Port_Vila_Football_League

Port Vila Football League

Port Vila Football League

Association football league in Vanuatu

Not to be confused with VFF National Super League.

Port Vila Football League (also known as the Digicel League, or simply Digicel Premier League) is the top division football league in Port Vila, Vanuatu. It consists of three competitions: Port Vila Premier League, Port Vila First Division and the Port Vila Second Division. The league's domestic cup is the Port Vila FA Cup, in which all 3 divisions compete in.

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The Port Vila Premier League is considered to be the best football league in Vanuatu while the Port Vila Football Association is considered to be the main football association in Vanuatu. The top 4 of the Port Vila Premier League qualifies for the PVFA top four competition, and the winner of that competition is one of the two teams that takes part for Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League. The other team is the winner of the VFF National Super League which is a round-robin competition of the best teams of the islands of Vanuatu. The main island where Port Vila is, Efate is not included in this competition.

The league is not fully professional.[1][2]

Members

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All teams and leagues are for the 2019/20 season

List of champions

Port Vila Premier League

The list with Port Villa Champions:[3][4]

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Port Vila First Division

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Port Vila Second Division

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Performances

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Domestic Cups

Port Vila Independence Cup

The Port Vila Independence Cup is held in July. The final match is played on July 30, Vanuatu's independence day

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Port Vila Shield

The Port Vila Shield is the National Cup held in January each year since 2013.
Previous Winners of the Port Vila Shield are:

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Port Vila FA Cup

The Port Vila FA Cup (PVFA Cup) was originally a tournament held as a warm-up for the 8 teams that play in the Digicel Premier League. As of 2016, the PVFA Cup became a tournament for all of the 27 teams of the first 3 divisions.
Previous winners of the PVFA Cup are:

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Top Four Super League

The Top Four Super League is a competition played between the top four teams of the Port Vila Football League to decide one of the two representatives of Vanuatu in the OFC Champions League (the other representative is from the VFF National Super League).

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See also

VFF National Super League

References

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    "Kalo, the magician for surprise package Vanuatu". fifa.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017. The No10 is a student and, like the other 20 members of the Vanuatu squad, he is not a professional footballer, but he is still the only player among his compatriots with experience of playing in the OFC Champions League. Centre-back Jason Thomas is the only other player to have represented his country – an island with fewer than 300,000 inhabitants – at senior level. Most of the population earn a living through horticulture, and some of the players also help out their families with the work.
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    "Global Club Football Report 2017" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 29 June 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018. None of the top-tier domestic competitions in Oceania is fully professional.
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    "Vanuatu - List of Champions".
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    "Archive - Premia Divisen - Vanuatu - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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    Vanuatu Football Brazil [@VanuatuB] (July 30, 2019). "Tweet" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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    "Vanuafoot - Vanuatu Football Federation". Archived from the original on 2014-03-22.
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    OFC. "Oceania Football Confederation". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03.
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    "Erakor book Champions League return". Oceania Football Confederation. 9 July 2017.
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