Sport in Oceania

This article gives a summary about the sports that are played in Oceania.

Overview

The most popular sport in Oceania varies from country to country. The most popular sport in Australia is cricket, the most popular sport among Australian women is netball, while Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings.^[1]^[2]^[3] Rugby is the most popular sport among New Zealanders.^[4] In Papua New Guinea, the most popular sport is the Rugby league.^[5]

Rugby league

Rugby league in Oceania

Main articles	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tokelau Tonga

Major federations	Asia-Pacific Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga

Major competitions	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Papua New Guinea Tonga Solomon Islands

National teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands East Timor Fiji Guam Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tahiti Tokelau Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

Women's national teams	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Niue Samoa Tokelau Tonga

Pacific Cup	1975 1977 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1997 2004 2006 2009

International competitions	Anzac Test Pacific Rugby League International Four Nations Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy

National competitions	National Rugby League New South Wales Rugby League premiership State of Origin series

Rugby union

Rugby union in Oceania

By country	Australia Fiji Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu American Samoa Cook Islands French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Niue Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

Men's rugby union national teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands East Timor Fiji Guam Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

Women's rugby union national teams	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Samoa Tonga

Men's rugby sevens national teams	American Samoa Australia Cook Islands East Timor Fiji Guam Nauru New Caledonia New Zealand Niue Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Tahiti Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Wallis and Futuna

Women's rugby sevens national teams	Australia Cook Islands Fiji New Zealand Samoa Tonga

International competitions	Rugby Championship World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup World Rugby Pacific Challenge Oceania Rugby Cup Oceania Rugby Women’s Championship Oceania Sevens Pacific Games

Province and club competitions	Super Rugby Mitre 10 Cup National Rugby Championship

Organizations	Oceania Rugby SANZAAR

Football

The Oceania Football Confederation was founded in 1966. It organises the FIFA World Cup qualifier, the OFC Nations Cup for national teams and the OFC Champions League for clubs.

The Chinese Taipei Football Association was an OFC member from 1975 to 1989. The Football Federation Australia left the OFC in 2006 to join Asian Football Confederation.

Football in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

References

↑ Australia - Page 54, Tracey Boraas - 2002
↑ Planet Sport - Page 85, Kath Woodward - 2012
↑ Australia - Page 101, Sundran Rajendra - 2002
↑ New Zealand - Page 76, Rebecca Hirsch - 2013
↑ "PNG vow to upset World Cup odds". Rugby League. BBC. 2008-10-15. Retrieved 2009-07-03. But it would still be one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history if Papua New Guinea - the only country to have Rugby League as its national Sport - were to qualify for the last 4.

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