1979 South Pacific Games / Soccer

At the VI. 1979 South Pacific Games, which were held in Fiji for the second time , a football competition was played. The previous record number of twelve teams took part in the tournament. The games were played in Suva from August 22 to September 8, 1979 . The game was played in four groups of three teams each. The first and second placed qualified for the quarter-finals. In addition, a "consolation round" for fifth place between the group third and the losers of the quarter-finals was played, but this was not played to the end.

Tahiti won the South Pacific Games tournament for the third time.

Group stage

Group A

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Fiji	2	1	1	0	024: 000	+24	03
2.	Papua New Guinea	2	1	1	0	013: 000	+13	03
3.	Kiribati *	2	0	0	2	000:370	−37	00

August 28th
Fiji	-	Papua New Guinea	0-0
August 30th
Fiji	-	Kiribati	24: 0
September 1
Papua New Guinea	-	Kiribati	13: 0

* Kiribati was represented by the Flying Tigers Club from South Tarawa Island.

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Tahiti	2	2	0	0	026: 000	+26	04th
2.	Tuvalu	2	1	0	1	005:210	−16	02
3.	Tonga	2	0	0	2	003:130	−10	00

29th August
Tahiti	-	Tuvalu	18: 0
August 31
Tuvalu	-	Tonga	5: 3
September 2nd
Tahiti	-	Tonga	8-0

Group C

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Solomon Islands	2	2	0	0	018: 000	+18	04th
2.	Wallis and Futuna	2	1	0	1	003: 700	−4	02
3.	Western Samoa	2	0	0	2	001:150	−14	00

August 22nd
Wallis and Futuna	-	Western Samoa	3: 1
August 24th
Solomon Islands	-	Western Samoa	12: 0
26th of August
Solomon Islands	-	Wallis and Futuna	6-0

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	New Caledonia	2	2	0	0	014: 100	+13	04th
2.	New Hebrides	2	1	0	1	005: 300	+2	02
3.	Guam	2	0	0	2	001:160	−15	00

August 27
New Caledonia	-	Guam	11: 1
29th August
New Caledonia	-	New Hebrides	3-0
August 31
New Hebrides	-	Guam	5-0

Final round

Consolation round for 5th place (quarter-finals)

5th September
Guam	-	Western Samoa	4: 2
New Hebrides	-	Papua New Guinea	2-0
Tonga	-	Wallis and Futuna	1-0
Tuvalu	-	Kiribati	3: 3, 4: 2 i. E.

Semifinals

September 6th
Guam	-	Tuvalu	7: 2
New Hebrides	-	Tonga	7: 1

Play for 5th place

7th of September
Guam	-	New Hebrides	-: -

• probably not carried out (some sources lead a 5-1 victory for the New Hebrides)

Quarter finals

September 4th
Fiji	-	Wallis and Futuna	5-0
Solomon Islands	-	Papua New Guinea	3: 2
Tahiti	-	New Hebrides	1-0
New Caledonia	-	Tuvalu	11: 0

Semifinals

September 6th
Fiji	-	Solomon Islands	2-0
Tahiti	-	New Caledonia	3: 2

Bronze game

September 8th
Solomon Islands	-	New Caledonia	3: 1

final

September 8th
Tahiti	-	Fiji	3-0

Web links

• Details about the 1979 tournament on rsssf.com