Soccer is a minor sport inChristmas Island.[1] Christmas Island is not a member ofFIFA.
Between 1994 and 2017, the Christmas Island national football team contested the Inter-Island Cup with the neighbouring Cocos (Keeling) Islands national team.[2][3] The inaugural competition was won 5–4 on aggregate by the Cocos (Keeling) Islands with both matches played in theCocos (Keeling) Islands.[4]
The competition returned in 1997 with both matches played onChristmas Island. A record win for Christmas Island of 10–3 was recorded in the first match as they won the tournament 13–3 on aggregate.[5] Two years later, they retained the cup, defeating the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 7–1 on aggregate with both matches again played on Christmas Island.[6]
In 2004, Christmas Island again retained the competition, travelling to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands for the two matches, winning 3–2 on aggregate.[7] The following year, Christmas Island again travelled to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and again won the competition, 2–1 on aggregate.[8]
There has been a league competition and it contained four teams – Casino Royales, Drumsite Olympic, Kampong Rangers and Southpoint Wanderers – in 1994.[9] By 2014, a fifth team – Christmas Island FC – was competiting and all the games were played at the High School Soccer Field in Flying Fish Cove.[10] There have been seven-a-side tournaments as well, with the 2016 edition won by Supa Strikers.[11]
In 2015, a Swiss side toured Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, where they played against the Christmas Island national team.[12]