Tuvalu national football team
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| Association | Tuvalu Soccer Association | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Vaiaku Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | TUV | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 195 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Tahiti 18 - 0 Tuvalu  (Suva, Fiji; August 29, 1979) |
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Biggest win Tuvalu 5 - 3 Tonga  (Suva, Fiji; August 31, 1979) |
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| Biggest defeat Tahiti 18 - 0 Tuvalu (Suva, Fiji; August 29, 1979) |
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The Tuvalu national soccer team is the international football team of Tuvalu. The team is not affiliated by FIFA, but is an associate member of the OFC.
The national team is controlled by the Tuvalu Soccer Association and played three international matches in the 1979 South Pacific Games, held in Fiji. There, the team recorded both its largest win, 5-3 against Tonga, and its worst defeat, losing 18-0 to Tahiti.
It also participated in four games at the South Pacific Games in 2003, again held in Fiji. After defeating Kiribati in their opening game, the Tuvaluan team lost their remaining three matches and finished fourth out of five in Pool A.
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