The Battle of the Giants (BoG) is a football competition held yearly under the auspices of the Fiji Football Association, 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 it as a way of earning money for cash starved football 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 restrictions were placed by the military government.
Nature of tournament The top 10 district teams take part in the tournament. At present these teams are Ba F.C., Labasa F.C., Lautoka F.C., Nadi F.C., 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 three points, a draw one point and a loss no 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 different days.
Champions YearVenueWinnerRunner-upScoreNotes 1978 Ba Nadi Ba1 - 0- 1979LautokaBaRewa4 - 2Penalty kicks1980BaNadiBa3 - 0-1981LautokaBaLautoka2 - 0-1982SuvaSuvaBa-Match awarded to Suva1983NadiNadiLautoka1 - 0-1984BaBaSuva1 - 0-1985SuvaLautokaRewa3 - 0-1986NadiNadiLabasa1 - 0-1987----No competition due to coup1988NadiSuvaBa4 - 3Penalty kicks1989RewaNadrogaNasinu1 - 0-1990BaBaSuva5 - 4 Peanlity kicks1991RewaNadrogaNasinu5 - 4 Penalty kicks1992LautokaBaLautoka1 - 0-1993RewaBaLabasa1 - 0-1994NadiRewaBa-Ba defaulted the Replay under Protest1995SuvaSuvaNavua2 - 1-1996BaNadiTavua3 - 1-1997LabasaLabasaNadi1 - 0-1998NadiBaNadi1 - 0-1999LautokaBaTavua1 - 0-2000LautokaBaLabasa2 - 0-2001NadiBaLautoka2 - 0-2002LabasaNadrogaLabasa2 - 1-2003LautokaRewaBa1 - 0-2004BaRewaNadi2 - 0-2005SuvaNavuaRewa1-0-2006 Nadi Ba Suva 2 - 1 -2007 Rewa Ba Nadi 3 - 1 Extra-Time2008Suva BaLabasa2 - 1-2009Lautoka BaLautoka1 - 0-2010Nadi RewaNavua1 - 0-2011Rewa RewaSuva4 - 3 Penalty kicks2012Lautoka BaLabasa4 - 2 Penalty kicks2013Ba BaLautoka3 - 1-2014SuvaRewaLautoka2 - 1-2015NausoriRewaBa2 - 0- 2016NausoriLautokaLabasa2 - 0Extra-Time2017LautokaRewaNadi2 - 1-2018LautokaBaSuva2 - 0Extra-Time2019LautokaLabasaLautoka1 - 0-2020LautokaRewaSuva1 - 0-2021----No competition due to COVID192022LautokaLabasaRewa2 - 1-2023SuvaLabasaNavua2 - 1 -2024SuvaLautoka Nadi 2 - 0 -2025LabasaLabasa Rewa 2-1 2026BaBa Rewa 2-1
Most successful teams Team Number of Wins Number of times runner-upBa F.C.187Rewa F.C.94Labasa F.C.57Nadi F.C.56Suva F.C.36Nadroga F.C.30Lautoka F.C.38Navua F.C.13Nasinu F.C.02Tavua F.C.02
External links Battle Of Giants Roll of Honour The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.