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

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. 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, and therefore all football tournaments are played ...

Funafuti Funafuti is an atoll, comprising numerous islets, that serves as the capital of Tuvalu. As of the 2017 census, it has a population of 6,320 people. More people live in Funafuti than the rest of Tuvalu combined, with it containing approximately 6 ...

, 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 motus: Tuvalu has a total of 124 islands and islets. Each island is surrounded by a coral reef. The soils of Tuvalu's islands are ...

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

Clubs

The 2019 edition of the Tuvalu A-Division 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 ( ) is an island country in the Polynesian subregion o ...

(

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 po ...

) * 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 341 people (2022 Census). It has the form of an oval and consist ...

) *

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 trop ...

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. Niuta ...

) * 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 h ...

) * 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 1,077 people (2022 Census) living on with the main village being Asau. History Discovery and settlement The exa ...

) * 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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