tonga Tonga's greatest football triumph to date was their triumph in the first ever Polynesian Cup held in 1993 over Samoa national football team, Samoa and the Cook Islands national football team, Cook Islands. Although local players have not yet made their mark on big leagues abroad, the Chief Executive of the Tonga Football Association, Joe Topou, was appointed to the FIFA Executive Committee in 2002. The second Goal project Tonga's second Goal project will develop and improve the national football academy and the association's headquarters in Atele, Tongatapu, which was built in the country's first Goal project. This development work has the aim that all of the Tonga Football Association's needs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonga Major League
Tonga Major League is the top football division of the Tonga Football Association in Tonga. The 2021 season's champion was Veitongo FC. Teams are relegated to the Tonga Division II. The league is not fully professional. Clubs (2019) Premier Division * Fahefa * Ha'amoko United Youth * Lavengatonga * Longoteme * Lotoha'apai United * Marist Prems * Navutoka * Veitongo Division 1 * Ahau * Ahononou * Fua'amotu * Houmakelikao Steeler * Houmakelikao 11 Zion * Kolomotu'a * Lavengatonga * Vaolongolongo * Longoteme * Nukuhetulu Women's * Fahefa *Fasi & Afi * Lavengatonga * Vaolongolongo * Longoteme * Lotoha'apai United * Marist Prems * Navutoka * Veitongo Previous winners Previous winners are: * 1969–70: Kolofo'ou No.1 * 1970–71: Kolofo'ou No.1 * 1971–72: Kolofo'ou No.1, Veitongo and Ngeleia ''(shared)'' *1972–73: ''Unknown'' *1974: Kolofo'ou *1975: Kolofo'ou *1976–77: ''Unknown'' *1978: Veitongo *1979: ''Unknown'' * 1980–81: 'Atenisi United *1982: Ngeleia *1983: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonga Cup
The Tonga Cup is Tonga's men's football domestic cup held annually. The current titleholders are Ngeleʻia FC. Previous winners They are: *1981: Ngele'ia FC *1982: Ngele'ia FC *1983: Ngele'ia FC *1984: Veitongo FC *1985: Ngele'ia FC *1986: Ngele'ia FC *1987: Ngele'ia FC *1988: Ngele'ia FC *1989-1993: ''not held'' *1994: Navutoka FC *1995-1997: ''not held'' *1998: Veitongo FC *1999-2001: ''not held'' *2002: Ngele'ia FC *2003: Ngele'ia FC *2004-2008: ''not held'' *2009-2010: ''not know'' *2011: Marist FC *2012-2019: ''not know'' *2020: Veitongo FC Veitongo Football Club is a football club from Tonga, currently playing in the Tonga Major League, the highest level of association football competition in Tonga. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Men's National Association Football Teams
This is a '''listof the men's national association football teams in the world. There are more nations with football teams than for any other sport, with teams representing 191 of the 193 UN member states, as well as several dependent territories, sub-national entities, and states that are not members of the United Nations. This list divides teams into three main groups: * Teams that are either members of ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (FIFA), the world's football governing body (211 teams), or have membership in a FIFA-affiliated continental confederation without being members of FIFA (11 teams). * Teams that are not members of FIFA or any continental federation, but which represent sovereign states. This group includes United Nations members and observer states, as well as states that are not members of the UN (11 teams). * This list excludes other teams, which generally play outside FIFA's recognition. Excluded teams include those who represent eth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA
FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' ( French), meaning International Association Football Federation ) is the international governing body of association football, beach football and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia and Australia), UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF (North & Central America and the Caribbean), OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL (South America). FIFA outlines a number of objectives in the organizational Statutes, including growing association football internationally, providing efforts to ensure it is accessible to everyone, and advocating for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA World Cup Qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is a competitive match that a national association football team takes in order to qualify for one of the available berths at the final tournament of the (men's) FIFA World Cup. Qualifying tournaments are held within the six FIFA continental zones, each organized by their respective confederations: AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania), and UEFA (Europe). For each World Cup, FIFA decides the number of places in the finals allocated to each of the zones, based on the numbers and relative strengths of the confederations' teams. As a courtesy, the host receives an automatic berth selection, as has happened with the immediate past tournament winner during much of the competition's history. All other finalists are determined on a standalone qualifying round achievement without regard to previous achievements. History The berths for the inaugural 1930 tourname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
OFC Nations Cup
The OFC Nations Cup is an international association football tournament held among the OFC member nations. It was held every two years from 1996 to 2004; before 1996 there were two other tournaments held at irregular intervals, under the name Oceania Nations Cup. No competition was held in 2006, but in the 2008 edition, which also acted as a qualification tournament for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup and for a play-off for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the New Zealand national football team emerged as winners. Historically, a very large gulf separated Australia and New Zealand from the smaller island competitors, and little attention was paid to the tournament by the rest of the football world. In fact, after the first eight editions the trophy had been won only by Australia and New Zealand. In the 2012 OFC Nations Cup, Tahiti became the first team outside of Australia and New Zealand to win the cup. A chief reason for the success of Australia was it having left the OFC. Histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Members Of The Oceania Football Confederation
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Football In Tonga
The sport of football in the country of Tonga is run by the Tonga Football Association. The association administers the national football team, as well as the Tonga Major League. The Tonga national football team The Tonga national football team ( to, timi soka fakafonua ʻa Tonga) represents Tonga in men's international Association football, football and is controlled by the Tonga Football Association, which is a part of the Oceania Football Confederati ... has had limited success internationally. References {{footy-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
