Sport | Australian rules football |
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Inaugural season | 2009 |
Most recent champion(s) | Nauru (2019) |
Most titles | Fiji Nauru (4 titles) |
The Oceania Cup is an annual under-16 Australian rules football competition contested by the national teams of the Oceania region of the Pacific. The tournament is held in December each year. [1] [2] The event was first held in 2009. [3] [4] Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 edition of the tournament was announced as the first to be held since 2019 and the first to feature a women's division. [5]
The following nations have taken part in at least one edition of the competition.
Year | Host | Participants | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Ref. |
2009 | Fiji | Cathedral Secondary School Grounds, Suva | Tonga | Nauru | [6] [7] | |
2010 | Tonga | Nukuʻalofa | Papua New Guinea | Tonga | [8] | |
2011 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | New Zealand | Nauru | [9] [10] | |
2012 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | Fiji | Nauru | [11] | |
2013 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | Nauru | Fiji | [12] | |
2014 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | Fiji | Nauru | [13] | |
2015 | Fiji | Furnival Park, Suva | Nauru | Fiji | [14] [15] | |
2016 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | Nauru | Fiji | [16] [4] | |
2017 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | Fiji | Nauru | [17] | |
2018 | Fiji |
| Albert Park, Suva | Fiji | Nauru | [18] |
2019 | Fiji |
| Albert Park, Suva | Nauru | Fiji | [19] |
2023 | Fiji | Albert Park, Suva | Papua New Guinea | Nauru | [20] [21] | |
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