2019 Cook Islands Round Cup

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Cook Islands Round Cup
Season2019
Champions Tupapa Maraerenga
OFC Champions League Tupapa Maraerenga
Matches played45
Goals scored202 (4.49 per match)
Biggest winNikao Sokattak 12-0 Titikaveka
Highest scoringNikao Sokattak 13-2 Avatiu
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The 2019 Cook Islands Round Cup (also known as Vans Premiership due to sponsorship reasons) was the 46th recorded edition of the Cook Islands Round Cup, the top association football league of the Cook Islands organised by the Cook Islands Football Association. This season kicked off on 2 August 2019, and was competed by six teams from the island of Rarotonga in triple round-robin format. [1] Tupapa Maraerenga won the league for the third straight year and qualified for the 2020 OFC Champions League, though they withdrew from that competition in the group stage. [2]

Contents

Teams

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Tupapa Maraerenga (C, Q)1511316012+4836Qualification to OFC Champions League qualifying stage
2 Nikao Sokattak 1510235923+3632
3 Puaikura 156453522+1322
4 Titikaveka 155372352−2918
5 Matavera 1523101544−299
6 Avatiu 1523101958−399
Source: Cook Islands FA
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Results

ROUND 1 [3] – 2 and 3 August 2019 [4]

Titikaveka 4–3 Tupapa Maraerenga
Avatiu 1–4 Nikao Sokattak
Puaikura 4–0 Matavera

ROUND 2 [5] – 9 and 10 August 2019

Tupapa Maraerenga 1–0 Matavera
Nikao Sokattak 2–2 Titikaveka
Avatiu 1-3 Puaikura (postponed due to rain) [6] [7]

ROUND 3 [8] – 16 and 17 August 2019

Tupapa Maraerenga 2–2 Puaikura
Nikao Sokattak 2–1 Matavera
Titikaveka 4–0 Avatiu [9]

ROUND 4 [10] - 23 and 24 August 2019 [11]

Puaikura 1-3 Nikao Sokattak
Tupapa Maraerenga 6-0 Avatiu
Titikaveka 3-0 Matavera

ROUND 5 [12] - 20 and 21 September 2019 [13]

Nikao Sokkatak 0-4 Tupapa Maraerenga
Matavera 1-0 Avatiu
Puaikura 0-1 Titikaveka

ROUND 6 [14] - 27 and 28 September 2019 [15]

Tupapa Marerenga 3-0 Titikaveka
Nikao Sokattak 13-2 Avatiu
Puaikura 1-1 Matavera

ROUND 7 [16] - 4 and 5 October 2019

Avatiu 1-5 Puaikura
Matavera 0-3 Tupapa Maraerenga
Titikaveka 0-4 Nikao Sokattak

ROUND 8 [17] - 11 and 12 October 2019 [18]

Matavera 2-10 Nikao Sokattak
Puaikura 1-3 Tupapa Maraerenga
Avatiu 3-0 Titikaveka

ROUND 9 [19] – 18 and 19 October 2019 [20]

Nikao Sokattak 2-1 Puaikura
Avatiu 1-4 Tupapa Maraerenga
Titikaveka 2-2 Matavera

ROUND 10 - 25 and 26 October 2019 [21]

Nikao Sokattak 1-3 Tupapa Maraerenga
Avatiu 2-2 Matavera
Puaikura 4-2 Titikaveka

ROUND 11 - 01 and 2 November 2019 [22]

Nikao Sokattak 3-1 Avatiu
Puaikura 0-3 Matavera
Tupapa Maraerenga 8-0 Titikaveka

ROUND 12 - 07 and 8 November 2019 [23]

Nikao Sokattak 12-0 Titikaveka
Puaikura 1-1 Avatiu
Tupapa Maraerenga 9-0 Matavera

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