Tonga’s national men’s soccer team is currently ranked at the bottom of the FIFA table, coming in last out 209 countries. Tonga’s women’s team is performing much better. In the current women’s table, Tonga is ranked 87 out of 136 countries.  

Tonga’s men’s team officially shares 204^th place with Somalia, Eritrea, Dijibouti and the Bahamas. However, due to alphabetical ordering, Tonga is listed at the very bottom of the table.

Despite the rankings, Tongan Soccer has seen progress over the last few years with greater participation in regional tournaments, investments from FIFA and the development of grass roots programmes. Last year, Tonga hosted the regional women’s under 20’s competition (OFC U-20 Women’s).

Earlier this year, a local soccer club Veitongo FC participated in a qualifying competition for a regional professional club tournament.

In January, the Tonga Women’s Under-17 team defeated Samoa by 4 points to 1.