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

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

Competitors

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

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Futsal

Main article: Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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]

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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

  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.
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