Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games

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Football at the 1969 South Pacific Games
Tournament details
Host countryPapua New Guinea
Dates14–22 August
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of France.svg  Tahiti
Third placeFlag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg  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.

Contents

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

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

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

Round robin stage

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

TeamPtsPldWDLGFGAGD
Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia 95410182+16
Flag of France.svg  Tahiti 75311154+11
Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg  Papua New Guinea 55212990
Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji 552121117–6
Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966-1977).svg  Solomon Islands 35113919–10
Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides 15014819–11
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

Fiji  Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg5–1Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966-1977).svg  Solomon Islands
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg3–3Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg4–1Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg  Papua New Guinea
  • Poithily Soccerball shade.svg50'
  • Zeoula Soccerball shade.svg53', 80'
  • Delmas Soccerball shade.svg56'
 [2] Kumalau Soccerball shade.svg29'
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 2

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966-1977).svg1–1Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg  New Caledonia
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Fiji  Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg5–2Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg3–1Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg  Papua New Guinea
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 3

New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg2–0Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg4–0Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966-1977).svg  Solomon Islands
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg2–0Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 4

New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg11–0Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg2–1Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2] Unknown Soccerball shade.svg41'
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Tahiti  Flag of France.svg7–0Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966-1977).svg  Solomon Islands
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Round 5

Solomon Islands  Flag of the Solomon Islands (1966-1977).svg7–2Flag of New Hebrides.svg  New Hebrides
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg1–1Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji
[2]
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  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svgw/o*Flag of France.svg  Tahiti
[2]
Germania Club, Port Moresby

Bronze medal match

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

Papua New Guinea  Flag of Papua New Guinea (1965-1970).svg2–1Flag of Fiji (1924-1970).svg  Fiji
Jojoga Soccerball shade.svg(2) [2] Unknown Soccerball shade.svg
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Gold medal match

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

New Caledonia  Flag of France (1794-1815, 1830-1958).svg2–1Flag of France.svg  Tahiti
[2] Cholita Soccerball shade.svg32'
National Stadium, Port Moresby

Sources

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Cruickshank, Mark; Morrison, Neil; Veroeveren, Pieter (1 September 2016). "South Pacific Games 1969 (Papua New Guinea)". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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