The Kiribati National Championship is the top division of competitive football in the nation of Kiribati, founded in 2002 by the Kiribati Islands Football Association, the nations football governing body.[1] The association and the National Championships are based in the capital city, South Tarawa.[2]
The competition reunites only temporary council teams (one council team on each island, two council teams on Tabiteuea and 3 teams on Tarawa) and is disputed during Te Runga, the National Games held every two years.
These are the current clubs for the 2023 season:
- Betio Town Council
- Nonouti
- Marakei
- Tamana
- Arorae
- Kuria
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- Teinainano Urban Council
- Abemama
- Banaba
- North Tarawa
- Beru
- Tabiteuea South
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- Butaritari
- Maiana
- Abaiang
- Tabiteuea North
- Tabuaeran
- Kiritimati
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- Aranuka
- Makin
- Nikunau
- Onotoa
- Teraina
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Previous winners are:[3]
| Season
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Champion
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Result
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Runners-up
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Venue
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| 1984
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South Tarawa
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3–1
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Abaiang
|
Unknown
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| 1985–1986: not known (possibly not held)
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| 1987
|
Makin
|
—
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| 1988–1994: not known (many years: not held)
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| 1995
|
Betio Town Council
|
—
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| 1996
|
Tarawa Urban Council
|
—
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| 1997
|
Tarawa Urban Council
|
—
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| 1998: not held
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| 1999
|
Betio Town Council
|
—
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| 2000
|
Onotoa
|
—
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| 2001: not held
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| 2000
|
Arorae
|
—
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| 2004
|
Tarawa Urban Council
|
2–1
|
Betio Town Council
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| 2005: not held
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| 2006
|
Betio Town Council
|
3–1
|
Tarawa Urban Council 1
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| 2007–2008: not held
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| 2009
|
Betio Town Council
|
—
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| 2010
|
Makin
|
1–1 (a.e.t.), (4–1 p)
|
Marakei
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| 2011–2012: not held
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| 2013
|
Makin
|
4–0
|
Butaritari
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| 2014
|
Unknown
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| 2015–2016: not held
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| 2017
|
Nonouti
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2–0
|
Aranuka
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| 2018: not held
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| 2019
|
Betio Town Council
|
3–2
|
Tarawa Urban Council
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| 2020–2022: not held
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| 2023
|
Betio Town Council
|
3–2
|
Tarawa Urban Council
|
Bairiki National Stadium
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| Club
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Wins
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Winning years
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| Betio Town Council
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6
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1995, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2019, 2023
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| Makin
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3
|
1987, 2010, 2013
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| Teinainano Urban Council
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1996, 1997, 2004
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| South Tarawa
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1
|
1987
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| Onotoa
|
2000
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| Arorae
|
2002
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| Nonouti
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2017
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