2025 Oceania Athletics Cup

The 2025 Oceania Cup was an international track and field sporting event that was held in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on 29–30 October, 2025. It was the fifth edition of the Oceania Cup.^[1]

The competition will follow a team-based format administered by the Oceania Athletics Association (OAA) with eight teams scheduled to take part.^[2] The competition comprises a programme of 15 track and field events for men and women as well as 2 mixed relay events, giving a total of 32 events.

Teams may enter as many athletes as they like in every event (with the exception of the high jump), but only one male and one female athlete may compete and score. Teams are only allowed to have a maximum of two athletes of each gender in the high jump. Every team is allowed to enter no more than of just one team in the relay event(s).^[3]

Only those athletes from each team with the highest ranking will be eligible to score. However, in order to receive a score, athletes must register a performance. The top-eight athletes receive individual events score distributions of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 based on their finishes. The eight winning teams each receive 20-16-12-10-8-6-4-2 points for the relays. The team with the most points at the conclusion of the competition will be named the Oceania Athletics champions and awarded a trophy.^[3]

Eight teams are scheduled to compete — the three sub-regions of Oceania (Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia); the host federation Tonga, along with Australia and New Zealand, will field separate teams. Hawaii, a non-member federation, will make its debut after being officially invited by the OAA. Regional Australia, a team comprising athletes from rural communities in Australia, will form the eighth team.

Athletes are nominated by their national federations in accordance with OAA eligibility rules. The three regional composite teams — Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia — will be formed through nominations from OAA member federations. A selection working group appointed by the OAA will oversee the athlete selection process.^[4] For the Australian team, athletes born between 2003 and 2005 who have not represented Australia at a World Championships, Commonwealth Games, or Olympic Games are eligible for selection.^[5] The New Zealand team will comprise under-23 athletes.