Coupe T.O.M or The Pacific French Territories Cup is a cup competed for by clubs from
Tahiti
Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...
and
New Caledonia
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. T.O.M. stands for
Territoires d'Outre-Mer
The term overseas territory (french: territoire d'outre-mer or TOM) is an administrative division of France and is currently only applied to the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
The division differs from that of overseas department and ...
, which includes Tahiti and New Caledonia. The other two T.O.M.s are
Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna, officially the Territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands (; french: Wallis-et-Futuna or ', Fakauvea and Fakafutuna: '), is a French island collectivity in the South Pacific, situated between Tuvalu to the northwest, Fiji ...
, whose standard of football is much lower, and the
Southern and Antarctic Lands, which are uninhabited except for scientific personnel. All inhabited T.O.M.s are now called ''C.O.M.s'', french: collectivités d'outre-mer or
overseas collectivities
The French overseas collectivities (''collectivité d'outre-mer'' or ''COM'') are first-order administrative divisions of France, like the French regions, but have a semi-autonomous status. The COMs include some former French overseas colonie ...
). The winners qualify for the
Outremer Champions Cup
Outremer Champions Cup was a football cup tournament held annually between 1997 and 2007 and contested by four teams from overseas departments and territories of France, including winners of the Coupe T.O.M., Coupe D.O.M. and Océan Indien Cup ...
.
Previous winners
References
Championnat des Territoires Français du Pacifique (Coupe T.O.M.)
{{Friendly association football tournaments in France
Football competitions in New Caledonia
Football competitions in French Polynesia
International club association football competitions in Oceania
TOM
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
Defunct international club association football competitions in Oceania