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)
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The 1969 South Pacific Games was the third games where football was played. The tournament was held at Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea during August 1969. In the final, New Caledonia scored in the 88th minute to defeat Tahiti 2–1 and claim the gold medal.[1]

Round robin stage

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
Correct as at: 20 August 1969
Source: rsssf.com[2]

 • 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

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

Round 4

New Caledonia 11–0 Fiji
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea 2–1 New Hebrides
Kau 20'
Raka 90'		 ? 41'
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti 7–0 Solomon Islands
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 5

Solomon Islands 7–2 New Hebrides
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea 1–1 Fiji
Germania Club, Port Moresby
New Caledonia w/o* Tahiti
Germania Club, Port Moresby
* Note: French Polynesia (Tahiti) forfeited the match as they were unable to field a team due to injuries to 11 of their 19-man squad.

Bronze medal match

Papua New Guinea 2–1 Fiji
Jojoga ?
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Gold medal match

New Caledonia 2–1 Tahiti
Teamboueon 50'
Fi 88'		 Cholita 32'
National Stadium, Port Moresby


 1969 South Pacific Games winners 

New Caledonia
Second title

Sources

  1. ^ "Pipes and a song end games". The Canberra Times. 25 August 1969. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. ^ "South Pacific Games 1969 (Papua New Guinea)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1969. Retrieved 16 May 2015.