Football at the Pacific Games

Football at the Pacific Games
Founded	1963
Region	OFC
Current champions	New Caledonia (Men: 6th title) Papua New Guinea (Women: 4rd title)
Most successful team(s)	New Caledonia (Men: 6 titles) Papua New Guinea (Women: 4 titles)
New Caledonia 2015 - Men's New Caledonia 2015 - Women's

Football has been a regular event at the Pacific Games, the multi-sports event for Pacific nations, territories and dependencies, since 1963. Until 2011 the tournament was known as the South Pacific games.^[1]

Since 1971 the competition has been held every four years, but was not played in 1999 due to contract issues. In 2007, the men's competition doubled as OFC's preliminary qualifying competition for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

A women's tournament was first introduced in 2003, and has doubled up as the preliminary qualifying competition for the Olympic Games since 2007. The men's tournament also became the Olympic qualifier for Oceania for the 2015 edition.

Men's Tournament

Results

^[2]

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
1963 details	Fiji	New Caledonia	8 - 2	Fiji	French Polynesia	18 - 0	Solomon Islands
1966 details	New Caledonia	French Polynesia	2 - 0	New Caledonia	New Hebrides	5 - 2	Papua New Guinea
1969 details	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	2 - 1	French Polynesia	Papua New Guinea	2 - 1	Fiji
1971 details	Tahiti	New Caledonia	7 - 1	New Hebrides	Tahiti	8 - 1	Papua New Guinea
1975 details	Guam	Tahiti	2 - 1 (a.e.t.)	New Caledonia	Solomon Islands	3 - 2	Fiji
1979 details	Fiji	Tahiti	3 - 0	Fiji	Solomon Islands	3 - 1	New Caledonia
1983 details	Western Samoa	Tahiti	1 - 0	Fiji	New Caledonia	2 - 1	Papua New Guinea
1987 details	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	1 - 0	Tahiti	Papua New Guinea	3 - 1	Vanuatu
1991 details	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	1 - 1 (pen.)	Solomon Islands	New Caledonia	3 - 1	Vanuatu
1995 details	Tahiti	Tahiti	2 - 0	Solomon Islands	Fiji	3 - 0	Vanuatu
2003 details	Fiji	Fiji	2 - 0	New Caledonia	Vanuatu	1 - 0	Tahiti
2007 details	Samoa	New Caledonia	1 - 0	Fiji	Vanuatu	2 - 0	Solomon Islands
2011 details	New Caledonia	New Caledonia	2 - 0	Solomon Islands	Tahiti	2 - 1	Fiji
2015 details	Papua New Guinea	New Caledonia	2 - 0	Tahiti	Papua New Guinea	2 - 1	Fiji
2019 details	Tonga

Medalists

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
New Caledonia	7 (63', 69', 71', 87', 07', 11', 15')	3 (66', 75', 03')	2 (83', 91')	1 (79')
Tahiti (French Polynesia)	5 (66', 75', 79', 83', 95')	3 (69', 87', 15')	3 (63', 71', 11')	1 (03')
Fiji	2 (91', 03')	4 (63', 79', 83', 07')	1 (95')	4 (69', 75', 11', 15')
Solomon Islands		3 (91', 95', 11')	2 (75', 79')	2 (63', 07')
Vanuatu (New Hebrides)		1 (71')	3 (66', 03', 07')	3 (87', 91', 95')
Papua New Guinea			3 (69', 87', 15')	3 (66', 71', 83')

Top goalscorers

Year	Player	Goals
1963–1995	Unknown	-
2003	Esala Masi	11
2007	Osea Vakatalesau	10
2011	Bertrand Kaï	10
2015	Jean Kaltack	17

Women's Tournament

Results

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Gold Medal	Score	Silver Medal	Bronze Medal	Score	Fourth Place
2003^[3] details	Fiji	Papua New Guinea	Round-robin	Guam	Tonga	Round-robin	Tahiti
2007^[4] details	Samoa	Papua New Guinea	3 – 1	Tonga	Fiji	1 – 0	Tahiti
2011^[5] details	New Caledonia	Papua New Guinea	2 – 1	New Caledonia	Fiji	1 – 0	Tonga
2015 details	Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea	1 – 0	New Caledonia	Cook Islands	2 – 0	Samoa
2019 details	Tonga

