South Pacific Games 2007 / Football
With the XIII. South Pacific Games 2007 in Samoa two competitions were played in soccer. Ten teams took part in the men's tournament and nine teams in the women's tournament, which was held for the second time since 2003. All games were played from August 25 to September 7, 2007 at the Toleafoa JS Blatter Soccer Stadium in Faleata near the capital Apia .
Men's tournament
The men's tournament served as the 1st round of the Oceania qualification for the 2010 Soccer World Cup and as a qualification for the 2008 Oceania Soccer Championship . The game was played in two groups of five teams. The first and second placed in each group reached the semi-finals. The teams on the medal ranks qualified for the Oceania Championship or the 2nd round of the World Cup qualification.
Tuvalu was only an associate member of the OFC and not a FIFA member and could not have qualified for the World Cup. It was the first time that a non-FIFA member took part in a World Cup qualification.
Group stage
Group A
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Fiji | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25: 1 | +24 | 10 |
2. | New Caledonia | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6: 1 | +5 | 10 |
3. | Tahiti | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2: 6 | −4 | 4th |
4th | Cook Islands | 4th | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4: 9 | −5 | 3 |
5. | Tuvalu | 4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2:22 | −20 | 1 |
August 25 | |||
Fiji | - | Tuvalu | 16: 0 |
Tahiti | - | New Caledonia | 0: 1 |
August 27 | |||
Tuvalu | - | New Caledonia | 0: 1 |
Fiji | - | Cook Islands | 4-0 |
29th August | |||
Tuvalu | - | Tahiti | 1: 1 |
New Caledonia | - | Cook Islands | 3-0 |
September 1 | |||
Cook Islands | - | Tuvalu | 4: 1 |
Tahiti | - | Fiji | 0: 4 |
September 3 | |||
New Caledonia | - | Fiji | 1: 1 |
Cook Islands | - | Tahiti | 0: 1 |
Group B
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Solomon Islands | 5 | 4th | 0 | 1 | 21: 1 | +20 | 12 |
2. | Vanuatu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23: 3 | +20 | 9 |
3. | Samoa | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9: 8 | +1 | 6th |
4th | Tonga | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4th | 6:10 | −4 | 3 |
5. | American Samoa | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1:38 | −37 | 0 |
August 25 | |||
Solomon Islands | - | American Samoa | 12: 1 |
Vanuatu | - | Samoa | 4-0 |
August 27 | |||
Solomon Islands | - | Tonga | 4-0 |
American Samoa | - | Samoa | 0: 7 |
29th August | |||
American Samoa | - | Vanuatu | 0:15 |
Samoa | - | Tonga | 2: 1 |
September 1 | |||
Tonga | - | American Samoa | 4-0 |
Vanuatu | - | Solomon Islands | 0: 2 |
September 3 | |||
Samoa | - | Solomon Islands | 0: 3 |
Tonga | - | Vanuatu | 1: 4 |
Semifinals
5th September | |||
Solomon Islands | - | New Caledonia | 2: 3 |
Fiji | - | Vanuatu | 3-0 |
Bronze game
7th of September | |||
Solomon Islands | - | Vanuatu | 0: 2 |
final
7th of September | |||
New Caledonia | - | Fiji | 1-0 |
Women's tournament
The women's tournament also served to determine the opponent for New Zealand in the play-off of the Oceania zone for the 2008 Olympic women's soccer tournament in China. The game was played in two groups of five or four teams. The first and second placed in each group reached the semi-finals.
Group stage
Group A
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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1. | Fiji | 4th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 11: 1 | +10 | 12 |
2. | Papua New Guinea | 4th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14: 2 | +12 | 9 |
3. | Solomon Islands | 4th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4: 8 | −4 | 4th |
4th | Cook Islands | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4:10 | −6 | 2 |
5. | American Samoa | 4th | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1:13 | −12 | 1 |
August 25 | |||
Papua New Guinea | - | American Samoa | 6-0 |
Fiji | - | Cook Islands | 4: 1 |
August 28th | |||
American Samoa | - | Cook Islands | 1: 1 |
Papua New Guinea | - | Solomon Islands | 4-0 |
August 30th | |||
American Samoa | - | Fiji | 0: 3 |
Cook Islands | - | Solomon Islands | 1: 1 |
September 1 | |||
Solomon Islands | - | American Samoa | 3-0 |
Papua New Guinea | - | Fiji | 0: 1 |
September 3 | |||
Cook Islands | - | Papua New Guinea | 1: 4 |
Solomon Islands | - | Fiji | 0: 3 |
Group B
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Tahiti | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6-0 | +6 | 7th |
2. | Tonga | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2-0 | +2 | 5 |
3. | Samoa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2: 4 | −2 | 4th |
4th | New Caledonia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0: 6 | −6 | 0 |
August 30th | |||
Tonga | - | New Caledonia | 2-0 |
Tahiti | - | Samoa | 4-0 |
September 1 | |||
New Caledonia | - | Samoa | 0: 2 |
Tahiti | - | Tonga | 0-0 |
September 3 | |||
New Caledonia | - | Tahiti | 0: 2 |
Samoa | - | Tonga | 0-0 |
Semifinals
5th September | |||
Tahiti | - | Papua New Guinea | 0: 5 |
Fiji | - | Tonga | 0: 1 |
Bronze game
7th of September | |||
Tahiti | - | Fiji | 0: 1 |
final
7th of September | |||
Tonga | - | Papua New Guinea | 1: 3 a.d. |
Papua New Guinea lost 2-0 to New Zealand in the play-off for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament on March 8, 2008.