Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games

The 1979 South Pacific Games was the sixth edition where football was introduced and was held in Fiji during August and September 1979.

Football at the 1979 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryFiji
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Tahiti (3rd title)
Runners-up Fiji
Third place Solomon Islands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per match)

Group stage

Group 1
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Fiji 32110270+27
 Papua New Guinea 32110150+15
 Kiribati 02002042–42
Papua New Guinea 0–0 Fiji
Fiji 27–0 Kiribati
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Papua New Guinea 15–0 Kiribati

Group 2
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Tahiti 42200260+26
 Tuvalu 22101521–16
 Tonga 02002313–10
Tahiti 8–0 Tonga
Tahiti 18–0 Tuvalu
Tuvalu 5–3 Tonga
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Group 3
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 Solomon Islands 42200180+18
 Wallis and Futuna 2210137–4
 Western Samoa 02002115–14
Solomon Islands 12–0 Western Samoa
Solomon Islands 6–0 Wallis and Futuna
Wallis and Futuna 3–1 Western Samoa

Group 4
Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
 New Caledonia 42200141+13
 New Hebrides 2210153+2
 Guam 02002116–15
New Caledonia 11–1 Guam
New Caledonia 3–0 New Hebrides
New Hebrides 5–0 Guam

Quarter finals
Fiji 5–0 Wallis and Futuna
Tahiti 1–0 New Hebrides
Solomon Islands 3–2 Papua New Guinea
New Caledonia 10–2 Tuvalu

Semi finals
Fiji 2–0 Solomon Islands
Tahiti 3–2 New Caledonia

Bronze medal match
New Caledonia 1–3 Solomon Islands

Gold medal match
Fiji 0–3 Tahiti
 1979 South Pacific Games Winners 

Tahiti
Third title

Consolation Tournament (5th–12th Place)

Quarter finals
Guam 4–2 Western Samoa
New Hedrides 2–0 Papua New Guinea
Tonga 1–0 Wallis and Futuna
Tuvalu 3–3 (4–2) Kiribati

Semi finals
 Guam7–2 Tuvalu
 New Hebrides7–1 Tonga

Fifth Place Match
 New Hebrides5–1 Guam
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