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Football league season
2019 Battle of The Giants
Season2019
ChampionsLabasa
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.

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.

Team Location
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Labasa 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
2 Suva 3 1 2 0 8 1 +7 5
3 Ba 3 1 1 1 1 2 −1 4
4 Tavua 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source:

Results

Home \ Away BAF TAV SUV LAB
Ba 1–0 0–0 0–2
Navua 1–8 0–2
Suva 0–0
Labasa
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source:
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Lautoka 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7
2 Nasinu 3 1 1 1 2 5 −3 4
3 Nadi 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 3
4 Rewa 3 0 2 1 2 6 −4 2
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source:

Results

Home \ Away NAS REW NAD LAU
Nasinu 0–1 1–0 0–4
Rewa 0–4 1–1
Nadi 0–2
Lautoka
Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2019. Source:
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

Nasinu0-3Labasa
Report
Churchill ParkAttendance: 5000Referee: Avinesh Narayan
Lautoka4-1Suva
Report
Churchill ParkReferee: Ravitesh Behari

3rd-place match

Nasinu2-4Suva
Report
Churchill ParkReferee: Adriu Naisiroki

Final

Labasa1-0Lautoka
  • Siotame Kubu 80'
Report
Churchill ParkReferee: Ravitesh Behari

Top scorers

As of match 1 September 2019
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Fiji Sairusi Nalaubu Suva 6
2 Solomon Islands Gagame Feni Suva 3
Fiji Ratu Apenisa Suva
Fiji Ilisoni Lolaivalu Labasa

See also

References

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External links

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