Kiribati National Championship

The Kiribati National Championship is the top division of competitive football in the nation of Kiribati, founded in 2002 by the Kiribati Islands Football Association, the nations football governing body.[1] The association and the National Championships are based in the capital city, South Tarawa.[2] The competition reunites only temporary council teams (one council team on each island, two council teams on Tabiteuea and 3 teams on Tarawa) and is disputed during Te Runga, the National Games held every two years.

Kiribati National Championship
Founded2002
CountryKiribati
ConfederationOFC
Number of teams23 (2019)
Level on pyramid1
Current championsBetio Town Council (2019)
Most championshipsBetio Town Council (3)

Champions in 2019
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Betio Town Council Bairiki Bairiki National Stadium 2,500

Kiribati National Championship – clubs (2014)

Previous winners

Previous winners are:[3]

  • 1984: South Tarawa
  • 1985–2001: not known (many years: not held)
  • 2002: Arorae
  • 2003: not held
  • 2004: Teinainano Urban Council
  • 2005: not held
  • 2006: Betio Town Council
  • 2007: not held
  • 2008: not known
  • 2009: Betio Town Council
  • 2010: Makin
  • 2011: not held
  • 2012: not held
  • 2013: Makin
  • 2014: not known
  • 2015: not held
  • 2016: not held
  • 2017: Nonouti
  • 2018: not held
  • 2019: Betio Town Council
  • 2020: not held (next Te Runga in 2023)

By titles
Club Wins Winning years
Betio Town Council 3 2006, 2009, 2019
Makin F.C. 2 2010, 2013
Arorae 1 2002
Tarawa Urban Council 2004
Nonouti 2017

Topscorers
Year Best scorers Team Goals
2004 Atiino BaranikoBetio Town Council15
2006 Bebe TureiaaBetio Town Council

References
  1. "About KIFA - Kiribati Islands Football Association". SportsTG. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. "Kiribati - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  3. rsssf.org; Kiribati 2010
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