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Let \(M\) and \(N\) be Riemannian manifolds, \(u:M\to N\) a smooth map. For a fixed constant \(2\leq p<+\infty\), \(u\) is called a \(p\)-harmonic map if it is a critical point of the \(p\)-energy functional \(E_p(u)={1\over p} \int_M|du|^p dv\). In this paper, the author obtains some Liouville-type theorems for \(p\)-harmonic maps. The main results are as follows. (i) Let \(M\) be a complete noncompact Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, \(N\) a complete Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature. If \(u:M\to N\) is a \(p\)-harmonic map with \(\int_M|du|^{2p- 2} dv<\infty\), then \(u\) must be constant. (ii) Let \(\overline M\) be an \((m+1)\)-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold with nonnegative sectional curvature, \(M\) a complete, noncompact, stable, minimal hypersurface in \(\overline M\). Let \(N\) be an \(n\)-dimensional complete Riemannian manifold with nonpositive sectional curvature, \(u:M\to N\) a \(p\)-harmonic map for some fixed constant \(2\leq p\leq 2+\sqrt{1/2mn}\). If \(\int_M|du|^{2p-2} dv<\infty\), then \(u\) must be constant. (iii) Let \(M\) be an \(m\)-dimensional complete noncompact simply-connected Riemannian manifold whose sectional curvature \(K_M\) satisfies one of the following conditions: (a) \(-a^2\leq K_M\leq -b^2\), where \(a\), \(b\) are positive constants satisfying \(a\leq {m-1\over p} b\); (b) \(-{A\over 1+ r(s)^2}\leq K_M\leq 0\) for some constant \(0\leq A\leq (2m- p)^2/p^2\), where \(r(x)\) denotes the distance from \(x\in M\) to a fixed point of \(M\). Suppose that \(u:M\to N\) is a \(p\)-harmonic map into a complete Riemannian manifold \(N\) for \(m> p\geq 2\). If the \(p\)-energy of \(u\) is finite or slowly divergent, then \(u\) must be constant.