Tonga at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Tonga competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. Tonga made its eleventh attendance at the Games.^[1]

Tonga at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Tonga
CGF code	TGA
CGA	Tonga Sports Association and National Olympic Committee
Website	facebook.com/TASANOC (Facebook)
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	26 (20 men and 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearers (opening)	Sione Tupou Kuinini Manumua
Flag bearer (closing)	TBD
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Sione Tupou and Kuinini Manumua were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[2][3]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.^[4]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	1	2
Boxing	0	1	1
Rugby sevens	13	0	13
Swimming	2	2	4
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Wrestling	3	1	4
Total	20	6	26

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ronald Fotofili	100 m	10.80	6	Did not advance

Women

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Rank	Distance	Rank
Ata Maama Tuutafaiva	Shot put	15.37	12 q	16.30	10

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mele Ula	Women's Middleweight	Bye	Umunnakwe (NGR) L DSQ	Did not advance

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

As of 9 March 2022, Tonga qualified for the men's tournament. The intended Oceania qualifier (scheduled for April 2022) was cancelled, so the quota allocation was determined by Tonga's performance in the 2019 Oceania Sevens Championship.^[5][6]

Summary

team	Event	Preliminary round				Quarterfinal / CQ	Semifinal / CS	Final / BM / PF
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tonga men	Men's tournament	Scotland L 0 - 41	South Africa L 5 - 36	Malaysia W 31 - 7	3	Zambia W 19 - 7	Uganda L 7 - 27	—	=11

Men's tournament

Roster

• Walter Fifita
• Sione Tupou
• Samson Fualalo
• Samisoni Asi
• Rodney Tongotea
• Niukula Osika
• John Tapueluelu
• John Ika
• Edward Sunia
• Atieli Pakalani
• Amanaki Veamatahau
• Latuselu Vailea
• Tevita Halafihi

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Africa	3	3	0	0	116	5	+111	9	Advance to Quarter-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	91	46	+45	7
3	Tonga	3	1	0	2	36	84	−48	5	Advance to classification Quarter-finals
4	Malaysia	3	0	0	3	19	127	−108	3

Source: Birmingham2022
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

29 July 2022 12:18

Scotland	41–0	Tonga
Try: Sofolarin (3) 1' c, 4' m, 7' m Henry 8' c Edmunds 9' m Farndale 12' m Coombes 14' c Con: Barreto (2/4) 1', 9' Elms (0/2) Barreto (1/1) 14' Cards: Elms  13'	Report

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Adam Leal (England)

29 July 2022 20:48

South Africa	36–5	Tonga
Try: Soyizwapi 1' m Grobbelaar (2) 3' c, 5' m Pretorius 8' m Makata 9' c Human 14' c Con: Brown (2/5) 4', 9' Human (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Asi 7' m Con: Asi (0/1) Cards: Ika  13'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)

30 July 2022 11:56

Tonga	31–7	Malaysia
Try: Asi 1' c Pakalani (2) 3' c, 4 m Vailea 9' c Halafihi 14' m Con: Pakalani (2/3) 1', 3' Asi (1/2) 10'	Report	Try: Nasarrudin 13' c Con: Said (1/1) 13'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)

Classification Quarterfinals

30 July 2022 19:20

Tonga	19–7	Zambia
Try: Tongotea 6' c Fualalo 8' m Sunia 8' c Con: Pakalani (2/3) 7', 9'	Report	Try: Mukosa 11' c Con: Mbalwe (1/1) 12' Cards: Bwalya  6' Nkoma  14'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Adam Leal (England)

Classification Semifinals

31 July 2022 11:36

Uganda	27–7	Tonga
Try: Okorach 1' m Kasito 7' m Wokorach (2) 8' m, 11' m Ofoyrwoth 14' c Con: Wokorach (0/4) Kisiga (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Osika 4' c Con: Pakalani (1/1) 4' Cards: Halafihi  10'

Coventry Stadium, Coventry Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Finau Ohuafi	50 m freestyle	24.92	=49	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.51	51	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	59.45	42	Did not advance
Alan Uhi	50 m freestyle	24.92	=49	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	27.79	30	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:01.94	30	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	26.83	45	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charissa Panuve	50 m freestyle	30.35	62	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:05.87	54	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:26.19	29	—		Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	5:13.63	23	—		Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	32.56	48	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	1:17.96	37	Did not advance
Vaoahi Afu	50 m breaststroke	40.65	32	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:29.31	28	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Weightlifting at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Two weightlifters (one man, one woman) were selected on 15 April 2022.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Weight lifted		Total	Rank
		Snatch	Clean & jerk
Sio Pomelile	Men's 109 kg	140	180	320	8
Kuinini Manumua	Women's +87 kg	107	128	235	5

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Vake	Men's -74 kg	Tahir (PAK) L 0 - 11	Did not advance		Phulka (CAN) L 0 - 11	Did not advance	15
Sione Sika	Men's -97 kg	Bye	Alofipo (SAM) L 0 - 11	Did not advance			9
Aaron Lehauli	Men's -125 kg	Kooner (ENG) L 3 - 13	Did not advance				7
Tiger Lily Cocker Lemalie	Women's -68 kg	Bye	Roy (BAN) W 10 - 0	Oborududu (NGR) L 0 - 10	—	Kakran (IND) L 0 - 2	5

References

1. Barker, Philip (21 February 2022). "Poignant message to Tonga as Queen's Baton continues journey". Inside the Games. Dunsar Media. Archived from the original on 21 February 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
2. Goodwin, Sam (29 July 2022). "Shirtless Tongan athlete steals show at Commonwealth Games opening ceremony". www.ca.news.yahoo.com/. Yahoo!. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
3. "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
4. "Tonga competes in six sports at 2022 Commonwealth Games". Matangi Tonga. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
5. "Commonwealth Games and Rugby World Cup Sevens 2022 qualification confirmed for Oceania". World Rugby. 9 March 2022. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
6. "Setback For Super 7s Series". Post-Courier. News Corp. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
7. "Tonga to take part in Commonwealth Games". Matangi Tonga. Vava'u Press. 16 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

External links

• TASANOC Facebook site