Tonga at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Tonga participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.[1]

Tonga at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeTGA
NOCTonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee
in Buenos Aires
Competitors12 in 3 sports
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors that participated at the Games per sport.

Sport Boys Girls Total
Athletics 1 0 1
Futsal 0 10 10
Swimming 1 0 1
Total 2 10 12

Archery

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Tonga was given a spot to compete in the girl's event by the tripartite committee,[2] but Tonga did not compete in archery.[1]

Athletics

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Tonga was given a spot to compete by the tripartite committee.[2]

  • Boys' events - 1 quota

Futsal

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Tonga qualified in the girls' tournament by finishing runner's up at the 2017 OFC Youth Futsal Tournament and after New Zealand decided to compete in rugby sevens.[3][4]

  • Girls' tournament - 1 team of 10 athletes

Swimming

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Tonga was given a quota to compete in the boy's event by the tripartite committee.[2][5]

Taekwondo

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Tonga was given a quota to compete in the girls' +63 kg event by the tripartite committee,[2] but Tonga did not compete in taekwondo.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "NOC Schedule". Buenos Aires 2018. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "TASANOC awarded 4 Universality places for YOG2018". Nuku'alofa Times. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
  3. ^ "OFC Youth Futsal Tournaments (Boys & Girls Under 18)". Futsal Planet.
  4. ^ "New Zealand Under 18 Sevens team selected for Youth Olympic Games". 11 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Tongan swimmers in Oceania Championships". Matangi Tonga. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2018.