Battle of the Giants (Fiji)

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The Battle of the Giants is a football (soccer) competition held every year, under the auspices of the Fiji Football Association, in Fiji 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 the competition as a way of earning money for cash starved footaball 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 due to restrictions placed on organised competitions on Sunday, by the military government led to all soccer competitions in Fiji being abandoned

1 Nature of tournament
2 Battle of the Giants Roll of Champions
3 Most successful teams
4 External links

[edit] Nature of tournament

The top 10 district teams take part in the tournament. At present these teams are Ba, Labasa, Lautoka, Nadi, Nadroga, Nasinu, Navua, Rewa, Suva and Tavua. The teams are divided into two pools of five and each team plays all the other teams once, over three days. A win is worth 3 points, a draw 2 points and a loss 0 points. The top two teams in each pool qualify for the semi-finals, with the winner of each pool playing the runner-up of the other pool. The semi-finals and the final are played on the same day.

[edit] Battle of the Giants Roll of Champions

Year	Venue	Winner	Runner-up	Score	Notes
1978	Ba	Nadi	Ba	1 - 0	-
1979	Lautoka	Ba	Rewa	4 - 2	Penality kicks
1980	Ba	Nadi	Ba	3 - 0	-
1981	Lautoka	Ba	Lautoka	2 - 0	-
1982	Suva	Suva	Ba	-	Match awarded to Suva
1983	Nadi	Nadi	Lautoka	1 - 0	-
1984	Ba	Ba	Suva	1 - 0	-
1985	Suva	Lautoka	Rewa	3 - 0	-
1986	Nadi	Nadi	Labasa	1 - 0
1987	-	-	-	-	No competition due to coup
1988	Nadi	Suva	Ba	4 - 3	Penality kicks
1989	Rewa	Nadroga	Nasinu	1 - 0	-
1990	Ba	Ba	Suva	5 - 4	Peanlity kicks
1991	Rewa	Nadroga	Nasinu	5 - 4	Penality kicks
1992	Lautoka	Ba	Lautoka	1 - 0	-
1993	Rewa	Ba	Labasa	1 - 0	-
1994	Nadi	Rewa	Ba	-	Ba defaulted the Replay under Protest
1995	Suva	Suva	Navua	2 - 1	-
1996	Ba	Nadi	Tavua	3 - 1	-
1997	Labasa	Labasa	Nadi	1 - 0	-
1998	Nadi	Ba	Nadi	1 - 0	-
1999	Lautoka	Ba	Tavua	1 - 0	-
2000	Lautoka	Ba	Labasa	2 - 0	-
2001	Nadi	Ba	Lautoka	2 - 0	-
2002	Labasa	Nadroga	Labasa	2 - 1	-
2003	Lautoka	Rewa	Ba	1 - 0	-
2004	Ba	Rewa	Ba	2-0	-
2005	Suva	Navua	Rewa	1-0	-
2006	Nadi	Ba	Suva	2 - 1	-