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Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games

Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates14–22 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions New Caledonia (2nd title)
Runners-up Tahiti
Third place Papua New Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored77 (4.81 per match)
← 1966
1971 →

Football was contested as part of the programme for the 1969 South Pacific Games which was hosted in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea from 13 to 23 August 1969. It was the third edition of the men's football tournament at the multi-sport event organised by the Pacific Games Council.

The football tournament began with the first matches of the group stage on 14 August 1969 and ended with the gold medal match on 22 August 1969. New Caledonia and defending champions Tahiti contested the final in what was a replay of the 1966 final. New Caledonia defeated Tahiti 2–1 to win the gold medal. In the bronze medal match, Papua New Guinea defeated Fiji 2–1.

Background

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Football had been part of the South Pacific Games programme following the debut of the men's competition at the inaugural 1963 South Pacific Games in Fiji. New Caledonia had won the inaugural tournament after defeating hosts Fiji 8–2 in the gold medal match. Tahiti were the defending champions after defeating hosts New Caledonia 2–0 in the gold medal match at the 1966 South Pacific Games.[1]

Format

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The five teams played a single round robin group. The teams finishing first and second would contest the gold medal match and the teams finishing third and fourth would contest the bronze medal match.[2]

Participants

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Round robin stage

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New Caledonia won the group to progress to the gold medal match alongside Tahiti.[2]

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 9 5 4 1 0 18 2 +16
 Tahiti 7 5 3 1 1 15 4 +11
 Papua New Guinea 5 5 2 1 2 9 9 0
 Fiji 5 5 2 1 2 11 17 –6
 Solomon Islands 3 5 1 1 3 9 19 –10
 New Hebrides 1 5 0 1 4 8 19 –11
Source:

 • Teams ranked 1st and 2nd (Green background) met in the Gold final.
 • Teams ranked 3rd and 4th (Blue background) met in the Bronze final.

Round 1

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Fiji 5–1 Solomon Islands
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Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 3–3 New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
New Caledonia 4–1 Papua New Guinea
  • Poithily 50'
  • Zeoula 53', 80'
  • Delmas 56'
 [2] Kumalau 29'
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 2

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Solomon Islands 1–1 New Caledonia
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Fiji 5–2 New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 3–1 Papua New Guinea
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 3

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New Caledonia 2–0 New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea 4–0 Solomon Islands
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 2–0 Fiji
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 4

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New Caledonia 11–0 Fiji
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Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea 2–1 New Hebrides
 [2] Unknown 41'
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 7–0 Solomon Islands
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 5

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Solomon Islands 7–2 New Hebrides
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Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea 1–1 Fiji
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Germania Club, Port Moresby

Tahiti forfeited their final group stage match against New Caledonia after they were unable to field a team due to injuries to 11 of their 19-man squad.[2]

New Caledonia w/o* Tahiti
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Germania Club, Port Moresby

Bronze medal match

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Papua New Guinea defeated Fiji to win the bronze medal.[2]

Papua New Guinea 2–1 Fiji
Jojoga (2) [2] Unknown
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Gold medal match

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New Caledonia defeated Tahiti to win the gold medal.[2]

New Caledonia 2–1 Tahiti
 [2] Cholita 32'
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Sources

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  1. ^ Di Maggio, Roberto; Garin, Erik; Morrison, Neil; Schöggl, Hans (7 December 2023). "(South) Pacific Games and Mini Games". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Cruickshank, Mark; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Pieter (1 September 2016). "South Pacific Games 1969 (Papua New Guinea)". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2025.