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 | 24: 0 | +24 | 3 |
2. | Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13: 0 | +13 | 3 |
3. | Kiribati * | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:37 | −37 | 0 |
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 | 26: 0 | +26 | 4th |
2. | Tuvalu | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5:21 | −16 | 2 |
3. | Tonga | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3:13 | −10 | 0 |
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 | 18: 0 | +18 | 4th |
2. | Wallis and Futuna | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3: 7 | −4 | 2 |
3. | Western Samoa | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1:15 | −14 | 0 |
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 | 14: 1 | +13 | 4th |
2. | New Hebrides | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5: 3 | +2 | 2 |
3. | Guam | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1:16 | −15 | 0 |
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 |