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The Kiribati women's national football team is the women's national football team of
Kiribati Kiribati (), officially the Republic of Kiribati ( gil, ibaberikiKiribati),Kiribati
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and is controlled by the
Kiribati Islands Football Association The Kiribati Islands Football Association, formerly the Kiribati Islands Football Federation, is the governing body of football in Kiribati, established in 1980. It organises the nation's football league, the Kiribati National Championship, as wel ...
. Kiribati is not a member of
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or of the
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 ...
(OFC), and is therefore not eligible to enter the
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. Kiribati is a member of
ConIFA The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA. Competitions Women's football All members of CONIFA are encouraged to inv ...
, though there have been no women's tournaments to date for the side to participate in.


Background

Kiribati have played six international matches up to July 2019 where they scored 2 goals and conceded 38 in the Football at the 2003 South Pacific Games – Women's tournament. Kiribati's first match took place in
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on 30 June 2003 when they played
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, losing 13–0 in a South Pacific Games match. The side have never won a match but came very close when they lost 2–1 to
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on 7 July 2003 also in the South Pacific Games in Fiji. Kiribati's only two goals in the 2003 Pacific games were scored by Moaniti Teuea versus Tonga in the 48th minute. and versus
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in the 10th minute. On 6 May 2016, Kiribati was formally accepted as the newest member of ConIFA (Confederation of Independent Football Associations), becoming the first ever Oceanic member to join the federation. As of July 2019, Kiribati's women's team have played no games under
ConIFA The Confederation of Independent Football Associations (CONIFA) is the international governing body for association football teams that are not affiliated with FIFA. Competitions Women's football All members of CONIFA are encouraged to inv ...
.


Results and fixtures

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2003


South Pacific / Pacific Games record


Brief Record

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 – ''Did not enter''


Performances


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Current squad

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See also

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Kiribati national football team The Kiribati national football team is the national men's football team of Kiribati and is controlled by the Kiribati Islands Football Association. Kiribati is not a member of FIFA but is an associate member of the Oceania Football Confederatio ...
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Kiribati national futsal team The Kiribati national futsal team represents Kiribati in futsal. They participated in the 2011 Oceanian Futsal Championship. Their biggest loss was 21–1 to the New Zealand national futsal team. Their biggest victory was 3–2 over Tuvalu ...


References


External links


Kiribati women's results at rsssf
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