Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games

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]

Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
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)

Round robin stage

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 95410182+16
 Tahiti 75311154+11
 Papua New Guinea 55212990
 Fiji 552121117-6
 Solomon Islands 35113919-10
 New Hebrides 15014819-11
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'
Pierre Zeoula  53', 80'
Gerald 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'
Mathew 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
Wellington Jojoga  ?', ?' ?  ?'
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Gold medal match

New Caledonia 2 - 1 Tahiti
Charles Tamboueon  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.
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