Medalists

Team	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place
Papua New Guinea	4 (03', 07', 11', 15')
New Caledonia		2 (11', 15')
Tonga		1 (07')	1 (03')	1 (11')
Guam		1 (03')
Fiji			2 (07', 11')
Cook Islands			1 (15')
Tahiti				2 (03', 07')
Samoa				1 (15')

Top goalscorers

Year	Player	Goals
2003	Unknown	-
2007	Penateti Feke	4
2011	Christelle Wahnawe	12
2015	Christelle Wahnawe	10

References

↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesp/pacgames.html
↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/southpac.html
↑ "South Pacific Games 2003 (Fiji)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
↑ "South Pacific Games 2007 (Samoa)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
↑ "Pacific Games 2011 (New Caledonia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2015.

External links

OFC Official Website

Pacific Games

South Pacific Games	Suva 1963 Nouméa 1966 Port Moresby 1969 Papeete 1971 Guam 1975 Suva 1979 Apia 1983 Nouméa 1987 Port Moresby 1991 Papeete 1995 Guam 1999 Suva 2003 Apia 2007

Pacific Games	Nouméa 2011 Port Moresby 2015 Nukuʻalofa 2019

South Pacific Mini Games	Honiara 1981 Rarotonga 1985 Nuku'alofa 1989 Port Vila 1993 Pago Pago 1997 Kingston 2001 Koror 2005

Pacific Mini Games	Rarotonga 2009 Mata-Utu 2013 Port Vila 2017

By sport	Association football Athletics Baseball Basketball Boxing Cricket Field hockey Golf Netball Rugby union (7s & 15s) Rugby league (9s) Sailing Surfing Swimming Table tennis Tennis Touch rugby Va'a Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Football at the Pacific Games

Fiji 1963 New Caledonia 1966 Papua New Guinea 1969 Tahiti 1971 Guam 1975 Fiji 1979 Western Samoa 1983 New Caledonia 1987 Papua New Guinea 1991 Tahiti 1995 Fiji 2003 men's women's Samoa 2007 men's women's New Caledonia 2011 men's women's Papua New Guinea 2015 men's women's

Women's Football at the Pacific Games

Fiji 2003 Samoa 2007 New Caledonia 2011 Papua New Guinea 2015

International association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Confederations Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC – Asian Cup U-23 U-19 U-16 U-14 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF – Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 Regional (CECAFA, CEMAC, COSAFA, WAFU)

North America, Central America and the Caribbean	CONCACAF – Gold Cup U-20 U-17 U-15

South America	CONMEBOL – Copa América U-20 U-17 U-15

Oceania	OFC – Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA – European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board – Viva World Cup CONIFA - ConIFA World Football Cup ConIFA European Football Cup IGA - Island Games

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America Central America and Caribbean East Asian Games Francophonie Games Indian Ocean Island Lusophony Games Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Debuts Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Women's football

International women's association football

FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Cup U-17 U-20 Algarve Cup Cyprus Cup Olympics Youth Olympics Universiade World Rankings Player of the Year Ballon d'Or

Asia	AFC Women's Asian Cup U-19 U-16 Regional (ASEAN, EAFF, SAFF, WAFF)

Africa	CAF Women Cup of Nations U-20 U-17

North America, Central America and Caribbean	CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup U-20 U-17

South America	CONMEBOL Copa América Femenina U-20 U-17

Oceania	OFC Women's Nations Cup U-20 U-17

Europe	UEFA Women's Championship U-19 U-17

Non-FIFA	NF-Board Women's Viva World Cup

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Central America and Caribbean Central American Games Pan American Games Pacific Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

See also Geography Codes Player of the Century Achievements by nation Men's football

OFC competitions

National teams

Men's	OFC Nations Cup OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament OFC U-20 Championship OFC U-17 Championship Pacific Games OFC Futsal Championship OFC Beach Soccer Championship

Women's	OFC Women's Nations Cup OFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament OFC U-20 Women's Championship OFC U-17 Women's Championship Pacific Games

Clubs

National teams and/or Clubs

OFC President's Cup

Defunct

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