The 2019 Tuvalu A-Division was the 19th season of top flight

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an island country and microstate in the Polynesian subregion of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean. Its islands are situated about midway between Hawaii and Australia. They lie east-northeast ...

. The season started and finish on 2019.

Tuvalu A-Division competition

The competition takes place at the 1,500-capacity

Tuvalu Sports Ground Tuvalu Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium in Funafuti, Tuvalu. It is currently used mostly for football and rugby matches. The stadium holds 1,500 people. It is the only stadium in Tuvalu so all football tournaments are played at the stadiu ...

Funafuti Funafuti is the capital of the island nation of Tuvalu. It has a population of 6,320 people (2017 census), and so it has more people than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with approximately 60% of the population. It consists of a narrow sweep of la ...

, this is the only football field in Tuvalu. The football clubs are based on the communities of the 8 major

islands of Tuvalu Tuvalu consists of nine separate islands: six atolls and three reef islands. An atoll typically consists of several islets: Tuvalu has a total of 124 islands and islets. Each island is surrounded by a coral reef. Tuvalu's small, widely scattered a ...

, with the rivalry between these 8 teams being maintained by each having a ‘home’ island.

Clubs

The 2019 edition of the

Tuvalu A-Division Tuvalu A-Division or The National Provident Fund Championship League (NPF) is the top football division in Tuvalu. Eight of the nine islands in Tuvalu are represented in the competition. Niulakita is the only island that has no football club. Som ...

was played between 9 teams (Tofaga FC entered 2 teams into the A-Division competition): *

Lakena United Lakena United is a Tuvalu football club from Nanumea, playing in the Tuvalu A-Division. The team's home ground is the Tuvalu Sports Ground, the only football field in Tuvalu Tuvalu ( or ; formerly known as the Ellice Islands) is an isl ...

(

Nanumea Nanumea is the northwesternmost atoll in the Polynesian nation of Tuvalu, a group of nine coral atolls and islands spread over about of the Pacific Ocean just south of the equator and west of the International Date Line. Nanumea is with a popul ...

) * FC Manu Laeva (

Nukulaelae Nukulaelae is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu, and it has a population of 300 (2017 census). The largest settlement is Pepesala on Fangaua islet with a population of 300 people (2017 Census). It has the form of an oval and consists of ...

) *

Nauti FC Nauti FC is a Tuvalu football club from Funafuti, playing in the Tuvalu A-Division. The team's home ground is the Tuvalu Sports Ground, the only football field in Tuvalu. Nauti is one of the most successful teams in Tuvalu, with the most tro ...

A1 (

) *

A2 (

) * FC Niutao (

Niutao Niutao is a reef island in the northern part of Tuvalu. It is one of the nine districts (islands) of Tuvalu. It is also one of the three districts that consist of only one island - not counting the three islets inside the closed lagoon. Niutao has ...

) * Tamanuku (

Nukufetau Nukufetau is an atoll that is part of the nation of Tuvalu. The atoll was claimed by the US under the Guano Islands Act some time in the 19th century and was ceded in a treaty of friendship concluded in 1979 and coming into force in 1983. It has a ...

) * Tofaga FC A1 (

Vaitupu Vaitupu is the largest atoll of the nation of Tuvalu. It is located at 7.48 degrees south and 178.83 degrees east. There are 1,061 people (2017 Census) living on with the main village being Asau. Geography The island, which covers approxima ...

) * Tofaga FC A2 (

) * Vaoloa ( Nui)

Classification Final

1.Nauti A1 7 6 0 1 46- 8 18 Champions ------------------------------------------------------ 2.Tofaga A1 7 5 1 1 26- 5 16 3.Manu Laeva 7 4 2 1 29-12 14 4.Tamanuku 7 4 2 1 20-14 14 5.Lakena United 7 2 3 2 25-21 9 6.Vaoloa 7 2 2 3 15-18 8 7.Niutao 7 2 1 4 22-25 7 8.Nauti A2 7 1 1 5 11-42 4 9.Tofaga A2 8 0 0 8 6-55 0

Topscorers

References

External links

tnfa.tv

vriendenvantuvalu.nl

soccerway.com
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