2019 Fiji Battle of the Giants

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2019 Battle of The Giants
Season2019
Champions Labasa
Matches played16
Goals scored44 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerSairusi Nalaubu (Suva)
(6 goals)
Highest scoringSuva 8-1 Tavua
2018
2020

The 2019 Battle of the Giants is the 41st season of Battle of the Giants a football competition held every year, under the auspices of the Fiji Football Association in which the top district teams take part.

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The competition, which started in 1978, was due to the foresight of J.D. Maharaj, who saw it as a way of earning money for cash starved football associations in Fiji. This was the first time that a football competition in Fiji was sponsored by businesses. The competition has been held every year except 1987, when restrictions placed by the military government on organised competitions on Sunday led to all soccer competitions in Fiji being abandoned.

Teams

The 8 teams from 2019 Fiji Premier League play the Battle of The Giants.

TeamLocation
Ba Ba
Labasa Labasa
Lautoka Lautoka
Nadi Nadi
Nasinu Nasinu
Rewa Nausori
Suva Suva
Tavua Tavua

Group Stage

The 8 teams were split in two groups with four teams each. The top two advanced to semifinal.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Labasa 321040+47
2 Suva 312081+75
3 Ba 31111214
4 Tavua 3003111100
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source:

Results

Home \ Away BAF TAV SUV LAB
Ba 1–00–00–2
Navua 1–80–2
Suva 0–0
Labasa
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source: [1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 Lautoka 321071+67
2 Nasinu 31112534
3 Nadi 310243+13
4 Rewa 30212642
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source:

Results

Home \ Away NAS REW NAD LAU
Nasinu 0–11–00–4
Rewa 0–41–1
Nadi 0–2
Lautoka
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Semi-finals

Nasinu 0-3 [3] Labasa
Report
Churchill Park
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Avinesh Narayan
Lautoka 4-1 [4] Suva
Report
Churchill Park
Referee: Ravitesh Behari

3rd Place Match

Nasinu 2-4 [5] Suva
Report
Churchill Park
Referee: Adriu Naisiroki

Final

Labasa 1-0 [6] Lautoka
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Report
Churchill Park
Referee: Ravitesh Behari

Top scorers

[7]

As of match 1 September 2019
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Fiji.svg Sairusi Nalaubu Suva 6
2 Flag of the Solomon Islands.svg Gagame Feni Suva 3
Flag of Fiji.svg Ratu Apenisa Suva
Flag of Fiji.svg Ilisoni Lolaivalu Labasa

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