The Tuvalu A-Division or The National Provident Fund Championship League (NPF) is the top

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division in

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. The league is organised by the

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. Eight of the nine islands in Tuvalu are represented in the league.

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is the only island that has no football club. Matches are held at the 1,500-capacity

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, the only football field on the main island. The league was founded in 2001. There is also the Tuvalu B-Division which is composed of reserve squads from each of the A-Division teams as well as several other teams. A C-Division has also featured occasionally though have only competed in secondary leagues or knockout competitions such as the NBT cup or MEYS (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports) Cup and mostly featured B and C teams of A-Division sides. The major titles in Tuvalu are the Independence Cup (held to recognise the independence of Tuvalu), the NBT Cup (sponsored by The National Bank of Tuvalu), the Christmas Cup, and the football competition at the Tuvalu Games.

Taganoa Cup

Teams in the A-division also compete for the ''Taganoa Cup''. No separate matches are played for this trophy. Instead, teams compete concurrently for the trophy during their league matches. For a team to take ownership of the cup, they must defeat the present holders during a league game. They then become the defending holders until they lose a league match themselves. Whichever team is in possession of the trophy at the end of the season is crowned champions. The first Taganoa Cup competition was held in 2021 and was won by FC Tofaga.

Clubs

As well as having squads in the

Tuvalu B-Division Association football is the most popular sport in Tuvalu. Football in Tuvalu is governed by the Tuvalu National Football Association (TNFA). The TNFA became an associate member association of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) on 15 Novem ...

, many A-Division teams also have a women's team which play in the A-Division Women's League and other competitions. In 2019, FC Tofaga and

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 ...

entered an 'A1 and 'A2' team into the A-Division league. Nauti did this again in 2020.

Previous winners

Number of wins

Source

Goalscorer statistics

Top goalscorers

Top goalscorers by season

Multiple hat-tricks

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does not state goalscorers in some seasons. Therefore, this list is almost certainly not exhaustive.''

External links

References

A-Division Top-level football leagues in Oceania Sports leagues established in 2001 2001 establishments in Tuvalu Long stubs with short prose {{Tuvalu-sport-stub