1983 South Pacific Games / Football
At the VII South Pacific Games in 1983 in Western Samoa , a football competition was held. Eleven teams took part in the tournament. The games were played in Apia in September 1983 . The game was played in three groups of four or three teams. The Northern Mariana Islands were ruled out before the tournament began. The plan was for two group winners to reach the semi-finals directly and the third group winners (Wallis and Futuna) to play two quarter-finals with the three runners-up. Ultimately, however, the semi-final participants were determined differently.
Tahiti won the South Pacific Games tournament for the fourth time.
Group stage
Group A
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Wallis and Futuna
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5: 4 | +1 | 4th |
| 2. |
 Western Samoa
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7: 6 | +1 | 3 |
| 3. |
 Tonga
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6: 8 | −2 | 3 |
| 4th |
 Americ. Samoa
|
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6: 6 | ± 0 | 2 |
| ? | |||
| Western Samoa | - | American Samoa | 3: 1 |
| Western Samoa | - | Tonga | 3: 3 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | American Samoa | 0: 3 |
| Tonga | - | American Samoa | 3: 2 |
| Western Samoa | - | Wallis and Futuna | 1: 2 |
| September 14th | |||
| Wallis and Futuna | - | Tonga | 3-0 |
Group B
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Tahiti
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16: 1 | +15 | 4th |
| 2. |
 Papua New Guinea
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20: 2 | +18 | 2 |
| 3. |
 Niue
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0:33 | −33 | 0 |
| 4th |
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|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | ± 0 | 0 |
| September 1 | |||
| Papua New Guinea | - | Niue * | 19: 0 |
| ? | |||
| Tahiti | - | Niue | 14: 0 |
| 13.september | |||
| Papua New Guinea | - | Tahiti | 1: 2 |
* Niue's first international match.
Group C
| Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Fiji
|
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21: 1 | +20 | 6th |
| 2. |
 New Caledonia
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8: 7 | +1 | 4th |
| 3. |
 Solomon Islands *
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0:11 | −11 | 2 |
| 4th |
 Vanuatu *
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0:12 | −12 | 0 |
| ? | |||
| Fiji | - | Solomon Islands | 10-0 |
| New Caledonia | - | Vanuatu | 6: 2 |
| Fiji | - | Vanuatu | 6-0 |
| New Caledonia | - | Solomon Islands | 1-0 |
| 13.september | |||
| Fiji | - | New Caledonia | 5: 1 |
| September 14th | |||
| Solomon Islands | - | Vanuatu | ?:? |
* The goals of the game Solomon Islands vs. Vanuatu.
Final round
Quarter finals
The three winners and the loser with the best goal difference over the entire tournament qualified for the semi-finals.
| September 14th | |||
|
Western Samoa
|
- | Tahiti |
0: 2 |
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
- | New Caledonia |
0: 4 |
|
Papua New Guinea
|
- | Fiji |
0: 2 |
Semifinals
| ? | |||
|
Papua New Guinea
|
- | Tahiti |
1: 6 |
| Fiji |
- |
New Caledonia
|
3: 2 |
Bronze game
| September 15th | |||
| New Caledonia |
- |
Papua New Guinea
|
2: 1 |
final
| September 15th | |||
| {{ Fiji | #}} Tahiti
|
- | - | |